I’m due to have our first child in a few weeks, and we decided not find out the baby’s sex ahead of time. This decision is baffling for many people — the number of times I’ve been asked, “But how will you PREPARE?!” as if preparing for a newborn girl is markedly different than preparing for a boy (or vice versa).…

Reminds me of the “This American Life” episode “If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS” — the first act was really illuminating: Writer Lindy West has been harassed by hundreds of trolls online. But only one ever apologized for his remarks. Lindy began to wonder, could he explain why trolls choose…

Your shower sounds like it will be a lovely, boozy, charitable good time! Same here — I never asked for a shower (bridal or baby) but have gotten both, because people wanted to throw them for me and other people have wanted to celebrate to mark the occasions. I hate being the center of attention at things like that,…