Man, woman and child

I was talking to my friend in India the other day. He was asking me how it was with the baby and stuff like that. While describing to him what my normal day looks like with Naman, I happened to mention to him how Mahesh (hubby dear) and I split the responsibilities. How I usually take care of his bathing, feeding needs, how Mahesh usually changes his diapers and how he liked to call himself CBO (chief burping officer) and so on. He was quite shocked to hear about what Mahesh was "made" to do. He remarked that I am a very lucky girl!! Well, I don't deny for a second that I am indeed lucky for having Mahesh in my life but not for THIS reason. This attitude reflects the gender stereotyping aspect of our society, especially so, with our culture. I have known very few Indian men who are interested and involved in house-hold chores of any kind. Our generation, I hear, is a whole lot more improved. But such a comment from my friend makes me wonder if this is really so. Parenting is so much more fun when it is a team-work and guys who opt out of this really don't know what they are missing out on (I am sure Mahesh concurs with me on this).