Sweet relief

By best_mom_ever - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States - Mount Juliet

Today, my husband and I decided to tell our sixteen-year-old daughter that she's adopted. Her response was, "Thank God!" FML
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Hiimhaileypotter 52

If you were serious.... Why would you wait till she's sixteen?

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Hiimhaileypotter 52

I didn't see the other comments before I posted, I'm sorry.

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eggmarie 25

That's what I was thinking. My best friend and my mom were both adopted (40 years apart obviously). They both knew as small children that they were adopted and they thank their parents for that instead of springing it on them when they were a teenager. They also always knew to be thankful towards their birth parents. Now my mom has found her birth mom and they get along great because my mom was always raised to respect her and her decision instead of thinking "oh she never loved me"

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redmane 21

My grandparents told my dad that he was adopted when he was 15. He wasn't surprised. He had a relationship with his biological parents. It's a good thing he grew up with his adoptive parents instead of the biological parents. They are as ****** up as ****** up could be.

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shadowsorel 15

That's harsh, considering that you were the ones who raised her.

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jjtothemax17 6

How old was she when she was adopted?Hopefully not too young as you waited until she was 16. Hope she deals well emotionally in the future.

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BellaBelle_fml 23

I got the impression that she was fairly young when she was adopted, as she didn't remember her birth parents or being adopted. I'm guessing she was around infant to maybe 4? People don't generally remember much at those ages. But of course I may be wrong, just a theory :)

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lovebeecharmer 6

Sixteen is a terrible time to tell her. She will later regret saying that, and she might be relieved because she always felt it

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skyeyez9 24

Most likely her biological mom, was a young teen, drug addict, or married and had another man's child and gave her up for adoption. She should be thankful you guys gave her a home (assuming you love and care for her).

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hayfayday 15

That seems like a bit of an assumption. There are lots of reasons to give up a child, and I don't think every mother who does fits in one of those three catagories.

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SevenMillionTons 4

For example, the parent/s might not be able to afford a child and their protection failed.

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superminty 18

As someone who was adopted and raised being told that it was okay and that I was loved, I can't imagine my parents blindsiding me like that... I was told as young as possible, my sister too. You don't really have any right to judge her reaction.

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Bluepies 24

Also adopted, I don't remember being told, because I must've been something like one year old (I was adopted when I was one month old). I grew up knowing that I was adopted and knowing that it wasn't a big deal. My parents were my parents. I never gave a second thought to anyone else. Also, in probably a stroke of genius, my parents made the day I came home my "special day," something like a second birthday. Suddenly, it's awesome to be adopted! No cake, no party, you really only got a CD and got to choose what's for dinner, but it made you feel like being adopted is a GOOD thing. If I found out at the age of 16, I wouldn't have taken it so well. My parents did it right.

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gracehi 31

Aw, that's so sweet of your parents, Bluepie. If I ever adopt a child, I'm going to do that too. :)

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dcmoorcroft 10

I'm adopted and I knew I was ever since I could understand English.

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Posthuman 26

"Thank God"...so she believes she was emaculately conceived AND adopted?

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CuriousAlien 7

Well that's better than her wailing "OH MY GOSH!!! I can't believe this, you've lied to me for all these years. I HATE YOU BOTH!!! I HATE YOU." *Stomp, Stomp, Slam.* Later on that day: Mom: Hey sweetie, Come down for dinner." Daughter: "NO, you're not my real mother, you don't tell me what to do. " And she starts calling you and your husband by your first name. The moral of this story is her response was a lot better than most teenage girls ( in movies at least)

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