ok, i am jewish and my husband, a lapsed catholic. we married, i had two kids, and wasn't having others. he knew that from our third date. i am 4 yrs older than he, and when we married, i was 36 and he was 32. i had a 13 yr old, and a 9 yr old. done.
not being religious, we decided that christmas time, we would have a real tree and decorate. swell. oh yeah, left out he had a crazy loon sister. i was introduced to people, by my mother in law, as her "jewish daughter in law" or by his last girlfriends'(12 yr) name. after about 4 yrs i said to nick "don't you think by now, your ma should know my name?" . fyi-till she died, i was maryellen.
the dog situation-well, i would keep my girl close to me, and make sure she didnt get sprayed because i would be tempted to rip the bottle out of her hands and spray her in the face . probably not good advice but i m letting it out.
and as far as her asking if you are pregnant-THAT WOULD PUT ME RIGHT OVER THE EDGE and honestly my answer would be "how do you know if we are trying and not getting pregnant. please , please, never ask me personal questions again. how can you ask such personal questions".
and if she ever had the balls to ask anything similar -any personal questions, that would be my answer . "how can you ask such personal questions?" and THEN DO NOT ANSWER HER.
and i know just what you are going thru.
my name was not maryellen.
fortunately we had zero to do with his thieving sister (whole other story) and she died at a very young age .
i better not say more or i might burn in hell, if there is one.
chin up, be cool, get a xanex and let them screw themselves.