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This topic is one I have to respond to.
We were in-process for 14 months and as you all know the dossier etc... took a long time so....all in all a very long wait to get our son home from Guatemala.
My brother visited my house once shortly after our son came home and I saw him a couple months later at his house and this came out of his mouth...
'what country did he come from again?' I was speechless for a bit, then just said, 'guatemala'.
What I thought was-Uhhhh... yeah I guess you didn't read our regular update emails for the past 14 months A-hole.
When I first told my brother about our adopting from guatemala he began discussing the illegal immigration issue, and I said, Uh...I don't see what illegal immigration has to do with my adopting an orphaned baby from another country? He changed the subject.
A coworker said ' oh, why didn't you go american?' I said, hey I am adopting a baby, not buying a car. He stammered and tried to explain the question further and I had to educate him about the complexities of adopting and how it is a personal decision.
The lady at cvs said, 'did he come with a name?' Uh...yeah. I straightened her out too. politely. She is actually very excited to see us whenever we go into cvs.
Just a few of my 'favorites'. Ugh!!!!!!!!!
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