A lot of comments about breastfeeding are made by those who've never done it. Having nursed two kids, I found that using a blanket was cumbersome, hard to keep on and if it fell off, everything was exposed...plus it was like having a sign around your neck I'm Nursing A Baby. I also don't see how this is an issue of entitlement...am I not doing everyone more of a favor by not making them listen to a crying baby? (Oh, I forgot, I'm not supposed to leave the house with the baby until it's weaned! How realistic and kind is that?) And as for going to the bathroom...not only is that unsanitary and uncomfortable (a nursing mom needs something to rest her back on when she's sitting), but I think I'd much rather see a woman with a baby stuck under her shirt than tying up a bathroom stall at a restaurant or store.

As for those who go on and on about having to see a nursing mom....I have never seen a woman "whip it out" and I suspect those who have have seen it only once or twice. Hell, I've seen scarier sights once or twice but I don't whine about it. And if you don't want to see it, don't look. I've never seen a nursing mom go out of her way to sit on a stranger's lap while she's nursing.

Nursing in public is here to stay. Practice looking elsewhere.

I don't want to see a shit/piss factory horking onto your ugly tit and fat body

You do know what BBW stands for, right?

The argument goes on and on: the child-free complaining they are sick of covering for mothers attending a bevy of childcare crises, working mothers defending themselves for raising the next generation of humankind, child-free workers suggesting breeders are ruining the planet with their adorable environmental disasters, mothers shooting back that come retirement age, child haters will all be dependent on the next generation

You had to go to the Telegraph to read those arguments? I seem to remember plenty of them right here on Broadsheet.

I realize feminists of the 60's convinced women they could not possibly be happy and fulfilled being mere "domestic slaves and mothers". They went so far as to shame them and make them feel guilty for wanting to be "housewives", (which still goes on today).

This reminds me of a myth favored in certain Southern circles (I'm a native Southerner so I know) that goes like this: black people were super happy being subservient to the white people because the white people were so nice to them, until "outside Northern agitators" got 'em all riled up; now the black people are secretly sorry they bought into it.

Times change but the myths apparently don't.

Not nearly to the degree with which he is obsessed with himself.

Also, who thinks that all kids are fun?

Kids in general are fun for most of us who've chosen to have them. I'm sure there are some outliers. I was told by a friend who had a child years before I did that half the work in parenting is keeping a straight face when you're supposed to be stern with them. So far that's true.

The LW indicated that the fiance's parents were rich, but it was not clear that he himself was rich. Perhaps he is living life in a normal way because he is financially normal? He may not be living on the family dole or (wisely) counting on inheriting all that $$, so maybe he really isn't that different from the LW.

Find an industrial-organizational psychologist that does "freelance" work. This is the kind of situation that I/O psychologists are experienced with, and having an outsider's view can bring a new perspective. I suspect he or she will tell you something like: identify a goal or goals that will require everyone working together, make everyone's contribution identifiable, don't ask opinions unless you're going to use them, that sort of thing. I'm not an I/O psychologist myself, but find the field interesting.