That's a hell of a thing to ask somebody. Those people should keep their crackpot theories to themselves. Not all adopted people feel unwanted and it's a lot of projection for people to assume that they do. Geez. This says a lot more about them than you. Sorry it's your mom, too, who's sharing these nonsense theories…

This is very late in the day - damn you, hours-behind time zone! - but seems a place to ask. Are there any other adopted women on here, who sometimes get told that their lack of interest in having biological children themselves must stem from them having been unwanted babies? As in, you somehow absorbed conflict and…

Honestly, I didn't comment at first but the no-sleep-parents-complaint thing is one of the most ridiculous and condescending things people with kids say to discredit the opinions of people without.

Cry me a river... No one needs to pad you on the back for doing something most women can do. You decided to have a kid; that doesn't mean the fact that you haven't slept in X hours or don't have an "intact vagina" makes you deserving of anything/gives you the right to put someone else down.

Ridiculous? 7 billion not enough for you?