Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.

I 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.

Separating is not divorcing. Please keep that in mind. It is, instead, the second step in seeing if there's a better way to manage your family.

If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.

Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and both of you think that's awesome.

Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.

For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and frequent baby-friendly places.