Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.
Carolyn HaxYou don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.
Carolyn HaxI have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children.
Carolyn HaxMoving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.
Carolyn HaxI realize that people fly with small children all the time, and that babies are easier in some ways because all they do is sit/lie around anyway, but damn it's hard to keep a baby comfortable on any flight, much less a long one, particularly amid the looks of horror they will get from fellow passengers as it dawns on them that their 10- to 13-hour flight might come with a soundtrack of screaming baby.
Carolyn Hax