188,671 notes June 7, 2012 SHIT I CAN'T MAKE UP: Convo between my 7year-old students today (Names have been altered slightly, just in case.) Josie:I have a new crusshhhhh Matt:Me too! On a boy! Pearl:You're a boy with a crush on a boy? Matt:Yeah he's really cute. Pearl:Oh. (pause for a bit) Matt:Boys can like boys. I just can't marry him because boys can't marry boys. Me:Yeah they can. You can marry whoever you want. Matt:Really? Josie:YEAH my tia has a wife so now I have a titi and a auntie. Matt:Okay. Then maybe I'll marry him. Dave:(from across the room) No you can't you're seven. (Age was apparently the only foreseeable problem anyone of my elementary schoolers could see with gay marriage. I almost cried out of happiness. Later, when I was asked if boys could kiss anyone they wanted, I replied "only if they want to kiss you back." And Josie responded "Yeah! Your body your life.") My students are the shit. That awkward moment when a group of kids is more intelligent than all of the GOP presidential candidates.