How would you feel about a straight teacher who often talk about their spouse?

[Still-alive]

Could be something like "Oh yeah i had a nice birthday with my wife over the weekend, how was your weekend kids?"

Would you feel this is inappropriate?

Yeah thats not appropriate to bring up in the classroom

It's fine, not a big deal. teachers have lives too

It depends on what it is they talk about when mentioning their spouse. some thigns are ok, others are not

A total of 34 votes were cast: 25 girls and 9 guys. See detailed results

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How would you feel about a gay teacher who often talked about their spouse? ↗

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[Dazed0N0Confused]

You want to know what the problem really is? ANTI-LGBT people don't want their kids to ask them why their teacher is with someone of the same sex or why a classmate has 2 moms or 2 dads.

They're perfectly okay with straight people mentioning their spouse in passing, but that doesn't apply to the LGBTQIA community.

LGBTQIA teachers aren't talking about their sex lives. Straight teachers aren't talking about their sex lives. No one is talking about their sex lives! Except if their close with coworkers! But they are absolutely not talking about it with kids!

On a side topic about schools & the LGBTQ community:

A kindergartener was just told she couldn't attend her school in Louisiana because her aunt, who happens to be a lesbian & happily married, had to adopt her after losing her parents. All because the aunt is a lesbian & it's a school that teaches that being gay/lesbian is wrong. So they're punishing the kid, who just wants to go to school with her friends, because her aunt did the right thing in taking her in.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

So I know with my littles we do a share circle every Monday where we talk about our weekend. It's complete optional and they don't have to share if they don't want. I started off not sharing and then they started asking how my weekend was and they enjoyed hearing about it. I think it's nice to let them know that you're a person outside of the classroom. Should there be boundaries? Of course. But I don't really see sharing a little about your weekend as inappropriate.

[SiberFox]

The teachers i've had who fawned over their spoused tended to be great teachers. If they're happy and saying why they're happy, the classroom environment is likely to be great

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

It's fine, not a big deal. teachers have lives too

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for MHO :)

[CrazyGirl2]

I honestly have to say the EXACT answer I gave you for the gay teacher, which is,
I JUST got out of high school last year, and I absolutely KNOW that no teacher EVER talked to us about their spouses, or how their weekend went! Like if you even asked about their weekend, they’d either just say something like “it was very nice, thank you for asking” or “none of your business, sit down, you’re late… AGAIN! One more this month young lady, and I’m personally calling your parents! Do we understand eachother?”

[Smoke-n-Growls]

I mean, obviously don't tell your students about everything, but just like how having gay teachers is good, so is having straight teachers.

It's good for kids to have a variety of good examples and a spouse willing to speak well of their loved one to their students is a good thing.

I've always loved when my teachers tell us about themselves outside of the classroom. Learning people are human starts early, and includes learning your teachers are full humans with lives and loves.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

I honestly don't really mind it. I've had teachers who would go on a rent either because They've already covered the material for the week or because their personal story was relevant (I've literally had a teacher talk about his son's tricolor poop).

either way, most of the teachers I've heard rant were straight with the exception of one. No one brought up anything NSFW or age inappropriate, it was mostly just some minor dumb thing their partner did recently.

[Koneko911]

Define often. Once a week? Everyday? Cause at some point it gets creepy. You can tell kids what you did with your spouse that's fine. But doing it super often is a no no

[Still-alive]

sure once a week. every so often whenever it seems right to say

[Koneko911]

That's fine

[Subarugirl]

Its all totally fine... unless the teacher is gay...… then heaven forbid they are trying to brainwash out children...… bla bla bla…..

[Still-alive]

shhh don't call out the hypocrites like that, they don't like it :P

[Subarugirl]

but that's what I do...

[Cherry234]

I voted C. Obviously it's inappropriate for a teacher to discuss in detail how he/she was getting it on (having sex) with his/her spouse but it's fine for a teacher to discuss casual weekend plans with his/her spouse.

[menina]

I had teachers who used to talk about their personal lives during class but I always thought that was inappropriate. I know they have their lives but they should keep some things to themselves.

[Rebel_Queen]

My teachers do that often it doesn't bother me

[Apulu_Imback]

My geography sir of 8th grade was saying his love story. It was cute. He didn't brought up anything inappropriate.

[RedStiletto88]

It really depends on what the teacher is discussing and the age level of the students.

[call_me_scar]

I have had teachers like that i never saw it as bad or whatever its just sonething they talked about

[llorando]

It's fine, not a big deal. teachers have lives to.

[Xtendable]

I voted B, then read that C could be a better option. I had a couple of teachers who shared too much

[Blackcosmo]

That's alright.

[melanieeeB]

No prob, most of my teachers used to be like that

[moonpie89]

A little odd lmao. I never cared

[jengeorge26]

Not a problem

[Dinosaursandanime65]

I don’t mind