[manni28]

Oh no....it's the "grateful adoptee" spiel again.Why does she have to justify her feelings to you? She just explained why she felt the way she does.

I'm sick of people telling us how "grateful" we should be. If we admit to any of these feelings other than "happy happy peppy peppy - yay I'm adopted!" -we are immediately accused of "blaming" or being "ungrateful."

A lot of us get to a point where we can't just shut up and be grateful any longer- we have to "look within" which is why we are on these forums.

Do you know how many people are walking around messed-up because they didn’t have good parents? Do you know how many people would LOVE to have been blessed with a good family? Yes I'm grateful because MY guardians angels bought me and my family together; I ( or anyone of us) could have easily ended up in foster care or with monsters as parents. I count my blessing and I give thanks because not everyone is blessed with a loving family.

Why don’t you try listening to kids in foster care; they would LOVE to have a loving family.