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Well, P is not into boys, LOL, She tells me she will never ever kiss a boy because they are disgusting. I made her put it in writing and sign it, I still have it! Usually the questions about her legs (most girls love them cause they have hannah montana on them) or his lack of limbs, we answer very matter of factly. We usually have very few issues with kids. Adults on the other hand. . . Well we have been asked many times about thier "real" parents. For both of my kids thier biological parents abandoned them because of thier limbs. My daughter's parents really wanted a better life for her. My son's just flat out did not want him. So for them those are painful questions. They also ask frequently about his ethnicity. He is Roma (gypsy) but looks hispanic. We are in an area that has tons of hispanic people, most from Mexico, but my son though he looks like those kids, does not speak spanish, (though his big brothers are learning it). I also get asked all the time why I don't just get him prosthetic legs. People see stuff on TV and make assumptions about what is and is not possible. They don't realize that some of the prototypes seen on TV are one of a kind because they cost millions or have 100lb battery packs. Even some of the things commonly available for adults are not cost effective for a growing child. Also he just flat out has nothing to attach prosthetic legs to. He would have no way to control them without having at least something. Also the fancy surgeries they show of transplants and stuff will never be available for congenital amputees because you can not replace something that was never there, they don't have nueral paths for legs that they never had.
As you can see, I have had a lot of free advice on this subject, but am pretty educated on it. LOL
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