[Dad79]

My wife and I have no children, it's my 2nd marriage and her 1st, we're mid-40s and have always wanted children, but it never worked out, we've been together 5 years and now really want to adopt a child, and it feels like a last chance.

So here we are, doing this home study, us appearing to me anyways to be above average, middle class "regular" people, no record, good health, non-smoking, college degreed, living in a good, suburban neighborhood, with decent schools. across the street from a beautiful park, with a playground and where all the kid's soccer leagues play, practically zero debt of any kind, gainfully employed professionals, good values, sometime church-goers-what more can I say?

And we're involved with this effeminate child psychologist who talk's to you like he's on Sesame Street, r-e-a-l s-l-o-w, with hand signals, like you're a 2 year old and NIT-PICKING every aspect of our feelings and beliefs and making the whole thing so drawn out! He's not in any way a "regular" person, and he's NIT-PICKING us to death as if we have to believe what he believes to be worthy parents! If kids are being raised by guys like him, I can see why the world is getting so screwed up!

Just had to vent, see what others going through this stuff think? I want to have a kid real bad, I hate sitting here thinking that Mr. Sesame Street might have the power to ruin my last chance at this.