Adopted. Who was adopted?

[Daniel Hamilton]

Hey i though i create a topic for people who have been adopted and who would love to share their stories.

 

I was born in Brighton, East Sussex, South East England in 1991. When i was a year old i was adopted and was raised in Horsham, West Sussex, England. In 2007 my parents and i moved to the South of France. Any when i turned 21 i contacted social service and weeks later they managed to contact my Birth Mother. The services gave an email address so i can contact her so thats what i did and my mom is very happy to be in contact with me she currently lives in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Today while i was in Worthing i went to see her i was so nervous but we are so happy to each other we love each other so much.

[rakesh]

Hey i though i create a topic for people who have been adopted and who would love to share their stories.

 

I was born in Brighton, East Sussex, South East England in 1991. When i was a year old i was adopted and was raised in Horsham, West Sussex, England. In 2007 my parents and i moved to the South of France. Any when i turned 21 i contacted social service and weeks later they managed to contact my Birth Mother. The services gave an email address so i can contact her so thats what i did and my mom is very happy to be in contact with me she currently lives in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Today while i was in Worthing i went to see her i was so nervous but we are so happy to each other we love each other so much.

 

 

Good for you!!! i like what i read; made me smile :)

[Jeffieboi]

I'm adopted too!

 

I was actually adopted the day I was born. It was pre-planned while my birth mom was pregnant with me. I actually didn't even know I was adopted til I was 9. I remember I was playing Word Zap on gameboy (and I mean those thick, old school, grey gameboys from back in the day that only had a black and green screen). Anyway, I remember I started crying and telling her she was wrong. My brother cried too, but he was like 7, so I'm not sure he grasped the situation like I did.

 

Anyway....

 

When I was around like, 22 I think....I decided to look for my birthmom online. I thought I found her so I sent her an e-mail, tears running down my face of course, but I never heard back from her. Come my 23rd birthday, I actually got a card from her. Turns out she found me on the same website I found her. She said that she must have thought the e-mail I sent her was junk mail or something, and probably deleted it. Well....I guess that's my fault for making the subject line say "hi".

 

Anyway.....

 

She gave me her number, and I called her. I felt my real (adoptive) parents were a little jelous, and I still kind of get this feeling from them. I'll get into that in a second, but I think the initial call went really well. It turns out I have 2 half sisters. I've spoken to all 3 of them. 2 of them within the last month. I found out my bio-mom was 16 when I was born, and my bio-dad partied with hard core drugs! I remember my bio-mom telling me how when she was pregnant with me, my bio-dad was tripping on acid. After hearing all this, and after hearing how my bio-mom is still living in poverty (not that there's anything wrong with that), I'm relieved that my real (adopted) parents made a very comfortable living. It's just weird to think that I would have been living in a completely opposite social class. My bio-mom said she wanted to keep me, but her parents forbid it. I have also since talked to my bio-grandmother.

 

I think the best thing that came out of this, was that it made me closer with my real (adopted) parents. Ever since that day I got that card from my bio-mom....I've loved my parents more than ever. I haven't met these people yet because I'm in Illinois and they're in Washington, but I'm sure one day it will happen. I think one of the biggest things I was worried about was....how would they feel when I told them I was gay. Turns out they didn't care at all! I know my bio-dad's name, but I haven't contacted him yet. I've asked my bio-mom to not mention me to him yet (they're friends on Facebook, lol), but one day I'm sure I'll want to talk to him too.

 

Yeah so....that's my story!