I'm really glad to hear how great your relationship with your birth mother is! It's a shame about your birth father; I'm sorry you had to go through that :(
Thanks for your input! I like hearing stories like this. It makes me feel like it can be worth it (the only real-life experience I have with someone I know finding their birth mother is this: she found her birth mother, and her birth mother began to use her in terms of money and leaving her (the birth mother's) child with my friend for days...but I feel that was a rare situation overall). So, yes, thanks! :D
RE: your birth father. Wow, that really is just a shame...and so unfair to you! I'm glad you were able to move past that! :)
I went from being an only child to having a total of 3 brothers and a sister!
That's something I would love - I, too, am an only child. My parents and I have talked a few times that the one thing I am sad about is that I never had any siblings. That would be such an amazing thing, I think!
I cannot answer most of your questions. I can, however, give you some input on how an adoptive parent may view your feelings and interest. I met my son when he was 4 years-old, and we formally adopted each other when he was 8. His father was a substance abuser who provided no support to my boy, financial, emotional, or otherwise. He did not even respond to the service, when my boy's mother filed to have his parental rights terminated, so I could adopt him. Approximately a year ago, this man died from a drug overdose. Even though my son has been less than forthcoming about his feelings, which is pretty normal given his age (12), I know that it hurt him and my heart broke for him. It still hurts me to think that my son will have to go through life wondering what it could have been like to have known his biological father. I sincerely wish that he could have had the opportunity to decide for himself if this was someone he wanted to try and include in his life
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I'm really glad to hear how great your relationship with your birth mother is! It's a shame about your birth father; I'm sorry you had to go through that :(
Thanks for your input! I like hearing stories like this. It makes me feel like it can be worth it (the only real-life experience I have with someone I know finding their birth mother is this: she found her birth mother, and her birth mother began to use her in terms of money and leaving her (the birth mother's) child with my friend for days...but I feel that was a rare situation overall). So, yes, thanks! :D
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I went from being an only child to having a total of 3 brothers and a sister!
That's something I would love - I, too, am an only child. My parents and I have talked a few times that the one thing I am sad about is that I never had any siblings. That would be such an amazing thing, I think!
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