You should not compare your wife to an elephant, regardless of the context

In my continued series of posts from Greetings Little One leading up to my daughter's third birthday, a post from January 22, 2009:

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Faux pas

Yesterday, in an effort to make Mommy feel better about the trials of her pregnancy, I told her that an elephant is pregnant for two years before delivering, so nine months is nothing in comparison.

She punched me very hard.