Wanted to adopt me but husband sabotaged the idea

@suspenseful (40193)
Canada
January 21, 2008 10:47am CST
Not by not making love to me, but making it at the wrong time and also when we adopted our two boys, when they were no longer into their high chairs, and no longer needed their toys or clothes or the crib, instead of saving them, he decided to get rid of them. Now many of my friends keep the high chair and the cribs for the next one that will come along - they and their husbands are Christians but my husband turned against Christianity a year after we married so God did not bless us with our own birth children or cured me of my infertility. So for those who adopted, has your spouse sabotaged by his actions any future adoptions?
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
22 Jan 08
GEting rid of the crib and high chairs didnt stop you from adopting again and him turning against Christanity didnt have nothing to do with you being infertal . Y a just wasnt meant to have your own you were meant to adopt some people are picjked out for that ya know!
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
27 Jan 08
I See guess hubby didnt want too adopt any more huh?
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
20 Apr 08
I figured that much. We got rid of the crib and high chair AFTER we adopted. We adopted twins. We were going to try but we got a different social worker and she said I could not handle more than two. That was on just one visit. The former social worker made at least three or four visits and he said that we could apply again and he was sure we could get another. But in Canada once you are refused, you have had it.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
We did not have any children until we adopted and that is when we bought the crib and high chairs. The reason I did not have my own was because I got pregnant before I married -ten years before, and he gave me Vd, and I gave the baby up for adoption. I did not find out that I was infertile until too late. I wanted to keep the crib and high chairs so we could adopt again.
@imagicka (41)
• United States
24 Jan 08
You should not be so hard on your husband. You should talk to him about how you feel and ask him how he feels. Maybe he has a valid reason for not wanting more. Maybe he wants more but is not wanting to keep all the toys, clothes, furniture, etc. Maybe he wants to get all that stuff in the future should you have anymore. Besides be thankful you have what you have. Some women never get to be a mom. I find it hard to believe that you are being punished by God for your husband's lack of faith. God would not punish you for his doings. You may not be infertile. It may be all about timing. Any way I suggest you love the children and husband you have and keep the faith.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
It still hurts and we do not live close to my granddaughter and because of my giving away my daughter 10 years before I got married, and because of that no one would trust me with being around babies, when my granddaughter acts strange, I feel it is because I was a bad mother.
• United States
29 Jan 08
I think you read more than what is really there and You are not making any sense to me. I am sorry but you are confusing me. How does your granddaughter acting strange have anything to do with you being a bad mother?
@mcc371 (918)
• United States
23 Jan 08
My husband and I married at a very young age. I had already had a son by a previous engagment that was not meant to be. My husband raised my son as his own along with our son and daughter. After each child we gave the things to other mothers we heard about through church, the local community, Some of these mothers I wondered if they had even heard of jesus as they were unwed and lived in run down dwellings. It brought tears to my eyes knowing they were bringing a child in this world that they had very little to provide with. Some of these mothers, I found out had given the babies up for adoption and blessed a family who couldn't have any of there own. So perhaps your husband saw someone that had less than you both and felt that by giving the items away he was being a christian and sharing. God works in mysterious ways and often the angels you see on earth that give unto others ...don't have wings but a heart of giving. God Bless you and your family and may you always be blessed with children around you.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
I would not have minded if we kept the high chairs and cribs and later let others borrow them or give them to a second hand place, but he just threw them away.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
21 Jan 08
We were planning to but it is unlikely to happen. It's too much money to have kids now, adopted or not. None of us sabotage the idea, we always review our budget every now and then and I know that he agrees it is going to be a big pressure to have kids right now. Throwing unused items your husband just doesn't see the need of keeping them, even my husband does that to his fishing equipments. Have you talked to him about this? that you think you sabotage the idea?
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
21 Jan 08
I mean that you think he sabotage the idea
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
22 Jan 08
If the only chance of having babies is adoption, then we have to buy formula, high chair, the Jolly Jumper, clothes, bottlrs etc. I also think that in Canada there is a tendency of discouraging people from having babies. He did sabotage the idea by throwing away the baby stuff. Babies are not fishing equipment. He thinks that because I was a bad girl, I could only handle one or two. And I go all crazy around babies, I am good with them. Babies are not expensive. Babies are a blessing.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 08
I have two naturally born children. I would dearly love to have a daughter. Adopting one would be very difficult. I think it is sad that it is so challenging to adopt a child, even internationally. It is great that you adopted two little boys. I think your husband feels a bit bitter about your infertility and that is why he has turned against Christianity. My first teaching post was in a Catholic school and I had a few adopted children in my class. One was a little girl that was doing well in her school work and she had many friends. Another one was a little boy that had been fostered then adopted. He came from a terrible background and had much anger about his sad past. His older brother had lost all his hair through the stress he had been from. Hi younger sister was a happy little girl. I am so pleased that the three children were adopted to a loving married couple that couldn't have any children naturally. I think it does no harm to keep your son's things. Life can change and you may well adopt again in the future.
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@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
22 Jan 08
I think you will need to understand that as the boys are growing up - they will need to change what they currently and already had. I can understand his logic as it would just be impractical keep them as they will occupy vital space in the house and extra burden with their upkeep. I do not think giving away to non Christian couples has anything to do with his anti Christ totally (if you know what I mean). It may just be a sense of timing besides maybe someone really needs them more than any of your friends in Christ. Also, sometimes we can never really know if your infertility could be totally cured, had your husband not turned his back on Christianity. Hope you can see the other side of the coin too. It could be becos of other reason(s) known or unknown that caused him to. I hope that you will continue to be Christlike and pray for him. Who knows God may work in His Way and change his outlook and life totally. Just remember not to forget that we need God here too.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
28 Jan 08
I don't understand how giving the crib and stuff away has sabotaged your future adoptions. You can still adopt and get a new crib and things. They are just material possessions. But also you can't blame your infertiltiy on your husbands non belief. I'm sure even if he believed in God you still would be infertile. Only a doctor could have helped you with that. You have two boys and that's wonderful, why would you want more children? Could you actually afford to adopt more kids?
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
21 Apr 08
We were going to adopt one more or two, but they switched social workers on us and she said no. I also had a past that was against me, so the only way I could have gotten children was to have them myself. I tried every month for how many years? I do think that God would have helped with the showing where to get finances. The reason my husband probably did not want more was because he did not trust in God's providence. He was brought to believe that too many children were a burden. I believed that if he did join the Church and stopped being worldly, God would have created a miracle.
• United States
21 Jan 08
I always keep everything from one child to the next. I still have clothes that my daughter wore 11 years ago that I put on my little girl now. My honey and I are planning on either adopting or using surrogacy to have more children in the future since i can't have any more of my own. I wouldn't think your husband has sabotaged any future adoptions he has just caused you to spend more money if you two ever adopt in the future.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
21 Jan 08
I think he did sabotage the idea. He knows that money was tight, and he is the type who wants to make sure the kids get the best education.
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