Hi Marianne,
I just turned 27 and I am single.... I just finished my foster care/adoption classes and should be licensed and placed in the next few months....Also hoping to at least start the Haitian adoption process (If I can get a presidential pardon due to my age) next year also.
I have been talking seriously about adoption since like 19/20 y/o. but I have known that I would adopt since I was 8 yrs old and I am finally at a point in my life in which I am financially and emotionally stable enough to do so.
People tell me the same thing, about being married and having birthchild....but since I don't believe in premarital sex and seeing that I won't be getting married anytime soon, (Haven't had a boyfirend in almost 11 yrs) I am not waiting for this magical man who may never come along to be a mommy.
And even if I was married I would still want to adopt and would not marry a man who did not share the same vision..don't get me wrong I will probably have a birth child should I ever get married, but to me adoption is my first choice..not my last....I know that may sound strange but that is just how I feel...
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Originally Posted by marista99
Hi,
I'm 24, almost 25, a teacher and have just started considering adopting as a single woman. I am wondering if anyone else out there is in the same boat as me? People keep telling me I am crazy, that I should try to find a man first, or that I should try to have a birth child before I consider adoption, but to me I don't see it as my last choice at all.
Am I the only one? I sure hope not. :-)
Marianne
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