DEAR ABBY: I read with interest your column about the mother who gets all kinds of comments about the number of children she has. She asked if she should respond to these often rude remarks.
My wife and I are blessed with triplets. We too get many comments when we are out in public -- some nice and some seemingly rude. We feel enormously fortunate to have three healthy children, and we soon learned that our attitude makes all the difference in the world. We ignore some remarks, but we take others as an opportunity to tell people how blessed we are.
My favorite response when someone sees our triplets and says, "I'm glad it's you and not me," is one my wife came up with. She replies, "I'm also glad it's me and not you!" -- TRIPLY BLESSED IN ALABAMA
DEAR TRIPLY BLESSED: My congratulations to your wife. Her response is inspired.