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Old 08-10-2007, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by kakuehl
I recognize that many birth mothers who place are quite young, but I'm finding myself resenting aparents who refer to "our birthmother" and seem to reduce her to child status and who appear to want to "mother/parent" the birth mom. Somehow it seems quite inappropriate to me (and frankly irritates me!).

Yeah. I get irritated, too. I am not J & D's birth mother. That would be absolutely 100% impossible. D is four years older than me and J is OLD. (Inside joke.)

I am the Munchkin's birth mother. That is all. Only her.
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