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Originally Posted by BrandyHagz
Since I work in the 'industry' so to speak - I get a lot of emails from people sharing their stories.
A recent trend, I've noticed, is that women are pretending to be birthmothers.
Not pregnant women looking to place.
Birthmothers.
They are pretending they got pregnant and placed a child for adoption.
Why?
Over the years, its happened on the forums - usually, they just go away (I guess birthmotherhood loses its novelty)
I am trying to think of one good reason why someone would want to PRETEND to be a birthmom...
...I can't.
What are your thoughts on this recent 'trend' not only here on the forums, but in the adoption community at large?
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Brandy - I think it's disgusting for a woman to portray herself as a birthmother when in fact, she's not. Being a birthmother myself, I know how hard it can be, how strong the emotions are, the fear you feel about being "cut out" of your child's life. Why would anyone pretend like that? How could they possibly know how difficult it is? This has made me a bit angry, I'm afraid. I wasn't aware that people like that existed. It's truly despicable and pathetic.