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How do we explain why one child has an open adoption and the other does not?

Hello. I have a question maybe someone who has a similar situation can help answer. My son is adopted. For reasons I will not go into here to protect my child’s privacy and his biological family, the biological family at their insistance does not have contact. My husband and I have recently been approached about [...]

How do I explain without bad-mouthing?

We just got back from attending DS’s fmom’s wedding, and a visit with fdad, his girlfriend and his parents.
Everything went really well, DS was in the wedding as a junior attendant with the grooms nephew as well as the bride’s nephew (DS’s cousin), DS met a lot of relatives for the first time and there [...]