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Regina, you posted my thoughts exactly about the loss of privacy. Although we've never had to deal with such invasive questions from strangers, we are a memorable family. It's especially difficult if our daughter (who is 2) is acting up, crying or whatever. People remember us because our family is distinctive. People have stopped me with my daughter because they recognize her from when she was with her father.
It does keep me on my best behavior in public -- I'm just going to have to be careful that DD doesn't learn to take advantage of that!
Nevertheless, we didn't have to put our lives on display in a book for expectant mothers to flip through, which is what I think the poster was referring to. We didn't have to promote our adoption plans to friends and family in the hopes of finding an potential birthmother. We didn't have to create a web page etc. Now, many of these things don't bother some people. That's great. But it bugged us.
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