Perhaps this is why (at a friend’s suggestion) I read with great interest a column in today’s edition of The New York Times. The column, which appeared as a “conversation” between NYT columnists Gail Collins and David Brooks, was titled “Why Househusbands Are the Future.”

The piece wondered aloud whether, with women getting laid off at a much lower rate than men, now is the time for more men to stay home with the kids. At the very least, it was an entertaining read.

My favorite moment in the column was when Collins noted, “In the grand sweep of American lifestyle choices, stay-at-home fatherhood is possibly the only one that doesn’t get eulogized in our popular culture.”

She continued: “I want to see the Bachelorette questioning her suitors on how many years they’d be willing to set aside for full-time child-raising. I want a movie in which Matt Damon stays home while Beyonce goes out to work. He can capture an escaped terrorist during the hours when the kids are in preschool.”

I hear you, Gail. And I’m sure hundreds of other “househusbands” do, too. Whether or not these dreams become reality is a different story all together.