On Dec. 27, news broke that actress Natalie Portman is both pregnant and engaged.
“Wow,” I quipped to a friend, “Daddy had a shotgun.”
For the record, I have no personal knowledge about the very talented Ms. Portman and her choreographer fiancé/baby daddy, nor am I conjecturing that he actually popped in the question in panic after the strip turned pink.
But … (grand pause) … if you announce both your betrothal and your being with child at the same time, some might wonder whether the rabbit died before the ring was purchased.
Do we still live in an age of shotgun weddings/engagements? It certainly happens, but as the concept of family evolves, there are also plenty of unmarried/unengaged pairs who happily raise children either as loving couples or as respectful co-parents. Am I wrong in thinking that the stigma of mom and dad not being married has been diminished?