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Whiny Wednesday: Charity Case

March 7, 2012

It’s happened again. I’ve been offered a child for adoption. Unfortunately, this “child” is the adult black sheep of the family, a young man who has so disappointed his own mother that she’s willing to give him away to a charitable cause, i.e., me.

I’m fairly sure (although not 100 percent certain) that this woman was kidding when she said, “You can have one of mine,” but even so, I can’t help being totally insulted by her suggestion that I am so desperate to be a mother that I’d take her seriously damaged goods.

It’s Whiny Wednesday. What’s rubbing you the wrong way this week?

Filed Under: Childless Not By Choice, Children, Whiny Wednesdays Tagged With: adoption, childless not by choice, Infertility, insult, other people's children, thoughtless comments

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