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#31
08-22-2006, 05:10 PM
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Okay guys, truly I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean really....
We are all going to be pregnant soon anyway right?  Even those that there is NO possiblity WHAT so ever...heck even if you are on birth control, the power of the adoption will overrule it and you will become pg... LOL
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#32
08-22-2006, 05:13 PM
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****giggles***** You know what I had someone say?? "Why don't you just pay off one of your friends to get pg with a random guy...heck I would do it for that money" OMG, so I said "Nah, Your not worth that much" LOL, I know so mean, she was an idiot though!!
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#33
08-22-2006, 05:18 PM
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I also heard from many people that they were just taking so long because they were waiting for more money. Huh. You don't think that they have laws and procedures before they let their children be adopted and move to a whole different country? AHHHHHHH!!! Now that he is home all I hear is how "white" he looks. PEOPLE! THIS IS NOT IMPORTANT!!!
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#34
08-22-2006, 05:22 PM
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Didn't you pay extra for a "WHITER" baby??
 Stupid people!! LOL man, what a great venting thread!!
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08-22-2006, 05:31 PM
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Ha. DH's family is Mexican and they are going to be soooooooooo disappointed that he is not darker! You can never please everyone, so I say, make yourself happy. WE LOVE TIMO and would never change a thing about him!!!
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#36
08-22-2006, 06:14 PM
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Yep, I get people all the time telling me about the thousands of babies just wasting away in foster care waiting for homes in the US. I also get the lecture about why would I want a handicapped older kid when there are so many healthy infants waiting. Or being told if I want an older kid I should try foster care. Or being told I should really wait for a baby. They have no idea what goes into deciding where and how to adopt. (not to mention if, I get people shocked all the time that I have bio kids and want to adopt)
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08-22-2006, 07:19 PM
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Not neccessarily along the same lines but we are waiting to be matched and trying to sell our house (i know, not the best timing) but at least once a week my mom calls to ask if we have "Heard anything on a baby or the house?" as if I wouldnt call her and tell her... I keep telling dh that next time she asks Im gonna say "Yeah we moved AND you have a new grandbaby I was just waiting for you to call and ask!!!"...
great venting topic !  g.
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#38
08-22-2006, 08:35 PM
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LOL!!! I love it! I can't tell you how many times people have told me I'm going to get pg now. So....I mention the PCOS, the birth control pill, and the endo... I think I may slap the next person who says that. Or just give them a terribly dirty look.
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08-22-2006, 09:25 PM
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Well, didn't y'all realize that adoption IS a cure for infertility? It's the only reason people adopt.
Funny about you saying that to your mom....I actually didn't tell anyone we were matched up (we had been waiting a LONNNG time and had pulled our file, so nobody suspected it) I actually did call my mom and say, "You're a grandma" completely out of the blue......she literally went into shock.
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08-23-2006, 09:22 AM
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Kathy.. I am sure somewhere in one of our past lives we must have been related. My answers were all the same as yours...
Here's my other one.. "have you heard anything yet?" NOPE as soon as I do I'll put the billboard up!!! Quote:
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#41
08-23-2006, 10:22 AM
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You'll get pregnant now ...
I too hated the "You'll get pregnant now" comments I got.
I would respond .... "well, I doubt it because adoption is not a cure for infertility." Most people would seem to understand immediately how stupid of a comment that really it. Then I'd go on, if it seemed appropriate, and tell them that its pretty rare for that to happen. And that much like everything else in the world, people here the stories where couples get pregnant after they decide to adopt and don't here the 100's of stories where a couple decides to adopt and never does get pregnant. Also ... after we adopted, my SIL's MIL told me said something like well at least you didn't have 9 months of pregancy and have to go through labor. Trying (not to successfully) to keep a smile on my face, I responded that I indeed did have a pregnancy and labor ... and then went on to list for her all the heartache and hoops we had to jump through. By time I was done, she seemd speechless. The small minded person in me felt good about putting her in her place. The more thoughful side of me felt a bit bad, because she really didn't mean to be insenitive.
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#42
08-23-2006, 11:05 AM
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The adoption/pregnancy comment I get always goes something like "You know you'll get pregnant as soon as you adopt, you know. My friend's SIL's cousin adopted a baby from China and now she's pregnant--WITH TWINS! It's because she relaxed, ya know?"
So annoying! I've started interjecting "WITH TWINS!" whenever people start telling me about it now.
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08-23-2006, 12:25 PM
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Wait...seriously stop the presses...this isn't another form of Infertility treatment??? Okay, that's it, I'm out...
LOL - love the sister's brother's cousin's aunt's wife's friend comment....I giggle everytime I hear that!! Okay a comment I JUST recieved at the gym: "What if the bmom is physcho and the kid is then physcho?" OMG...this is fresh off the block from today too...I simply replied "Well they have a 18 yr Warranty so we're covered, we'll just return them for a new one" Yeah I got a dirty look for that one...I have to admit, I didn't feel bad AT ALL!! Another comment, "Gees I would just take that money and go on a extravagant vacation..shame it has to be used for that" Uhhhh...okay? Natalie
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#44
08-23-2006, 07:04 PM
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We used to get "don't worry..........your baby will find you"......I was so sick of this one until unknowingly it was said for the last time on the day of our sons birth. We found out about him 4 days later.
I did have one "friend" that also tried the "now you'll get pregnant" routine. I told her no, that I love my husband and would not be cheating on him. That shut her up quickly.
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#45
08-23-2006, 07:11 PM
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HAHAHAHA RFLMAO!!! I am going to use this one, I freaking LOVE it!! Natalie
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