To be fair do you realize just how much adoption costs? The average is 20-50K. These are costs you have to pay upfront and all at once.

What other couple do you know that was luckily able to have a child naturally is able to come up with 20-50K all at once?

These couples already feel like they are being punished in a way because they cannot conceive naturally. Then when they do want to adopt and give a child the gift of a loving home....they are punished again in the form of having to pay $$$$ for it.

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Posted by td01241

Savannah

Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 10/27/15 at 6:22 pm to lsunurse

My girlfriend just said the same shite when I told her about this. That sucks it cost that much money, but, it's really not my or anyone else's problem. You should feel shamed for just begging for money. A couple we know was in the same spot and instead of just sticking their hands out they made t-shirts and jackets to help raise money for their adoption fees. That is way more respectable than begging.

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Posted by Peazey

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Member since Apr 2012

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Posted on 10/27/15 at 6:34 pm to lsunurse

I don't know pretty much anything about the adoption process, but on the face of it it doesn't make much sense to me that adopting is apparently so difficult. Sure, you don't want kids to go to bad homes. But you are never going to find a perfect home, and I'd imagine that even an imperfect home is better than group homes. I'd have to do a lot more research to see what all the money to adopt is going towards. One would think that adopting parents are providing a pretty big service to society, although I'm sure that I've heard of people taking advantage of the process.

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Posted by Boagni Swamp

Right next door to No Face

Member since Oct 2015

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Posted on 10/27/15 at 6:39 pm to lsunurse

lsunurse, thank you.

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