Civilities: What to do when friends 'hijack' adults-only social events with kids

Q: Many in my gay social circle, now in midlife, have coupled off and are now exuberant to be having children. I'm happy for them, but not exuberant -- in fact, I am increasingly annoyed, and not just by the endless photos on Facebook. So far, I've been able to suppress the gag reflex as they launch into another speech about how being a parent has changed their lives. But they seem to think the rest of us want to spend as much time with their little ones as they do. We don't. Some of them want t...