It would have been interesting to see what Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff would have done in a non-pandemic election year. Would there be more of an emphasis on their marriage? Would we be talking about the “Second Gentleman” thing? Would there have been larger conversations about modern marriages and interracial marriages and all of that? Because it felt like those conversations were largely missing. While I’m glad that no one put much negativity on Kamala and Doug, I also feel like they maybe missed an opportunity to lean into their own very cute personal, romantic, modern narrative. Doug clearly adores his wife, and she seems to lean on his support significantly. They’re just cute together. So, with just days to go in the election, Kamala and Doug have a really nice soft-focus profile in People Mag. Some highlights:

Kamala & Doug stay connected all day: The couple, who met on a blind date in 2013 and married the next year, have mostly keep separate campaign schedules in order to cover more ground. “We stay connected all day,” says Emhoff, an attorney and the potential first “second gentleman. Hopefully we get to stay together at night. And then we really get to catch up and compare notes of what we’re hearing out there in the real world. That helps drive the campaign as we’re really responding to what’s going on out there.”

When they do get home, they share chores: On those rare and fleeting occasions when her and her husband’s separate travel schedules overlap for a layover at their condo in Washington, D.C., it’s a race to tend to the pileup of household chores. “We are a partnership,” says Emhoff. “It’s a lot of planning. Typically, we get up early, we work out and then we sit down and it’s like, ‘Let’s have a meeting and figure out how we’re going to get through these next couple of days.’ That includes getting dinner and figuring out laundry, mail. All that stuff that doesn’t stop, and we still need to do it.”

Doug is easy-going: Harris says it helps that her “Dougie,” as she calls Emhoff, is patient and laughs easily. The campaign is “obviously very stressful. We’re talking about the free world,” she says. “These are serious times and the challenges are incredibly serious, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously in the context of our relationship. You just have to flow and know what’s really important.”

[From People]

I imagine Doug is very easy-going… with Kamala. I think he’s probably as much of a badass as a lawyer as his wife, or else Kamala wouldn’t be with him. But for her, he probably takes it easy and is there to support her. Which is a lovely dynamic.

The Knot did a nice write-up about everything they’ve said about their relationship and marriage – go here to see.

Photos courtesy of Doug’s IG.