Was originally going to title this something along the lines of “Why do some adopted people originally think they’re not adopted?” but then I came to this (honestly quite horrifying) realization.

Please tell me I’m wrong and that people DON’T gaslight their children into thinking they’re not adopted.

Eugh… It’s like the whole shit with “”““international adoption””“” (hint: It’s stealing toddlers from the periphery and trafficking them into the imperial core. Complete with cishet white “parents”!)

Where was MY condescending adoptive Chinese parents for getting me out of the shit hole United States and into the civilized PRC? /s

  • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    25 days ago

    I can only think of around 5 people I’ve known personally who were adopted and two of them didn’t find out until like 10 and 18, and I don’t think it was their parents that told them. So anecdotally it does seem to happen a decent amount.