Ugh, that guy sounds unfortunate. And yet I’m pretty sure I’m going to need to know what his vision of the bridesmaid dresses would look like.

Whoever documented her shame and then put it on the internet deserves an eternity of public humiliations. I hope they crap themselves at work or on the metro or while on a first date. The universe should right this wrong. And I hope in their moment of embarrassment they realize that what they are experiencing is…

Me too. She has some really great friends/sisters/cousins/whoever those women were. They were supportive as hell when she really needed it.

Jeez, my heart nearly broke watching her cry at the end. I’m glad her girlfriends were there for her.

Why are we still doing this shit?

Haha, that’s a crazy thing to say. And I love it.

Giving an unwanted child a home is genocide? Sheesh! What an ass.

AMEN. We have three homegrown boys and 2 girls adopted internationally. We got the “why not adopt in the U.S.” crap, we got the “don’t you guys have enough kids?” crap, we got the “trying to be Angelina Jolie” crap. You know what? I love being a mom and love having kids. We have a disgusting income and can afford all…

Everyone is 2” shorter than the IMDB bio says, and 3-5 years older. That is just science, man.

Let’s start a betting pool!

Comments like “wouldn’t it be better for her to grow up among <her people>“? A while ago I read a book by a woman who was given up for adoption. She lived with a foster family for several years, who was willing to adopt her. The foster family was deemed not suitable as they were white and the girl was black. The…

I’m adopted. I will not adopt.

What the fuck kind of response is this? Transracial adoption is incredibly challenging for both the child and parent. It takes a person who is dedicated to doing a good job with a child of a different race, not just any random person. It takes someone who is willing to put in the effort. Someone who wants to…

Thanks, I’m not sure it was strength so much as a self-preservation instinct. Either way, I wouldn’t even know where to begin telling you how much better my life is without her. I hope your mom can work something out for herself too.

Sorry you experienced that. Good for you for having the strength to walk away - I wish my mother could. It would be for the best.

Who let you out of the greys? Jeesh.

Well, yeah. Being adopted was not awesome for me. The one good thing about being adopted is I feel in no way obligated to continue a relationship with the abusive piece of shit who adopted me.

Thank you! I’ve known plenty of other adopted people (my brother included), and it’s a total mixture of experiences, some great, some really horrible. Whenever I hear about people wanting to adopt, I just think, “I hope you are prepared for everything this is going to involve.” Because it’s not really the kind of…

This is a weird thing to say. I’m adopted too. Being adopted was and is awesome. You know what was not awesome? The abusive environment my mother was raised in, that she still feels obligated to because of some bullshit “biological” relation. Shitty home situations can happen regardless of how a family is formed.

Ugh my mother in law talked about a lady she doesn't like and how she adopted a Chinese baby just for attention. Yea, she went through all that work, money, time, stress, and emotion just to show off a cute baby.