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Originally Posted by nikkianni
Had we not been chosen to be her parents, some other couple would have been blessed. So I guess I see things from aclee's perspective.
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Another ditto on this....my well-meaning and lovely MIL says stuff like this all the time to me. I just told her the last time she said it that we want to be parents like everyone else. No need for medals or praise for wanting a family as we had always planned. And I even mention that maybe I would feel that I was actually "saving" a child if we planned on adopting children older than newborn, as there are so many older kids in the foster care system who need and want a forever home. In that way, I feel selfish for wanting a newborn.
Anyway, I have to try not to sound so irritated when I hear these comments again....