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Originally Posted by jhynesrockmtn

I don't get to psychobabblish about this but I was adopted at birth and thinking about my birthday usually bums me out. I know my birthmom now and that's great but for me it was the day I was given away. Every adoptee I've talked to feels the same way. I don't get excited about many holidays anyway. To me they are mostly made up to sell crap. I'm actually a happy person, I swear

Me too..adopted. Always will love & be grateful to the people who adopted me. Never really thought much about why I'm not big on birthdays, "family" gatherings, holidays.

You have an interesting theory...I'll have to think about it.

Where we differ? had no interest in looking up "birth mom".