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Originally posted by PixieDust
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The fact is, domestic adoptions are more difficult. I don't know why the system has to make it so hard. DH and I just want children -- it doesn't matter to us WHERE they come from. We would happily adopt from the US if it was more attainable for us. But for many reasons, it's not an option. Just two of them: DH is considered "too old" at 42 to adopt an infant in our state and we haven't met the "length of marriage" requirement to adopt domestically. International is our only option. |
42 is too old???? That's ridiculous!
I know exactly how you all feel. We tried domestic twice -- once before we went to Russia, and then we just purposefully failed our domestic a second time and are going to the Republic of Georgia to bring home a child.
The domestic situation is way too complicated, and adoptive parents are really thrown into difficult situations without any recourse in many cases. I wish the US system could be changed to make it easier, not even 'easier', just more workable, youknow??