10 Hilarious Memes To Get You Through Your Adoption Journey

The word is out that you’re adopting, and suddenly everyone’s forgotten manners and basic decency. Time to put on your sarcasm pants and your thick skin, because it’s only just begun.

You’ve never done this much paperwork in your life. High school. College. Nothing compares. If you haven’t had a breakdown yet, you’re missing paperwork.

The paperwork is never over. Even when you think you’re done. COPY ALL THE THINGS.

Is there ever a more stressful time than when someone is coming to study your home and your entire life? Your house will never be this clean again. You lie awake all night rocking back and forth, sure you’re forgetting something. Tomorrow is going to require wine and a nap.

And the wait begins. You think of a million questions you forgot during the home study. Your approval is “days away” says the agency. CRICKETS. You begin to wonder if your phone and internet are even working. Have you been left behind? If someone doesn’t return your call, you might literally lose your ever-loving mind.

Ah, the baby aisle. When you’re matched, before you’re matched, before you’ve even completed your homestudy. Target baby aisle doesn’t judge. Target baby aisle understands. Grab yourself a latte and go bananas.

The big day has come and gone. You have that precious kiddo in your arms. And if you have the misfortune of adopting out of state, the waiting has only begun. Hours will turn into days and sometimes weeks. Your heart jumps when phone rings, but alas ICPC will have NONE OF IT.

Who are you kidding? Your bags have been packed for days. This will hopefully be the closest you ever get to feeling what it’s like to be released from prison.

Adopted or not, first or fifth child, people suddenly have advice diarrhea. Becoming a parent must exude “I have no common sense.” Smile and nod, smile and nod.

The journey will be tiresome, lonely, irritating, and sometimes you feel like you’re going a bit insane. At the end of it all, it’s so incredibly, undeniably, wholeheartedly WORTH IT.