6.5: A Wifes Phone

Do you have a “wife’s phone 6.5” in your house? Tell me about the notes app. I’ll wait.

“Can you text the sitter? Actually, her number is in my phone.” “What time was the dentist again? It’s in my calendar.” “Did we pay the landscaper? The confirmation email… never mind.” a wifes phone 6.5

We talk about the “mental load” like it’s an abstract concept in a parenting book. But it’s not abstract. It lives in a 6.5-inch slab of glass and aluminum. It’s the 47 open tabs in Safari (groceries, soccer shin guards, “why is my furnace making that sound”). It’s the 12 recurring alarms with names like “Mia meds” and “Take chicken out.” It’s the photo album with 4,000 pictures—3,200 of them are the kids, 600 are screenshots of things to remember, and 200 are of our dog sleeping funny. There are exactly three selfies of her from the last two years. Do you have a “wife’s phone 6