The number of married graduate students is quite high, and it's strange to be around married people all of a sudden. They go home after classes to take care of the family... I can't even imagine. Yep, people lining up for extra responsibilty. But, you know the flip side of having peers that are married? Kids. I'm lobbying for married couples in the department to have kids so that they can get over the perverse state of being married without kids. I mean, what's the point in that?!
Actually, having little people running around the department is a lot of fun so long as I'm not responsible for them. I can't even be responsible for myself -- I still picture myself falling a few stories, off the chest-high concrete walls, whenever I jump on top and sit on them absentmindedly.
I hope the kids don't see me doing that.
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Life looks different after college, doesn't it? At work or in grad school, there are lots of people who are married. Seems like yesterday when I was in college and nobody I knew was married, but now I'm surrounded by married people and I'm one of the few singles... Totally agree with you on the kids thing. I love the little people, but don't want to be responsible for them since I can't always take care of myself.
Posted by lisa | November 19, 2003 6:50 AM
Posted on November 19, 2003 06:50