I’m not being cute.
What will Doug Emhoff’s honorific title be once President Elect Biden is inaugurated?
Dr. Jill Biden, obviously, will be First Lady. If Kamala Harris were a man, her spouse would be Second Lady.
But if we don’t have a First Gentleman, how can Doug Emhoff be the Second Gentleman?
What if Pete Buttigieg had been elected President? Chasten would be First Gentleman. Then, what if a man were his VP and that man had a wife, she couldn’t be Second Lady, because there would be no First Lady.
I think we need a new convention.
First Spouse, Second Spouse.
I kinda love that we can think about this bit of trivia, rather than whether we’re going to win.