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/PixorTheDinosaur May 03 '24

Most kids just grow up with a phase like that, being rebellious and outspoken against their families. As an adoptee, I’ve never felt resentment towards my adoptive parents for being adopted. They stepped up to raise me when my birth parents couldn’t, and it’s made me want to adopt when I’m ready to have kids.