This is a story about what can happen when a child is not told he was adopted. Imagine if this mom hadnt ever "found the right time" to tell this boy he was adopted and he missed the opportunity to know his own brother. :(

http://web.archive.org/web/20121128000314/http://moms.today.com/_news/2012/11/27/15463532-so-happy-i-had-a-brother-boys-meet-as-friends-discover-they-are-siblings?lite

I think I was adopted.

I hear ya..... You should ask your parents and see if they will be honest with ya :)

It seems to be simple but the situation is really tough.

Yea it really is!!! -- People dont understand that!

I'm an adoptee and I've pretty much always known I was adopted, it wasn't kept a big secret or anything. So I have a hard time imagining what it would be like to not have found out I was adopted until I was older. But I get why for lots of people it would be a major problem.

Ed.

Ya it sure would be!!! (They may be sad,etc)

My dad used to say that adopted children " Always turn out bad."
He said that they are angry because they can always tell who is not their parents and they become criminals and addicts and even eventually commit suicide because they are psychologically damaged by knowing that they are or were brought up by people who adopted them, not their actual parents.

Even when I was a kid I could see that that was a blanket statement.

Heck, kids who were brought up by their own parents often become angry and prone to crime and suicidal.

My dad used to say that adopted children " Always turn out bad."
He said that they are angry because they can always tell who is not their parents and they become criminals and addicts and even eventually commit suicide because they are psychologically damaged by knowing that they are or were brought up by people who adopted them, not their actual parents.



Wow, your Dad is so incorrect. One of my best friends and my husband are both adoptees and they have turned out so much better than the rest of their families. My husband's parents are great, but he is the first one in his family to graduate college, much less earn a Master's degree. He is definitely the shining star of the family career-wise, and he's also the one everyone else turns to when they are having problems. My MIL thanks her lucky stars every day that they adopted him and she has someone competent to rely upon.

My friend just lost her mom and she was her primary caretaker. She's also the family rock and her sister (her parent's biological child) wouldn't have been able to cope with any of these responsibilities due to her substance abuse issues.

Wow, your Dad is so incorrect. One of my best friends and my husband are both adoptees and they have turned out so much better than the rest of their families. Thats nice to hear sweetie,I guess it all depends on the conditions they are subjected to.......

Im sorry to hear about your friend,I hope she is doing ok... Very hard to lose your parents :(

Thats nice to hear sweetie,I guess it all depends on the conditions they are subjected to.......

Im sorry to hear about your friend,I hope she is doing ok... Very hard to lose your parents :(

I just realized this thread was started back in 2015, LOL! What's with all of the zombie threads? Just let them RIP.

Yeah, friend is now a former friend and neither one of us are shedding any tears over it.

Ahhhhhhh thats sad to hear......She didnt realise how good of a friend you were I guess :(