Similar to The Truman Show

You know the movie the Truman show? Where everyone knows Truman's life is a lie but he has no idea? That about sums up my experience finding out about my biological parents. I'd known since I was very young that I was adopted. Starting in 5th grade, people asked me frequently if I wanted to know who my biological mom was. I always told them no and that if I needed to know then God would find a way to tell me. Fast forward to the month after my 18th birthday. I was in a class in high school and a kid ran in screaming he knew who my biological mom was, that I was so and so's sister, etc. I was shocked and really upset. I spoke with several friends and people throughout the rest of the day and turns out, almost all of them had known that my biological mom actually lived in the same town I was being raised in. She had been telling people since I was in 5th grade that I was the baby she gave up for adoption, and she did anything she could do to have contact with me before I turned 18. As soon as it was "legal" for the information to get out, she spilled it. Turns out, she was the neighbor of my best friend, the mom of a boy who passed from cancer that I had taught in vacation bible school, worked as a city member on the youth relay for life I was in charge of, her parents lived a block from my house, and 75% of the town knew but myself and my adoptive parents had NO IDEA. I now have social anxiety because I feel like people are always watching my every move since they actually were for so many years but I could never figure out why. It's been 11 years since I found out about her and I struggle more today with the way she handled things then I did back then. 2 years later I drove home from college with a friend, her parents saw me and instantly knew who my biological father was. I called him two days later before he had a chance to catch me off guard. He has been much better about the situation than I expected. Turns out they were in a relationship in high school, she got pregnant and they broke up. She hid the pregnancy for 6 months then decided to give me up shortly before I was born. My adoptive parents and I moved to the same town that my biological parents were from and obviously had no idea. There are more pieces that don't really fit yet but I feel very betrayed and can't believe that nobody had enough respect to tell my biological mother that exposing all of this was not her right. I am probably one of the only people here who was perfectly content not knowing anything at all about my biological family.