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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember1" data-source="post: 749567" data-attributes="member: 23706"><p>An added nasty issue people would bring up to me was "Well, maybe you really didnt love her as much as your other kids who are YOUR OWN" as though we loved her less for being adopted. </p><p></p><p>This was NOT true! If anything she was special, our first. But so many people, family included, brought this up that I shut down even more.</p><p></p><p>It is only since Kay's adulthood that we thought that much about her being adopted and thats because SHE brings it up. </p><p></p><p>We also lost friends through the years and I decided that our lives are nobody's business. We use Al Anon and i have a therapist for venting. Thats all I will let in. I see no reason to tell others about my kids. Or myself and my husband. When others ask about my kids my default is to say "Oh, they are doing well, thank you. And yours?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember1, post: 749567, member: 23706"] An added nasty issue people would bring up to me was "Well, maybe you really didnt love her as much as your other kids who are YOUR OWN" as though we loved her less for being adopted. This was NOT true! If anything she was special, our first. But so many people, family included, brought this up that I shut down even more. It is only since Kay's adulthood that we thought that much about her being adopted and thats because SHE brings it up. We also lost friends through the years and I decided that our lives are nobody's business. We use Al Anon and i have a therapist for venting. Thats all I will let in. I see no reason to tell others about my kids. Or myself and my husband. When others ask about my kids my default is to say "Oh, they are doing well, thank you. And yours?" [/QUOTE]
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