From Soap:
“What color is he?”
(not wanting a silver space alien baby, you see)
“They say all babies are beautiful— oh well. Best of luck!”
Vinyl Turnip, you do have to make sure the baby is beautiful before you post that one. If there’s any chance the parents might have doubts, I wouldn’t do it. As, for example, my niece, who got cute by the end of her first year, but absolutely belied the idea that there’s no such thing as an ugly baby.
The thing with facebook is that even if the parents of the new bundle are totally laid back and cool, they might be friends with some less enlightened folks. Maybe their parents are on fb.
I myself would have laughed at the post, as would 2/3 of my friends, but all it takes is one person to poast “@Rilch. I can’t believe you would say such a thing.” and then other friends would either pile on or try to smooth things over and suddenly the baby congrats get derailed -
So I’d like to be on the record saying that while the proposed reply is not even a little bit offensive it is probably best conveyed in a handwritten note or in person, or even an Inbox message on fb than as a comment on your friend’s “wall.”
If anyone does that, they’d be the ones violating a taboo. You don’t get into fights on other people’s picture comments.
You could add an exclamation point and an “LOL” to make sure it’s is read in a light-hearted sense.
Vinyl Turnip is still an ugly baby to this day. 