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Same in DC where I was born.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Same in DC where I was born.
Holy shit what an asshole.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Holy shit what an asshole.
Baby Scoop Era. Not specific to Catholicism. In the US it's the time of roughly 1945 to 1980, when many unmarried mothers lost children to adoption.
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Baby Scoop Era. Not specific to Catholicism. In the US it's the time of roughly 1945 to 1980, when many unmarried mothers lost children to adoption.
The person who wrote that article needs therapy, seriously. Unhealed issues from being the eldest of 8.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The person who wrote that article needs therapy, seriously. Unhealed issues from being the eldest of 8.
Thing is it absolutely does not. If you were BSE *everyone* knew why. That nun knew that.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is it absolutely does not. If you were BSE *everyone* knew why. That nun knew that.
ISTG honesty is like arsenic in Adoptionland.
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ISTG honesty is like arsenic in Adoptionland.
And we so often don't get "forever" homes or families. Haven't been in contact with most of my extended adoptive family in decades.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And we so often don't get "forever" homes or families. Haven't been in contact with most of my extended adoptive family in decades.
Meanwhile closed infant adoption is still a thing and those same people will defend it to the teeth.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Meanwhile closed infant adoption is still a thing and those same people will defend it to the teeth.
If your autocorrect goes straight to "workadaddy" I've got some questions about you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If your autocorrect goes straight to "workadaddy" I've got some questions about you.
Super glad I was too old for them. What a mindfuck it would be to get one as a gift.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Super glad I was too old for them. What a mindfuck it would be to get one as a gift.
I am so very sorry and I get it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I am so very sorry and I get it.
Same. I do post things, but with trepidation. I'm constantly doing searches here to see if family has joined. It honestly sucks because I'm not even important to most of them.
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Same. I do post things, but with trepidation. I'm constantly doing searches here to see if family has joined. It honestly sucks because I'm not even important to most of them.
What procreating? Check out birth rate trends, esp. of teenagers and young single women. There aren't even enough "kids languishing in care" for all you wannabe saviors, let alone fresh babies.
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What procreating? Check out birth rate trends, esp. of teenagers and young single women. There aren't even enough "kids languishing in care" for all you wannabe saviors, let alone fresh babies.
"Did you ever make amends to your adoptive parents?" Oh, they wish.
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Did you ever make amends to your adoptive parents?" Oh, they wish.
You'd see a lot of hands up to the second question IRL. Anti-choicers love adoption and they do it all the time. Stop believing only nice people you like become adoptive parents because all kinds of people do. Including Laura Ingraham, adoptive mother of 3. You want to throw more kids at her?
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You'd see a lot of hands up to the second question IRL. Anti-choicers love adoption and they do it all the time. Stop believing only nice people you like become adoptive parents because all kinds of people do. Including Laura Ingraham, adoptive mother of 3. You want to throw more kids at her?
I blame fucking Animal House for a lot of this.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I blame fucking Animal House for a lot of this.
What's Mike Piazza up to lately?
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What's Mike Piazza up to lately?
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Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
I have blissfully MAGA-free gatherings as well.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I have blissfully MAGA-free gatherings as well.
I feel exactly the same way. My preferred method of not existing is my father spending the year of my birth in the army instead of college but if an abortion would have spared my mother and me, so be it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I feel exactly the same way. My preferred method of not existing is my father spending the year of my birth in the army instead of college but if an abortion would have spared my mother and me, so be it.
And yet you have a birth certificate that reflects your true parentage. Why do you deserve that but I, and your siblings, don't?
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And yet you have a birth certificate that reflects your true parentage. Why do you deserve that but I, and your siblings, don't?
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donald trump and his party are having a truly terrible week, politically, and i love that for all of us
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
donald trump and his party are having a truly terrible week, politically, and i love that for all of us
For her mewditations!
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For her mewditations!
We can all see he isn't lean and wiry.
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We can all see he isn't lean and wiry.