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Hey... another adoptive parent here who is also a single guy... I have never had anyone seem bothered by the fact that I am single guy wanting to adopt... at least nobody ever said anything to my face about it...
There are a few single guys in town here who are foster parents... I started the whole process in 2004 and the fact that I was single was somewhat a novelty thing... but this time around (I'm in the process of being matched for a second adoption), it seems very normal... nobody seems suprised... I've been in communication with people in four different states... I hadn't looked at any photolistings since 2005... and one thing that suprised me this time around is I've seen "single male" listed as a preferences for some kids... I don't remember seeing that before...
My son does really well with a single parent... he cannot triangulate... apparently he's always responded better to male caregivers...
The neatest thing is when we're in public, or with people we've met more recently, people doen't even know he's adopted... there's lots of single dads out there!!
As far as the posts starting out with "Ladies..." - I've spent so much time in the special needs & attachment area of the forum, where Indy, Mike, and I have been hanging out for years... people over there don't usually start off their posts that way...
Like Indy said, I come to a.com because I've found people with similar interests... who know what kind of things I'm experiencing... and being a sinlge male adoptive parent is not seen as strange or unusual...
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Kerby
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