"Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence?"
"A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside. If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma."
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