Mixed-Race Baby Would Be a Surprise but Not an Outcast

Mixed-Race Baby Would Be a Surprise but Not an Outcast

 

DEAR ABBY: I am five months pregnant with my second child and engaged to a wonderful man, "Tony." We get along well with my ex-husband with whom I share custody of my first child. But problems may arise when the baby is born.

*Be engaged to sb ~와 약혼하다

*Engage

Vi | engage in/on/upon ~에 관여하다 (참여하다) | to be doing or to become involved in an activity

- Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise

- The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle

*Get along (well) with someboby ~와 잘 지내다

*Arise (특히 문제나 곤란한 상황이) 생기다, 발생하다

 

I had a night of sex with a friend who is of a different race. Tony knows about it and the possibility that the baby will be mixed. He feels strongly that he will help me raise the child as his own (child).

*Be of a different kind[sort; type] 종류가 다르다

 

My family knows nothing about this, nor does my ex. How should I handle the possible backlash and confusion if this child is, indeed, the product of my one-night stand? -- SCARED IN THE SOUTH

*Nor

1) Neither ~ nor ~ | Not~ nor~ ~도 (또한) 아니다[없다]

- He seemed neither surprised nor worried

2) (~이 아닌 것은) ~도 그렇다 [마찬가지이다]
- She doesn't like them and nor does Jeff

- "I'm not going" "Nor am I"

*Backlash (against sth)|(from sb) (사회 변화 등에 대한 대중의) 반발

*Indeed (긍정적인 진술, 대듭을 강조하여) 정말[확실히]

- It is indeed as I have heard 정말 듣던 대로다

 

 

DEAR SCARED: Say nothing prematurely. If your baby turns out to be mixed race, deal with it matter-of-factly. While there may be confusion, all you have to do is say that you and Tony plan to raise this child together in a loving family. If they wish to participate, they are welcome. If not, make it clear that you will do it without their help.

*prematurely (너무) 이르게 / 시기 상조로 / 조급하게

- Experts say nearly five million people die prematurely every year because of tabacco-related illnesses

*matter-of-factly 있는 그대로, 객관적으로

- He explained matter-of-factly

 

Your baby will not be alone. According to the Census Bureau, the population of mixed-race Americans grew 32 percent from 2000 to 2010.

 

 

My opinion

 

 

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