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To wonder about Adult Adoptees

191 replies

JJ17 · 17/02/2011 22:49

Ok

Phew - whoever pulled it - thank you.

My "problem" is that my Dad is really shaken.

Yes, he had a shag, yes people have to take responsibilties for shags but she was adopted out and therefore my Dad did not know. The b-Mum did know and did not let Dad know.

OP posts:
JJ17 · 18/02/2011 02:04

MH - you said that I am a stepmother - which I am not.

OP posts:
JJ17 · 18/02/2011 02:09

I don't have any "men" in my life (in the romantic sense) right now.

OP posts:
Dylthan · 18/02/2011 09:07

You feel sorry for her? I don't think she needs your pity just some acknowledgment that he is her father and you are her sister.

It must be lovely to have always known your birth parents and to of been wanted it's not the case for everyone.

To think that to someone else I could be seen as nothing more than a nuisance Angry what a horrible way of thinking about your own child Sad

I wish I had never seen this thread but maybe it is a good thing to have my eyes opened to how my birth father would view me Sad

Rhadegunde · 18/02/2011 09:47

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rubycon · 18/02/2011 10:27

This has made me sad - one of you ladies could be married to the son I was forced to give up almost 41 years ago.

I did almost find him through a third party but had to promise not to as his parents found it too distressing - such a shame as he has two families that would like to meet him, mine and his birth father.

Decorhate · 18/02/2011 11:35

JJ, I saw your original thread but didn't get to read it all before it was pulled, so apologies if you have already answered this:

I am just a bit puzzled at how this woman was able to trace your dad - if she has not been in touch with her BM how did she know who he is? If he did not know of her existence prior to this, how would he have been named on the birth cert for example? Or was she privately adopted and the BM gave the adopting family information they would not have been party to if it was a "normal" adoption?

boohoohoo · 18/02/2011 11:43

JJ17, it seems as though you are attempting to stuff the secret back into a box and leave it there, unfortunately this cant be done now. You father may be a lovely man but he did have a shag that resulted in a baby over fifty years ago and it does sound like he is now panicking about it. But this is something he really does need to face it, it wont go away.

I understand that you will side with your father but he is not the innocent in this, your half sister is.

As for keeping your mother in blissful ignorance that could backfire on you. I saw your thread last night and from the details it could be very easy to find out who this woman is, and if a journo did read it then if this woman is as well known as you implied your mother could very easily have the media at her door. How hurt would she be if that happened and she found out that you all knew?

Also realise that this is obviously a shock to you, I had a skeleton jump out of the cupboard when my father died (obviously knoe its different as your father still very much alive), fourteen years later Im still struggling to come to terms with it, just wish he had told me before he died so that I could have talked to him about it.

JamieLeeCurtis · 18/02/2011 11:47

"goaded" - Oh do give over. And you should have name- changed here.

Snorbs · 18/02/2011 12:28

OP, you mentioned earlier that if you met your half-sister then it would be a "betrayal" of your mother.

How badly betrayed do you think your mother will feel when if she finds out that not only had her husband fathered a child she knew nothing about, but also that her entire family and her husband's colleagues have known about this woman for ages? And that they have actively conspired to keep your mother in the dark about it?

JamieLeeCurtis · 18/02/2011 13:08

For the record - I said "I am not buying this". Then I reported the thread later as requested by the OP.
I do not "goad"

FannyFifer · 18/02/2011 13:29
Hmm
JamieLeeCurtis · 18/02/2011 13:33

Fanny - was that for me? I was responding to something OP said about me on page 1 or 2

TandB · 18/02/2011 13:45

This is bizarree.

You complain about her splurging information over your family website...and then you splurge your business over one of the busiest forums in the country in such a way as to render her completely identifiable. Twice.

You are angry with her for contacting your father....although you say you feel sorry for her.

Your dad is a lovely man...but he considers his child a nuisance. And wears dark glasses (??)

This woman is being treated appallingly by you and your family. None of this is her fault. Two people brought her into this world and she has every right to seek out one or both of those people to answer any questions she might have about herself. You have no right to dictate to her how she should feel, or whether those questions are valid.

I have a half-brother who I did not know about until I was 16 - he is 10 years older than me. He was adopted by his mother's family after she died and my father abandoned him. My father kept this a secret for many years and it was one of the biggest issues in the complete break-down in our relationship - that damage is only just being tentatively repaired now, nearly 20 years down the line.

Blood ties are a strange thing. There is a very big drive in many of us to know exactly where we came from. Many people are driven to forge links to distant relatives through researching their family trees. I knew very little about my father's family until a few years ago and I worked very hard to make contact with some of them. I would be very angry if someone had prevented this from happening.

You have no right to criticise this woman for following this basic urge to know where she came from. If your father chooses to deny her that, then that is something he will have to come to terms with, but if you get in the way, or encourage him in his denial of her for your own reasons, then you are doing something very, very wrong.

FannyFifer · 18/02/2011 13:56

JLC not at you, just at this thread in general really.

The dad is an arse, probably more half brothers and sisters floating around as he was a cheat who couldn't keep it in his pants.

How did she trace him if no contact with birth mother, i would guess her existance is no surprise.

Why are you so involved OP, it's your dads responsibility and really feck all to do with you.

JamieLeeCurtis · 18/02/2011 13:58

cheers Fanny Smile

MummieHunnie · 18/02/2011 23:09

JJ17, the men in your life include your Father, your ex etc...

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