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Hello, and I just wanted to introduce myself. Previously I was pretty active on ISRRXchange.net, but they are closing up shop at the end of the month.
I made my peace with being a Birth Father about 3 years ago. My daughter turns 22 at the end of the month. We are not in contact, but I hope for the day when that changes.
I'm interested in supporting other Birth Parents and Adoptees on the site.
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Welcome as well. I am a birthmom who has been active here for a few years. I found my bson through this site and we have been in reunion for more than 8 years. I've made some good friends through this site.Currently the birthparent threads aren't as active as they have been in the past, but feel free to read and post in the other forums as well.
Thank you! From my experience in other boards, the activity always heats up around winter holidays, Mother's Day, and Father's Day, which I'm sure is no surprise to anyone.
My daughter turns 22 on Wednesday and I turn 41 on Thursday, so a big week for us both.
My only gripe with Adoption.com vs. ISRRxchange.net is that there are no profile pictures of the members. The sharing that goes on is such a personal thing that "seeing" other people's faces made it seem like more of a community. Just a small thing really, and I suppose many members probably prefer the anonymity.
I'll check out the Birthparent forum - thanks for the tip!
BirthDad, welcome to the forums! Some members do have photographs, but you need to go to their profile pages to find the links to them. Most members want anonymity because this is such a huge site, and you just never know...
If you do put up photos of yourself, be aware that you can't remove photos from your gallery once they're uploaded. I've never figured out why we aren't allowed to take down our own photos, which is the main reason I've never posted any of my own.
Also be aware that the forums are "spidered" by Google and the other search engines, so everything you write will be searchable online. So you may want to be careful with providing detailed information regarding your identity in real life.
The birth/first parent forums haven't been very active the past couple years, but we all still lurk and post from time to time. Many of us do socialize over on Facebook once we get to know each other (you can see most of our profile pictures there!)