Pepper/Jon.
In her own way, yes, but I won't discuss exactly what we talk about. I asked similar questions when I was your age. Hell, Tony Stark didn't ask those questions until very recently, so it's not just an age thing either.
Do you think that you could have continued with the tradition out of respect and not because it's what you wanted to do? Or did you simply view it as the only situation you could fall into?