It’s Labor Day, so here’s a little thread on emotional labor: work that’s done almost exclusively by women and nearly always goes unnoticed.
And yes, men do all kinds of labor too. Congratulations. My recognizing that here is emotional labor performed on your behalf.
Here we go
What is your most depraved habit mine is having 100+ alarms on my phone—turned off—at various times throughout the day (rarely on the hour), and then I pick from that list of alarms which to set.
MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the store
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g —
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail
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