I think you did great.
Your post had me laughing. People just don't understand open adoption. They get all confused and tongue tied. We shouldn't be talking, visiting or sharing pictures.
We just had a visit yesterday with dd bmom and son. DD put a picture I took of three of them up on our fridge. She took another one and put it in her room and says I want to share this with my friend. This will be interesting!
My family will be horrified that now I've gone to having pictures up, but to me, we're just going with the flow. DD put it up. I'm not taking it down.
My dd bmom is in shoe's similar to you, coming out to her family and friends about being a birthmother. She feels better about it all. She still has some work to do, but she is getting there. I know it's hard for her, so each step she takes, means a lot to me.
