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The weird thing about being married is that suddenly you have the Power to Make Children, and Then Name Them, and then Teach Them About the World. For a while we kind of ignored the existence of children. Since being married, we have made the small mini-step of occasionally acknowledging their general cuteness.
Little Dracula Deibert enters our conversations on occasion. We aren't ready to welcome him into our lives yet because of our careers and tiny living space, but we are rather in awe of the fact that we now wield this sudden super power that we never had before. It is like we have reached Level 80 and this is the last point in our talent tree, and instead of turning into an all-powerful shadowfiend or learning to call down a high-dps fireblast, we can propagate the world with miniature versions of ourselves.
Sure, I suppose technically we could have created baby Dracula prior to being wed. But before it wasn't really feasible, there were numerous nets and obstacles and Making A Child wasn't something we could just go out and do without severe backlash.
But now it is perfectly acceptable, even normal, for us to talk about! If we are out of fun things to do, we could totally go create Dracula and just hang out until he shows up.
The only odd thing about teaching Dracula is that I feel severely inadequate as a parent since my knowledge of earth and how things work is actually pretty small when you consider the amount of information out there.
This is the grand misconception. I remember when I was small I really considered parents and all adults to be very all-knowing. Even when adults told me they didn't know everything, I didn't believe them and thought they were just being modest.
And now, I am a little concerned of how little I do know. I've lived on earth for 25 years and I don't have a clue how a toaster is made or who invented the potato peeler and why. So I hope Dracula doesn't have a burning desire to know these things, at least unless I'm close to a laptop for Wikipedia.
Anyway, it is just one of those realizations that you have, along with the fact that you can combine insurance plans, file joint taxes, combine bank accounts and get family discounts.
Little Dracula Deibert enters our conversations on occasion. We aren't ready to welcome him into our lives yet because of our careers and tiny living space, but we are rather in awe of the fact that we now wield this sudden super power that we never had before. It is like we have reached Level 80 and this is the last point in our talent tree, and instead of turning into an all-powerful shadowfiend or learning to call down a high-dps fireblast, we can propagate the world with miniature versions of ourselves.
Sure, I suppose technically we could have created baby Dracula prior to being wed. But before it wasn't really feasible, there were numerous nets and obstacles and Making A Child wasn't something we could just go out and do without severe backlash.
But now it is perfectly acceptable, even normal, for us to talk about! If we are out of fun things to do, we could totally go create Dracula and just hang out until he shows up.
The only odd thing about teaching Dracula is that I feel severely inadequate as a parent since my knowledge of earth and how things work is actually pretty small when you consider the amount of information out there.
This is the grand misconception. I remember when I was small I really considered parents and all adults to be very all-knowing. Even when adults told me they didn't know everything, I didn't believe them and thought they were just being modest.
And now, I am a little concerned of how little I do know. I've lived on earth for 25 years and I don't have a clue how a toaster is made or who invented the potato peeler and why. So I hope Dracula doesn't have a burning desire to know these things, at least unless I'm close to a laptop for Wikipedia.
Anyway, it is just one of those realizations that you have, along with the fact that you can combine insurance plans, file joint taxes, combine bank accounts and get family discounts.