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Hi everyone. Im dating someone who is a male adoptee (25). We met through mutual friends and had a lot of fun that day. On the day we met, he told me how his parents were in high school when they had him and his grandmother adopted him. I could tell that he still has a lot of resentment and anger towards his bparents. I see ways in which heҒs similar to other adoptees experiences. For example, I was very surprised when we later went on a double date w/ our friends and his bff from high school knew less about his parents than me. IҒm guessing he never fully told him all of the details. He also doesnt feel that close to his grandmother. At one point, he said that he grow up w/o a family and so he considers his friends his family.
Yet, I also think heҒs a little different as well. After the first night we met, he told my friends that he wanted to marry me. After our first date, he was already trying to sleep with me. I kept having to tell him no and explain the reasons why, i.e., we barely know each other, no protection. Its as if he really wants to rush into something. I think heҒs a great guy, but Im really hesitant for this reason, plus he lives 1 ҽ hrs. away. Im not saying that I donҒt have my own set of commitment issues, but Im concerned that he doesnҒt really like me for me. Also, he may have an unrealistic idea of who I am or should be that I could never live up to.
Any advice/personal experiences would help. This board has been very helpful already, but I noticed he was different in those aspects and wondered if it was common.
yoplait
I'm not an adoptee but the birthmother of a 37 year old son I placed all those years ago. We have been part of each other's lives for the last 8 years and I watch him fall in love so easily, but also be easily hurt if the new girlfriend tries to spend time with her friends instead of spending all her time with him. He wants to "wear" his new love. He constantly needs her assurance that all is well. He tires her with his neediness. Why??? I don't know. I can guess that he needs to make a connection that is all his.....someone he chose instead of someone who is foisted on him (as adoption was). He wants a love life that is all consuming and the two will be fused for life (Soul mates / best friends / partners forever) but real life interupts.
Because you are asking, you are obviously interested in your young man. Can you make him take baby steps? Can you make him accept who you are and celebrate how each is unique? To play the "getting to like each other" part of life - romance with a difference of opinion thrown in, and an agreement to differ on some things, and disagree on others but still be friends? Getting to know each other's family without judgement and settling into a comfortable place and pace that fits with both of you?
Partnership or marriage is one of the biggest decisions anyone will make. Who you choose will define your life. You need to make good choices and all for the best reasons. Slow is good. Going out with an adoptee does present some different problems.
Ann
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