I actually
loved scrimping and saving to take 12 weeks off only to be greeted with

's and

's from some of my coworkers when I told them how "long" I would be gone. It was awesome. The American dream. So there.
"I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy." J.D. Salinger

Re: Lithuania has nothin' on me.
Like they thought it was too long?
Or they were being judgy about you taking "only" 12 weeks?
16 weeks for me. State policy is 8 weeks per LO.
Too long.
(Although to be fair, the men in my office didn't pull these faces. Women only. B!tches)