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Is this the place to raise the subject of adoption?

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em Tue 30-Aug-11 22:08:56

Adoption had been discussed briefly on one or two other threads and I wonder if it deserves a thread of its own. I've been left feeling that those of us who adopted (in my case 35 and 33 years ago) are sometimes seen as the least important part of the adoption process. It would be impossible to adopt without feeling enormous sympathy and gratitude to the brave girl who gives her child to be adopted, but just occasionally, after a few recent tv programmes, I've been left feeling either superfluous or even worse, like some sort of predatory child-snatcher! There must be so many different adoption experiences out there. Could we share them?

Butternut Sat 25-Aug-12 13:23:49

Ariadne flowers

susiecb Sat 25-Aug-12 15:07:11

I had a baby at 16 and forty odd years ago that ws a terrible sin so she was adopted. i wass told the adopive parents will ggive her a much better life than you could and bring her up properly. She found me about 10 years ago and that was OK. Trouble is her adoptive parents bought her up to be a lazy, selfish hypochondriac.

Nanadogsbody Sat 25-Aug-12 15:27:33

ariadne smile

Nanadogsbody Sat 25-Aug-12 15:28:19

susiecb sorry.

soop Sat 25-Aug-12 15:44:23

susiecb that's so sad.

Ariadne Sat 25-Aug-12 16:38:32

Oh susie I can imagine. I had my DD in a mother and baby home 47 years ago, and remember the pressure to relinquish her. But I was a lucky one - my parents came round quickly once I'd had her. ((hugs))