"Um . . .on purpose?"
"Wait a minute; you're going to have to explain this one to me. I don't understand how you people do that."
"I thought it would be a Chinese baby."
"Wow, that's unexpected."
"Oh, hm. OK. Yay. I want to talk to you about this, but I'm really busy right now."
Those were the reactions of our family members when we told them that we are expecting our first child. It's funny how when heterosexual couples get married or cohabit, people ask them when they are going to have children. My wife and I have been together for 11 years, and no one has ever brought up the subject of children to us. Everyone so far has seemed very surprised and a little confused when we announced the growing of our family.
But, for the most part, after the initial shock, we have had nothing but congratulations and well wishes from everyone. It feels good to finally tell the family, as we are 10 weeks along, which is 25% of the way through the pregnancy, and keeping it a secret has been challenging. We will tell friends and co-workers in 2 weeks, as long as our family can keep it off Facebook and prevent the beans from spilling prematurely.
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