R&S I want to marry my best friend, a gay male...my crazy Catholic mother is beside herself?

You will need to discuss this with him, you are married, marriage is based on open discussions and trust. Also I don't know about normal or not because what is truly normal. But its more common than one would think.

Because 'normal' is such a subjective term, you're never going to get an accurate answer on here. The only thing you can do is ask your husband.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.