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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't "adopt" a kid/family by just providing financial resources and/or volunteering. Adoption is a long, legal, complex legal process. What you are describing is charitable giving, not adoption[/quote] Do you also get offended when people discuss adopting a pet, or a new routine?[/quote] Do you always feel the need to pipe up about matters that are not reflective of your lived experiences because of your fragility kicking in?[/quote] "Adoption" does not have a sole definition of becoming the legal parent of somebody else. One can adopt an animal, an amendment, a policy, a belief, a practice, a mentor, or even, yes, a family/child as the recipient of your holiday gifts. You are going to spend a lot of energy fighting back against the word's use in this manner, if it's a hill you choose to die on, so to speak. And that's not meant to offend anyone who has actually died on a hill.[/quote]
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