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I Am Adopted and Have Never Met My Parents

I think the hardest part is the not knowing, the lingering questions that seem to raise their head when I am at my lowest, or the triggers that no one else understands or are aware of.

The odd comment, oh don't you look like your dad?

I wish I knew, I want to know but two people have unselfishly taken me in to their lives and offered their unconditional love, nurtured me and provided for me, may be even better than my blood parents, but unlike most I will never.

I won’t know who i look like, I won’t know my story and whether I was a mistake or not. I lead two lives, the real life of me and the life that I will never know, and since having children and as i get older it becomes even more difficult.

I feel duty and love bound to my adoptive parents and can’t help but think that any search for my blood parents would be the biggest betrayal.
SW-User
I’ve never met my birth dad nor do I want to. The pos wanted me aborted. I have met my birth mom and her reasoning of why she gave me up made me love her even more. She was 18 and wanted me to have everything in life. She was homeless and broke. Although my parents made mistakes and were hard on me when they should have given me a hug I never wanted for anything.
garmicsmi · 41-45, M
I think it is really difficult to understand how the dynamic can be for adoptive parents too, not having the same biological link to a child. I empathise with the being hard in place of hug but they always had the best for me at the heart of all their decisions and supported me no matter what.@SW-User
Fallflower · 46-50, F
Have you talked to your parents about it at all?
garmicsmi · 41-45, M
@Fallflower yes I have spoken to them often, but every time I do it the harder it becomes to want to go out there and search. There is of course the fear of finding out something you don’t want to. It is really a difficult conundrum. My mum has been very poorly which makes it feel even harder too.

 
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