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" The other day I cheerfully asked an acquaintance when her baby was due. She replied that she had given birth three months earlier. Mortified, I blurted out, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so sorry. I hope I haven&amp;#039;t insulted you!&amp;quot; What would&amp;#039;ve been a better thing to say? Don&amp;#039;t be too hard on yourself. Your response at least suggested that you cared enough to apologize. If you had recovered faster, you might have gotten past the awkward moment by showing interest in the baby: Boy or girl? Sleeping through the night? What&amp;#039;s the most adorable thing so far? Then the new mom would be off and chatting. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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