I used to think that marriage and children looked like hell on earth. But it turns out, I had just been exposed to a lot of unhappy people who just happened to be married and have kids (and some happy people, who just happened to be single). The truth is, if I want a baby, there aren't too many other ways to go about it (that are pallatable for this feminist). Also, I never got the big hoopla about casual sex. (As much as I love Sex and the City, I have to say it has done nothing to even approximate my experience with casual sex....apparently some people don't need as much of a learning curve with new people...I mean new bodies). I do have fears that range from infidelity to boredom (because I don't want to run out of fears), but I have to say...I am really surprised by how conventional I really am. Lord, am I a cliche!

Just for today, it's OK to embrace the banality (fancy way of saying boringness...which is actually not really a word) of my nuclear family aspirations.