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[quote=Anonymous]I was adopted at birth. My birth mother had me young (17) - she was an excellent student, great athlete, typical overachiever and wanted to do things typical of her circle like go live in a dorm for college, go to prom, and whatnot which would not have been possible (or would have been made more difficult) had she kept me. My biological father was also in a similar situation. The two do not stay together. It was an open adoption. My adoptive parents were there during the birth. Luckily, none of the horror stories about the birth parents changing their mind happened.

Overall, I do not "regret it" (not that I really had the choice) at all. There were definitely bumps in the road, I often felt conflicted between my adoptive parents and my biological parents given that the adoption was so open but there would have been even more bumps in the road had I stayed with my bio mom. My adoptive parents were able to give me time, cultural experiences/vacations/lessons/sports/etc. that would have been less likely w/ bio mom.

I am Facebook friends with my biological mother. She graduated from college, got a job, etc. and got married eventually and has two kids now. She lives across the country now so I do not see her often (2 years ago was the last time) but we do keep in contact.  I am less in contact with my biological father. [/quote]

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