Ok, so I tried searching for ex-mom here on the forums. I found 5 or 6 threads that use "exmom" and 2 threads that use "ex-mom." But the frustrating thing is that I cannot search for "ex mom" because the search engine tells me that the "ex" part is too short. (I tried it both within and outside of quotation marks.) So I have no idea at all how many, or if any, threads contain the term "ex mom" as two words without a hyphen.
On another note, I'm totally frustrated right now. I spent all day thinking up a response to something I read this morning on this thread. And now the post I was going to reply to is nowhere to be found... It had something to do with an expectant mom (or emom) being defined differently than a regular "mom" or "mother" (without the qualifer.) The post said that an emom was a woman who was contemplating placing her child for adoption, while a "mother" was someone who was NOT thinking about adoption. And the post really bugged me big-time. And now I can't find it...
On a final note, I saw earlier in the thread mention of the term "adopters". Just to put my two cents in on this subject, I hate this term, absolutely detest it. I know some of the philosophy behind the usage of this term, but I still think it sounds really crude. It makes it sound like my son's aparents were his owners or something, which is what I never, ever intended when I placed him for adoption...
PS: Does anybody know where I can find the "2 cents" icon or smiley?? I see it used by forum members from time to time, but I cannot seem to find it anywhere.
