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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear a lot of stories of adult adoptees that are not well-adjusted because of being adopted - they feel abandonded, unloved (or loved less) and angry.

Do you (or did you ever) feel this way?

If not, what did your parents do that made you well-adjusted as an adopted child?

If you did, what did your parents do that made you feel "different" or upset about being adopted?

How did you learn about being adopted?  Would you have wanted to find out a different way?

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No, I felt loved and very wanted. My parents weren't told some of our background so we didn't know why we were placed until I returned to my birth country to adopt my daughter and was able to view my files.  My mom would always tell us that we must've been very loved for our birth mom to have done the hardest thing ever.  I felt special for being loved that much, by both my birth parents and my adoptive parents.

I don't remember the moment I was told I was adopted...my parents always discussed it and much before their time, they had made us what are now known as adoption books, with pictures and stories about our adoption and arrival.  My sister and I are a different race from our parents, so even if they had never told us, the secret would've come out sometime.

My parents didn't have any other children, so we were never in competition with  biological children.[/quote]

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