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Anonymous
10/30/18 at 6:33PM UTC
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Playdates, cocktail parties and other outings

Why is it always the moms??? It drives me nuts that I'm always the one listed in the birthday invitations and having to deal with kid-related commitments. I used to think it was pretty benign but slowly I've started to get annoyed and think this is one of the root problems that causes women to burn out -- there are too many default assumptions made about what roles we play at home and every. single. email is a time suck of some kind. What triggered this is my logging on to a class cocktail potluck and seeing that every person's name next to a food item was a woman. Maybe none of them work but I do and I wish my husband got those emails!

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Anonymous
10/30/18 at 9:22PM UTC
Are the people inviting you always women? Maybe that's why? I hear you on the having to do it all front though. I also know of some women who would be upset if they weren't invited. There's never a win-win.
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10/31/18 at 1:56PM UTC
The people sending the invites probably are women - and that's part of the same problem. Women shouldn't always have to be the ones responsible for organizing social events.

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