My Least Favorite Questions About my Kids (And the Answers I Don’t Usually Have the Nerve to Give)

My family looks pretty different, and it gets a lot of attention. The vast majority is positive, and most of the rest is just curious or wondering – but every now and then someone says something REALLY stupid, unkind or offensive. A lot of the time, if the kids don’t hear it, I let it go. If they say it in front of the kids, I sometimes take them to task. And sometimes, I give free rein to my sarcastic side.

(Note, some of these questions are not, in and of themselves, that offensive, and so d...