gender roles

My family is one that does not exactly follow the ideas that most people have about gender roles:

My dad was normally the one involved with me and my brother’s schools. While my brother was in elementary school my dad was the president of the PTA. That whole board is normally run by stay at home moms with nothing better to do. Believe me, they were not happy that a man got the job. They used to conspire against my dad to get him in trouble. They even went as far as to try and get me against my dad (I was only in 8th grade). That is just childish.

My mom’s boyfriend is the type of guy that hates yard work or anything of that nature. He loves to cook and clean the house though.

My mom has always been the one to make more money and have the better job. She isnt ever to excited to have to do anything with the school, but she will if she has to.  She used to do the yardwork until she started making my brother do it. She does the laundry because that is one thing her boyfriend doesnt like to do, but she doesnt have to cook or clean unless he is out of town.

Yes it sounds weird, but all three “parental figures” in me and my brother’s life all get along great. We all go out to dinner sometimes and we all can sit in the living room and watch games together with no problems (unless, of course, we are going for different teams).

falling behind….

I havent been keepin up with my posts. i write my idea down on paper, but they never seem to make it on here. so i am going to just start posting all the ones i have meant to in the past weeks. forgive if the timing is a little off.

equality in a relationship

My parents have been divorced for almost 10 years now. They still have a strong friendship because of me and my younger brother. Before we moved to Texas and lived in Oklahoma is a good example of how my parents had more equality in responsibility of us then my friends whose parents were married.

My brother and I lived with my mom and my dad stayed about 15 minutes away in an apartment. They worked for the same company but my mom worked 1st shift and my dad worked 3rd. Every morning after my dad got off work he would come to our house and get my brother and I ready for school. This way my mom only had to worry about getting herself ready. He would make us breakfast and take us to school. He would also pick us up for school and take me to gymnastics practice. When my mom got home from work she would make dinner, do laundry, and/or clean the house. My dad would pick me up from practice when I was done. Occasionally my mom would get me and my dad would get dinner ready. After dinner was homework, depending on what subject it was depended on who helped who. Normally mom helped me and dad helped my brother.

Even though they are divorced they still share the responsibility of raising us.