Dr. Corinne Low

Right.

So what's interesting is that, yes, it was like I feel like me and my wife, we do have a division that is more based on skills, on fundamentals, on availability.

It's not based on gender because it can't be based on gender.

So it's like.

you know she does more of the cleaning because she cares more if stuff is clean and like I do more of the cooking because I care more about what we eat and people like my cooking and then I'm not resenting that I'm cooking because it doesn't feel like I'm cooking because I'm a woman it's like I'm cooking because this makes sense.

And it's still just really freaking hard to juggle it all because we are in a period of like we have two careers and we have a baby and like

Life is demanding.

This is where, as an economist, it's important to try to be a little bit rational about things, even though that can feel hard.

And so just an example of this was that my wife and I got married last year, but we were having a wedding celebration this year.

And my dad was like, and he's in a different state.

And so he said he didn't want to come because he

And luckily he can still travel like physically, but he was like, he didn't want to come because he's realizing like he needs to save for future care.

And so he's being more careful with money.

And so for me, it was like, no, I want him there and I want him to get to meet my infant daughter who he hadn't met yet.

So it made more sense for me to like use my points to like book his plane ticket, right?

This period will eventually pass, right?

Your parents will be dead and you will be grateful for,

for the plane ticket that you bought, even if it was the last minute plane ticket, right, to spend time with them during the time that they were alive, because you need it more now.

And that, you know, I thought of that, it was very ironic, you know, my grandmother passed away during COVID.

And