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Adoptive parents: Would you do it again?
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<blockquote data-quote="elizabrary" data-source="post: 748731" data-attributes="member: 11235"><p>I adopted my son when he was 13, so a bit of a different situation. He is a piece of work- anger issues, alcoholic, all kinds of problems- except when he is with me. I've had very few problems with him even when he was a teenager, other than having to go to the hospital when he has been in accidents. He and I have had only a few arguments over the years and he is 36 now. He is the funniest person I know and brings me great joy. He never expects me to fix his problems for him and is always extremely respectful to me. I worry about him a lot because he drinks so much it has had a negative impact on his health and I know it will get worse if he doesn't stop. I worry that I will bury him. But I can't imagine my life without him. I would adopt him all over again, even with all the worries he brings. I love him as if he is biological child. In fact, when people find out our history and they start doing the "you're a hero for adopting him" b.s. it really ticks me off. I don't think of things that way at all. To me he is truly a family member.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elizabrary, post: 748731, member: 11235"] I adopted my son when he was 13, so a bit of a different situation. He is a piece of work- anger issues, alcoholic, all kinds of problems- except when he is with me. I've had very few problems with him even when he was a teenager, other than having to go to the hospital when he has been in accidents. He and I have had only a few arguments over the years and he is 36 now. He is the funniest person I know and brings me great joy. He never expects me to fix his problems for him and is always extremely respectful to me. I worry about him a lot because he drinks so much it has had a negative impact on his health and I know it will get worse if he doesn't stop. I worry that I will bury him. But I can't imagine my life without him. I would adopt him all over again, even with all the worries he brings. I love him as if he is biological child. In fact, when people find out our history and they start doing the "you're a hero for adopting him" b.s. it really ticks me off. I don't think of things that way at all. To me he is truly a family member. [/QUOTE]
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