J. A. Quine

Tender

It must be wonderful, people say when they learn that Michael’s partner is now a house husband. Not so wonderful, of course, that he’s been laid off, and a shame that his freelance photography isn’t picking up, but how great to be able to do that, not to be bothered by old-fashioned ideas. We would give anything, his female colleagues agree, for our other halves to have dinner ready and do the ironing without it being such a blow to their masculine ego.