By Anonymous - 19/08/2015 15:00 - South Africa

Today, my husband and I told my parents that I finally managed to conceive. My mom burst into tears of joy and said how great it was that she's finally going to be a "real" grandma, all within earshot of our adopted and now-devastated daughter. FML
I agree, your life sucks 39 942
You deserved it 2 186

Same thing different taste

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Your daughter should cheer up! You can't choose your mother but she was chosen by you :)

isabelf 17

Some people can't keep their mouths shut.

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Your mum is a bitch. An adopted child is just as much family as a bio one. Adopted children have enough issues of believing their bio parents did not love them without having to think their adopted grandparents don't too. Protect your daughter and get that poisonous person out of your life.

FriedVanilla 1

What an absolutely horrible thing for her to say. She should be ashamed.

We adopted both our kids, and thankfully they've never had to deal with that. My father, who was spotted, was treated that way indirectly by his spruce mother after they had his little sister.

You should tell the baby that grandma is not their real grandma and that she was adopted

Your poor daughter! She deserves better grandparents. She was born out of the love you wanted to give her, and that makes her just as special as a baby conceived naturally. Good luck with your family!

adoption is awesome. my boyfriend is from Indiana and now lives in California of he wasn't adopted we would have never met

I would cut ties with her and make sure my daughter knows I don't find her statements at all acceptable and give her plenty of reassurance that I love her the same. Because she will certainly always wonder and doubt. I'm adopted, and have 2 sisters who are not and always felt 'different' even though no one ever said anything of the sort. If my loving family failed to prevent my worrying over this, I can't even imagine what your daughter is thinking. So thoughtless and harmful for her to say!

Catto-Golden 23

This is bullshit. My boyfriend and I, who are gay, want a child when we're older, but his mom says adopted children don't count and is pressuring him to get a biological child