“I Found Out I Was Adopted at 33. Here’s Why I Wish My Parents Had Told Me Earlier”

“I Found Out I Was Adopted at 33. Here’s Why I Wish My Parents Had Told Me Earlier”

Sassy Mama Singapore·2022-07-05 10:03

It was one thing to learn I was adopted, but another thing to learn that many others had known my story years before me. For a long time, I felt like I had done something wrong to not deserve the truth.

I’ve often heard people say that some of the most honest conversations they’ve ever had in their lives were in a parked car in the middle of the night. It makes me chuckle now because I’d like to tell you just how one such conversation – a.k.a Armageddon – on a chilly Saturday night changed my life permanently. It’s funny to recount the story today, but finding out you’re adopted at the ripe old age of 33 – and that your actual parents are the nice couple you’ve always known as your uncle and aunt – is quite a pill to swallow.

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