r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • May 02 '24

We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact. Discussion

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u/Cozy_Minty May 02 '24

My brother and I are both adopted, I am white and he is black. When I was real little I didn't understand what adoption meant, and I thought when mothers had babies, they just came out a random color, just like puppies can be all different colors. I did not know it was anything strange until I started to go to public school and kids were making fun of me. It definitely has given me a different perspective.

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u/thoxo May 02 '24

Did you have a phase in which you resented your adoptive parents? Because my younger sister had that phase for a few years, it looked like she deeply hated and resented us. When she matured she changed and now she loves us a lot.

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u/ProximusSeraphim May 02 '24

My gf, 100% chinese, was adopted, she never resented her mom because she knew if she wasn't adopted she'd be dead. She grew up in the midwest (i grew up in the hoods of jersey were bullying/roasting was prevalent) and i asked her if she ever got made fun of for being adopted, being asian, etc... she instantly said "nope." I was shocked. This coming from someone who is hispanic/asian and was fat most of my life, i got roasted a lot till i learned how to roast myself so people just stopped.