week1-eureka moment

Hello classmates, my name is Lauren Tracy. I am 22 years old and taking summer classes to finish up before I student teach in the Fall. I had my eureka moment the other day at the dog park. I go with a few people that try to meet up there around the same time every few days. I was talking with two women who go there about wedding anniversaries. I am not married but I said my boyfriend and I are celebrating our two year anniversary this July. The other woman was saying how after three years of marriage she and her husband do not do much anymore. The other woman told me she went on vacation to celebrate their five year wedding anniversary. I was asking what their husbands names were when the second woman told me she had a wife. I think my reaction showed because I suddenly got very shocked and embarrassed. She was nice and said it happened to her all the time. I felt so bad after that conversation because I had this image of what a gay woman should look like in my mind and she did not fit that image. It did not bother me that she was gay or married to a woman but I would have never guessed that she was. Who is to say how a gay or lesbian person should look or act? I had this stereotypical image in my mind which was completely wrong. It just shows that society does impact our thinking without us even realizing it.