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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's 2 more children given a chance, 2 girls given the gift of a sister and brothers. Much respect and blessings to them. [/quote]

^^THIS

I can't believe there is any other response to this scenario. I am so thankful for people like your BIL who are adopting.

OP - get thee to a therapist. I can't even understand why you would post this. Jealousy? Realizing your own shortcomings? Guilt?[/quote]

Wow, lots of hating on OP in this thread. I read OP not as jealous or guilty (that's quite an assumption, PP) but just as genuinely wondering if a stated motivation of adopting for both specific gender AND numbers of kids was common or not. I would wonder about the motivation too if someone actually seriously said they wanted to adopt to "balance" a family; like another PP put it, that sounds, maybe unintentionally, like collecting a matched set. Are the parents going to adopt any girls who need adopting, though, or are they going to shop around for girls who look like their boys or who are the perfect "fit"...?

Of course it's great if ANY kids who need homes get adopted. But it's legitimate to consider motivation. Any good adoption agency is going to ask a prospective parent why they want two kids at once,  why only girls, etc. But there are plenty of agencies that won't ask a thing. Nothing wrong with doing it but I think OP is questioning the motivation behind it--as OP has a right to do, on this anonymous forum. [/quote]

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