I reiterate the significance of the intersection of timing and discretion when sharing our glad tidings. I do this because knowing the time and place while remaining aware of the people that you share your life’s momentous events can be a matter of life and death or triumph and defeat.

This sounds melodramatic, I know, but sharing your life’s events too soon, and with the wrong people, is dangerous. Western pop culture refers to this as a function of not wanting to “jinx” things by talking about them too early. A jinx is a curse/bad luck/bad omen, which in this context, is tied to the sharing of information (often good news) prematurely and its ability to negatively impact your outcomes...