Me too, kid, me too

one of the questions that invariably comes up in my conversations with japanese middle school girls (don't look at me like that - i'm a teacher, remember) is whether or not Adam-sensei has A Girlfriend. In Japanese or suprisingly enthusiastic English, it always comes out.

Just yesterday a student took that conversation in a direction i hadn't heard before. hearing that yes, i had attained A Girlfriend, the 8th grader clasped her hands and looked hopeful.

"ohhhhh I definitely want to marry a foreigner." (she's assuming that Girlfriend is Japanese - she's not)
"why's that?" I ask
"I want half babies! they're soooooo cuuute."


PS japanese middle school girls are also fascinated with my arm hair.