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Just because Facebook says you're pregnant doesn't make it true

This is exactly how rumors get started. Scott took this picture and posted the following on Facebook: Congratulations to the expectant Marissa and Jeff who are engaged to be married. I may have a case for accidental strangulation. What did you just do? What? They're not expecting a baby. They're engaged. That's what I said. They're expecting to be married. Seconds later, the notes came flying onto my Facebook status congratulating me on becoming a granny again. Shut the front door. For the record, this will not be a shutgun wedding. Marissa and Jeff have been together for five years. I think they know how the whole reproductive thing works. They are careful, they are responsible, not like Marissa's dear old ma, or grandma, or the millions of other women in this world who become in the family way before wedlock. Marissa's too smart for that. Me, I can't say the same. Me, I had two children before I got married. I had to get a babysitter to...