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best_mom_ever This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff Mount Juliet, United States

Sweet relief

Today, my husband and I decided to tell our sixteen-year-old daughter that she's adopted. Her response was, "Thank God!" FML

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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.

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Welshite 40

At least she took it well?

Sinandraide 4

should have said, "just kidding"

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Ugi 27

I think OP may have the wrong end of the stick here! Consider: OP: "Honey! Come in here for a minute. I need to speak to you." Daughter:"Erm. OK Dad." OP:"There's something I've been meaning to talk to you about for a while now." Daughter:"Erm... Dad..." OP:"You see, there are some things that aren't really suitable for kids to be told. But... Well... you're older now and I think you should know something". Daughter:"Oh Shit! Oh Shit! I know where this is going and it's going to be mortifying!" OP:"You see: when you were a little girl your mom couldn't look after you and so she gave you to us to take care of. You see, so what I'm saying is: You were adopted." Daughter:"Oh Thank God!" "I thought it was going to be _that_ talk!".

Ugi 27

Sorry - the "Oh Shit" line and the last quote were supposed to be a thoughts, but I put that in angle-brackets and it got stripped out as HTML tags. Ho Hum.

simon4599 3

And you chose to wait until she was ... 16? Yep, you deserve every ounce of scorn, anger and hatred she throws at you. Have fun, fake parent.

Kkkdawg 27

I dunno about this. I'm very torn on the subject. Like Doc said way earlier, your parents are your parents no matter what, so it shouldn't matter if you're adopted or not. And it's up to the parents to decide when, or if, to tell them. I hope to adopt one day and I'm not sure I'd even tell them. They're my child and that's that. Nowadays the definition of 'family' is very vague..

sporteeholmes01 15

I read something where kids were making fun of a girl because she was adopted. The little girl said,"at least I was chosen,your parents are stuck with you!"

elizacandle 29

you literally chose the worst time to tell her.

Dr_Awesome654 24

Wait, you say daughter, so she wasn't adopted?