You’ll be fine. They make you insane but they’re still a shit ton of fun. Until they turn three. (Just kidding. Sort of. My son is in the midst of the terrible threes and I’m 4 months pregnant with our 2nd and I have no idea why we’re doing this half the time. Your feelings are totally normal.)

Right, because she wouldn’t need any time off to have an infant at home. No matter whose body it came out of.

In the survey, mothers said they felt 20 to 22 percent more stressed out with a new kid, compared to fathers, who said they were 5 to 8 percent more stressed. This fades for dads, according to Flowers, but not for mothers, during those first few years.

Oh, great. I was so over her halfway through last season. This doesn't make me want to start 3 immediately.

I haven’t started it yet. But as I know Alex/Donna is back this season, I fully expected that would happen. If not in real time, in flashback/fantasies. And you don't specify which of those it is. (And who cares if you had. It's not like it's not expected.) You’re fine. People are getting bent out of shape for no…

Amen! Congrats to you!!

Kern County is a big red state within a bigger blue state. Keep that in mind. All of those things are at fault. She just picked one to pick on this time.

I lived in Kern County the past 7 years. I will just say this doesn’t surprise me even a little bit. One, it’s like living in a little bubble of Texas. Oil, Cowboy boots, guns and God. People be crazy there.

The grandma opened them?? Wtf? I hope she also wrote the thank you cards.

Trick of the trade: don’t find out (or tell) the sex before your shower. People only buy you what you ask for that way.

There are a surprising amount of non obnoxious shower games online if you look hard enough. If you're into that sort of thing, anyway.

I recently declined one invite because it’s a second girl and the first is barely 3. (And last time she registered for ONLY super girly shit, so it’s not like she has a bunch of (God forbid) blue stuff to replace.) The kicker, however, is that she’s throwing it for herself. And her registry is huge. I just can’t get…

PLUS mom can drink by then! ;) I’d totally do that with #2.

OMG that makes it that much worse.

I will give YOU $20 if you say they also had a money dance at their wedding. They did, didn’t they???

I love this. My best friend recently had baby #3 and didn’t want a shower*. I still wanted to do something for her, so she agreed to a “tea party” where the rest of us downed champagne and some people brought her baby clothes. No games. No fuss. Just friends congratulating her for quite beautifully carrying a giant…

I hate pink and my husband has to do the laundry because I “don’t do it right.” I’m not afraid of men and I’ve never once been surprised by my period in a public place. I don’t cry easily. I love to sit and gossip over wine. I love to cook for my loved ones. These aren’t important things (or stereotypes?) dictating my…

Yes. This. I was thinking that exact thing throughout the whole article.

Costco cheesecakes.

All of that is awful.