Being the stay-at-home Dad is supposedly accepted in our diverse and accepting culture where role reversal has become quite common.  But, the reality is different, as this dad has experienced, especially when introducing a new women, my new wife, into the family.  Who does what and what we expect from each other is often murkier in reality than in the latest issue of “O.”

In a nutshell, she goes to work; I stay home with the boys.  I take them to school and deal with all their extra-curricular activities.  I carry the larger load of discipline issues and I do the majority of the shopping.  She takes care of the house and does most of the cooking and cleaning.  I’m the biological parent; she’s the step.  She teaches them manners; I teach them how to burp louder.