I’m not even sure what it means, but I’ve come to hate this phrase.
“Mr. Mom” is the title of a movie released in 1983, featuring the great character actors Michael Keaton and Teri Garr as a couple with three children who are forced to switch traditional gender roles when he loses his job in the auto industry. She goes back to work, and he stays home.
In honor of your question, I re-watched this charming movie, and I am happy to report that it holds up well. Also — speaking from personal experience — when someone condescendingly tells you that “there’s nothing wrong with” your perfectly healthy and functioning domestic situation, you can make eye contact and respond: “Hey, thanks! I was worried about what you might think.”Never forget that you have a vital and important full-time job. You are raising a person!
This high-ranking person did not apologize, or say, “I’m sorry, I seem to have something of a block regarding your name.” He said, “This isn’t personal.” And yet, as you point out, there is nothing quite so personal as someone’s name.
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