I'm the oldest of three; I have a sister and a brother. My sister is married and has a seven week old baby boy. My brother got his girlfriend pregnant and she is due in a month. They said they weren't going to get married and three weeks ago they snuck off and had a civil ceremony. (Family was not invited.) I was more surprised than anything.
My father also remarried a year and a half ago. That means family dinners are comprised of three sets of newlyweds and me. Newlyweds are always touching each other.
When my brother announced their pregnancy, my grandmother went a little bit into grandma-overdrive and actually opened a telephone conversation with 'Are there any more little secrets I should know?' Yes, Grandma, my siblings are both reproducing so I decided to join the party and got myself knocked up.
I don't know what's worse- when my family talks about me being pregnant one day, or how until baby fever set in, there was a conspicous silence on the topic of my love life, or even the possibility of such.
My family speaks affectionately of me as sort of an adult-child who will require supervision for the rest of my life. It does wonders for my self-image.
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