"You were adopted. Mom told me"
@allknowing (130066)
India
April 22, 2017 7:03pm CST
Were you the elder one in the family and teased your younger siblings? I was the younger one and yes I was told I was adopted. And each time a beggar woman came with a child in arms I would be told that she had come to take me and leave that other baby behind. You can imagine what torture that was. I would then beg to behave
So what was your experience?
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14 responses
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
23 Apr 17
Im the oldest, but my brother used to try saying i was adopted and also that my mom wasnt happy with me, so thats why she had him, and then didnt have anymore. Lol
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
Poor you. Despite being the eldest you were the one who got it (lol)
@carexing25 (1818)
• Philippines
23 Apr 17
Lol! my older brother told me I was found in a basket floating on the river ..like moses.. and mom agreed.. it was indeed a torture. 
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
23 Apr 17
Pulled this prank as well to my younger siblings.
Comic gold!
Comic gold!3 people like this
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
24 Apr 17
@allknowing either that or a brewing sibling rivalry! 
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
24 Apr 17
@allen0187 At that age rivalry will not show up (lol)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
When one does that there is an element of love oozing
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
That is how the younger ones got teased but there was love.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
@valmnz Today's kids are too mature to believe such things.
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
23 Apr 17
@allknowing in actual fact these days that sort of teasing wouldn't work, would it, as there are so many different ways a family can be made up.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Apr 17
Children do and say some strange things. As the perfect sibling, there was never anything mean on my part.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
I suppose teasing is a part of growing up
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Apr 17
@allknowing It might be for some.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
Those days we did believe what was told but you think today's kids can be fooled that way? 
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
24 Apr 17
There you are. We all have gone through such experiences
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my older sister was adopted, but we did not find out until we were in high school. It was quite a shock but we were still a family... she has grown a bit distant though @allknowing (130066)
• India
24 Apr 17
They were just teasing me. I was the most loved, 8th in the brood of 9 (lol)
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
25 Apr 17
@allknowing well, some kinds of teasing can scar a kid for life 
anyway, that is a huge family indeed...
anyway, that is a huge family indeed... 1 person likes this
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Apr 17
I always thought I was adopted most of my life-although I was never told that. Then I was a bit disappointed when I saw my birth certificate and I wasn't actually adopted. Oh well.
My son swears he is adopted and my oldest daughter loves teasing him about it! I am always telling her to stop telling him he was adopted-it's bad enough he believes that.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
That is part of growing up. Each household had their own little ways to bring up kids.
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@Shavkat (137214)
• Philippines
26 Apr 17
@allknowing I agree. There's alao difference on how to raise a child in the modern world.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 17
That is quite cruel and can cause all kinds of emotional insecurity! How wicked!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
It was not that wicked as I remember. If you see that image it appears to be universal
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
23 Apr 17
That is hilarious, how did your sibling get away with that, as a mom I would have smacked him and given him to the gypsies... Never ever heard that but we adopted our last child so adoption was not a bad word in our family.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
Mother joined them.but that teasing was not for long. Actually I was the most loved.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Apr 17
@PainsOnSlate Teasing was quite a thing in our family
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
23 Apr 17
@allknowing funny that your mom joined in, but it looks like you lived through it!
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