If by above you mean in the comments from people who have experienced PPD, I disagree. My son is 8 months old and I haven't slept more than 4 hours at a time since he was born— usually much less. I almost never get a break. I experienced very scary "baby blues" in the first two weeks of his life. It was the scariest…

I have to agree with those who say this is a red flag if you are thinking marriage and kids. You say this is a unique situation, but what about all of the tough stuff that will come up down the road? Work stress + kids/long-term illness of parents/death of loved ones/financial issues/unemployment/cancer diagnosis/etc.…

I am the same way. We had a small wedding, just family and close friends. He had more friends there than I did, but it was absolutely fine. My way of thinking was, because we kept it small, the guests were genuine friends who weren't going to look down on me for this. Plus if you keep it small you will save a lot of…

How good an actor are you? I'd have a lot of trouble keeping the lie going, pretending it was my first time when we finally did it, pretending every other time after that that I had only experienced what we did together, etc. I would just feel like I couldn't be fully myself with such a big lie between us— what if I…

I would personally not give her the satisfaction of a response and reduce contact with them— perhaps having my spouse explain to her why. Considering that you control access to her grandchild, that should get her straightened out.

Or if you like non-deep-dish pizza, have some while in New York! No disrespect to Chicago, which I loved when I visited, but I do think NYC has it right on pizza.

You can definitely spend your entire week doing the major stuff in Manhattan— MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Met, Lincoln Center if you are into music, Soho for shopping, Central Park, Staten Island ferry for the views, etc. These things are awesome and worth your time. But if you're the kind of person who looks for…

My son came 5 weeks early and we had nothing. Except for three onesies. My husband ran out and got a car seat and a few other things while we were in the hospital. Worked out fine. You'll be great.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to clarify "someday" with him. My husband and I were long-distance before we got married because of my job; we went into that knowing we wanted to get married and have kids someday. Because of my age, my someday was sooner than his, and we had to have a few difficult conversations about that.…

That has not been my observation— two of my otherwise totally healthy family members have had shingles.

You must have missed the video of the shirtless guy making churros that was posted here recently. Hilarious AND educational.

That's awesome. I didn't get the reference until I clicked, but it is beautiful on its own.

No, that's what the push present is for. :)

Your original comment was essentially, "I was poor, my parents were on drugs, I spent time in the foster care system and I'm fine." Well, that's great (really), but those aren't ideal circumstances for any kid, so I don't see how using your experience as an example is all that useful here. The implication was "this…

If you were going to have them? Are you unable to think in hypotheticals?

Considering the huge amounts of wealth we have in this country, providing young children with a safe and enriching environment should not be seen as a luxury. Would you want your children to grow up poor with drug addict parents? Why would that be considered acceptable for any child?

Closet as best friend: better or worse than 1-year-old child?

Wow, Beyonce's place must be huge— they held the Inauguration, Super Bowl, and Grammy's there! :)

I'm not into it, and fortunately my husband isn't either. We don't really do gifts for any holidays, though— we'll take any excuse to go out to a nice meal but the last thing we need is more crap lying around.

Sounds like you raised a smart boy!