Marriage

Becky is writing a paper about gay marriage. She read me an article today written by a conservative who supports gay marriage because essentially getting married and staying married and thinking about marriage as sacred is a conservative view. I never thought of my views on marriage as conservative... But there is no question in my mind that 1) I intend to get married eventually, and I want to have kids, and 2) I intend to not get divorced. I can't even begin to imagine what problems might arise when I get married, but I intend to work through them with whoever I marry, because children need their parents to be together.

And then I read Tao's post about his crazily organized school. And I realized that if I my life led me into some sort of teaching or school administration position, it would not be terrible. If I were able to improve a school in some way, for the teachers or the students, that would be so rewarding. Funny, my mom said she used to swear she'd never be a teacher, and now she's teaching science for 4 year olds through sixth graders.

Oh my gosh, I admire my mom. If I ended up "turning into my mom", I wouldn't be disappointed with my self.

Crap. Is this maturity? No more subconscious need to separate myself from my parents by pushing them away?