[StorkWatcher]

This was on a country-specific board, and I thought it might be helpful to others elsewhere.

When people ask you how much your adoption did or will cost you, how do you answer?

My first response was always, "Why do you ask?" If they're considering adoption, I might go into more detail.

I might say:
1. Our agency works on a sliding scale based on your income
2. Did you know there's a $10K tax credit?
3. Less than / about the same as some people pay to give birth to their child in a hospital
4. It's not as expensive as some people think
5. Less than a new car.... (which, you know, new cars run between $12K and probably over $100K, so can't everyone use this line?)
6. Some times, we just total it all up and say, "less than $12K" or pick a number and say less than.