{"id":1248,"date":"2009-05-16T08:52:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2009-05-16T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:52:18","slug":"yeah-like-she-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/16\/yeah-like-she-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, like she said"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I was planning a post in my head about the rude things that slip out of people’s mouths when they talk about our adoption. And to be totally honest, there really haven’t been that many. But the few that have been said catch me off guard.<\/p>\n

I get it that adoption (or 4 kids-whatever) is not for everyone. No one said that we all have to have carbon copy families. But people feel they must share their thoughts either way.<\/p>\n

It’s not like I am not used to it. Blake and Austin look nothing alike, and comments were made. Right after I had Blake I was at a neighborhood cook-out and some guy I don’t know walked up behind me and said really loud to his wife, “is that baby Asian? Where did it come from??” I turned around and said, “my womb” and walked away. <\/p>\n

And let’s not even get started that I am the freaky animal lover that takes in all things homeless. Sigh.<\/p>\n

One of my friends said to us (not once but twice- as if we didn’t hear her the first time), “blah blah blah blah.” edited to take the quote out- I don’t want to make anyone mad or upset. My point is not to point fingers, just to make people realize that it is a good idea to be more aware of what comes out of their mouth.<\/em><\/p>\n

How is that helpful? I mean really, what exactly is your point? I can’t figure out if people don’t get the adoption, having 4 kids, or starting over with another baby. I guess it’s a combo of all of the above. But if I had turned up pregnant, would people have the cojones to say anything?<\/p>\n

One of my good friends told me to cut them some slack, it just isn’t right for them. I get that. But when things like that are said in front of my kids, what are they supposed to think? <\/p>\n

So the day I sat down to write this, I checked one of my fave blogs and found she had written the same thing. Good to know I am not alone. <\/p>\n

Ok and because pictures are always good, here ya go<\/p>\n

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The other day I was planning a post in my head about the rude things that slip out of people’s mouths when they talk about our adoption. And to be totally honest, there really haven’t been that many. But the few that have been said catch me off guard. I get it that adoption (or 4 kids-whatever) is not for everyone. No one said that we all have to have carbon copy families. But people feel they must share their thoughts either way. It’s not like I am not used to it. Blake and Austin look nothing alike, and comments were made. Right after I had Blake I was at a neighborhood cook-out and some guy I don’t know walked up behind me and said really loud to his wife, “is that baby Asian? Where did it come from??” I turned around and said, “my womb” and walked away. And let’s not even get started that I am the freaky animal lover that takes in all things homeless. Sigh. One of my friends said to us (not once but twice- as if we didn’t hear her the first time), “blah blah blah blah.” edited to take the quote out- I don’t want to make anyone mad or upset. My point is not to point fingers, just to make people realize that it is a good idea to be more aware of what comes out of their mouth. How is that helpful? I mean really, what exactly is your point? I can’t figure out if people don’t get the adoption, having 4 kids, or starting over with another baby. I guess it’s a combo of all of the above. But if I had turned up pregnant, would people have the cojones to say anything? One of my good friends told me to cut them some slack, it just isn’t right for them. I get that. But when things like that are said in front of my kids, what are they supposed to think? So the day I sat down to write this, I checked one of my fave blogs and found she had written the same thing. Good to know I am not alone. Ok and because pictures are always good, here ya go<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[494],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","tag-no-longer-listening"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}