{"id":30402,"date":"2025-10-28T14:32:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30402"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:32:40","slug":"30402","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30402","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family gathering was my masterpiece. I suggested hosting Aiki\u2019s extended family for a pregnancy celebration, knowing the wine would loosen their lips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Tell them about Matt,<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d her mother urged in Japanese after her third glass. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">They\u2019ll think it\u2019s funny.<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I busied myself with food, my phone recording from my pocket as Aiki giggled with her cousins about how she was taking me for a ride. Some laughed. Others looked horrified. Her aunt tried to shush her, but Aiki was on a roll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Mata nishin shitara, mata onaji koto suru. If I get pregnant again, I\u2019ll do the same thing.<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I made my move. I walked in with a tray of appetizers, smiling blankly. \u201cWhat are you all laughing about? I wish I could understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30403\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/comntinue-reading-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family gathering was my masterpiece. I suggested hosting Aiki\u2019s extended family for a pregnancy celebration, knowing the wine would loosen their lips. \u201cTell them about Matt,\u201d her mother urged in Japanese after her third glass. \u201cThey\u2019ll think it\u2019s funny.\u201d I busied myself with food, my phone recording from my pocket as Aiki giggled with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=30402\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30412,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30402\/revisions\/30412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}