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I have met my birthmother, my biological sister, and have spoken on the phone with my biological half-sister and brother by phone. I had a warning in the back of my head that I might not wish to meet them after the initial phone conversations, but I decided to do so afterall.
I am really glad that I have met my sister. She is a really neat person and very nice. However, on the first meeting my mother was very distant. My half-sister has been just awful. She actually started screaming at me at the meeting because "she was called from work" (a job she quit two weeks later). I tried once again to meet her at the request of my biological mother and she made demands on me that I could not meet (I could not stay in town another day after trying twice during that visit to meet her). She was again self centered and downright nasty. Now, the biological mother has (as a result) asked me to delete her phone number and not to ever contact her again.
My biological Father is deceased. My brother grew up with him. My brother and I had nice conversations after a rocky start via telephone. However, he asked me to loan him money when I could ill afford to. I did so for multiple reasons and he wound up never paying me back. Since he received the money, he has avoided my phone calls and emails.
I am glad that I met my sister but the rest of them I can't figure out. They have asked me to bend and bend and I have despite how difficult the meetings have been for me. I can't bend anymore and I am not sure that I quite wish to again.
By the way, they insist on calling me by the name that she wanted to call me, which is not the name I have had for over 40 years. That makes me exceptionally uncomfortable. I will not respond to that name. I was also referred to as my mother's "dirty laundry."
Be prepared for strange circumstances when you meet. I found out that I was born a year after my parents divorced!
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rainmon
efokes, are you still in contact with your B-mom?why did she tell you not to contact her?do you live close to them or did you have to travel far to meet them? wow! it sounds like those half siblings are a real piece of work !!!
So sorry you've had to endure all that! Your b-fam has surely made an awful lot of demands on you, and outrageous ones, at that. Sounds like a lot of dysfunction going on there, not to mention disrespect.
I certainly don't blame you for feeling the way you do. I'd feel the same under those circumstances.
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I am sorry that you had to endure such aweful treatment. I too had the misfortune of meeting some of the most horrible people that sadly I shared the same DNA. It is really terrible when you are made to feel like it is your fault that you were placed and given up for adoption. I can understand biosibs being somewhat uncomfortable at first, but it is not the adoptees fault. They need to take their anger out on their bmom not you. Please do not allow them to make you feel less than or like a dirty secret. I too was accused of all kinds of things like "trying to claim their mother" as well as the dope addict half sis hitting me up for cash and gifts whenever she could. The minute I found out what the deal was I was able to cut things off no questions asked and have never looked back.
I read on another boiard where some said D N A means Do Not Ask and that is where I am at today. I pray that none of them ever need a kidney or something that I might be able to give them. I ll just refer them back to DNA. I would never discourage anyone from searching or meeting their bios but I WILL warn them and let them know that anything can happen and it isn't going to be all peachy keen, in fact it could be horrendous
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I was very careful with my family to make sure that I thanked them for adopting me (before I met my biological family). Now, I thank them every time that I speak with them. I also thanked my biological family for giving me up. I am so glad to have been given such a wonderful family to raise me. It has made me so much more thankful to my adoptive family for all that they have done and are doing for me as their child ;)
Just a reminder to everyone: not everyone experiences the negative situation that I have.
I do absolutely recommend meeting in a public location, but there are those who will be unhappy with that choice. I know that I was berated for it, but I sincerely question what it would have been like if I had just shown up at her house! I imagine that it would have been worse than it was in public.
I'm meeting my birthmother this weekend. I found her two weeks ago and we've e-mailed successfully since them. I am meeting her with my fiance' this weekend and hope all goes well and will be able to meet her parents and siblings eventually.
I have found out that I was very fortunate that I was not adopted by the foster family I had from 0 to 2.5 years old. I spoke with my foster mother a few weeks ago and she told me some wild stories, including that one of the kids she adopted had inappropriate sexual contact with other kids.
I think I lucked out on all accounts here. Wonderful adoptive family and hopefully a friendship with birthmother developing ...
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