During an appearance on the Rich Little Broke Girls podcast, former Vice President Kamala Harris gave some relationship advice and also addressed criticisms of her lacking humility.
Harris, 61, touched on the topic of her lacking humility when she reflected on a reporter previously asking her about those criticisms, per the New York Post.
“I don’t aspire to be humble. Humility, yes, is very important,” Harris said. “[It’s] a very dated perspective on who women should be. To say, women should be humble. Women should be quiet. Women should laugh quietly.”
“Women should not have a sense of humor. Women should not raise their voice,” Harris added. “I have never felt burdened by those very dated, and I think out-of-touch standards.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Harris, who married Douglas Emhoff in 2014, gave some relationship advice to young and single women.
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“Choose to be with someone who allows you to laugh at yourself and them,” said Harris. “Choose to be with someone who you know you like, going to the grocery store together, taking a walk together.”
Harris also stated that there are “different phases in your life and you may not know what phase you’re in.”
“Maybe you’re going to choose that you want to have that kind of Friday night relationship — or you want that Sunday morning relationship,” she continued. “Maybe you’re going to choose that you want to have that kind of Friday night relationship — or you want that Sunday morning relationship.
“Sometimes you can get both — and sometimes they just is oil and water. And that’s OK! Be in those phases where you are having fun!”
Harris and Emhoff were in their 40s when they tied the knot. And though she emphasized that she loves her husband, Harris said that she couldn’t tell if they “would have really been in the same place” if they had met in their 20s.
“Doug and I got married in our 40s, and I love my husband so very much. He is my best friend,” Harris said, per the New York Post. “And we’ve talked about it, if we had met in our 20s, I don’t know that we would have really been in the same place.”
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