[Cjmeck]

You know, when we first adopted my dd, I loved talking about her adoption. For us, it was just a perfect, miraculous experience. But, like you said, the follow up questions are just horrible to deal with. Since my dd is biracial, and we are not, we obviously attract attention and curiousity. But lately, I absolutely refuse to tell strangers that she's adopted. Usually they'll ask if she is a foster child (which she is not). Then they'll ask if she was a drug baby, why did her "real mom" give away such a cute baby, why didn't they have any "white babies" left?? Ect... That's why I don't bother talking about it with strangers; unless of course it is obvious to me they are adoptive parents as well. I just don't need the drama when all I want to do is buy some groceries!