Tuesday Night

J&K10910

So you guys both knew from a young age you were adopted?  I think that's great. 

No, MUNI, and I don't think you thought this--but I figured both of your stories were quite different from my kiddos.  The subject of adoption (and how different it can be!) just interests me a lot.  I see so much of the bad side of it that it's sometimes hard to remember that there are kids out there that had normal, awesome lives after adoption, and it's nice to be reminded.

LDYGTR13

I always wanted to be adopted so I could be special. One girl I went to elementary school with was adopted and her parents were LOADED - I thought that if you were adopted you got to go to a super rich family and have a designated play room like she had. 

LeiselEB

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : HAH!  I always knew that's what they told all the parents :P  (kidding.  I promise.)
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

<div>Haha, I wondered for a while if that was true - but my sister was adopted from another bio mom, and her story was so weird and totally different than mine that I knew my parents couldn't have been making these stories up. </div><div>
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</div><div>It's kind of weird, but a girl I went to high school with was adopted by a family that was supposed to adopt me, but their lawyer tried to get my biological mother to sign something that was not at all legal. So I basically could have "become" this other girl that I knew had that adoption gone through. I'm really glad it didn't.</div>

MyUserName1

Aryn, my July one is in the mail right now, so let me know if you want to see it.  Also, let me know if you want a referral.

J, totally normal awesome life.  I was an only child AND an only grandchild for three grandparents, so spoiled fucking rotten too.

LDYGTR13

MUNI and Leisel - your parents got to name you, right? Did your bio-mom's name you too? 

LeiselEB

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[QUOTE]So you guys both knew from a young age you were adopted?  I think that's great.  No, MUNI, and I don't think you thought this--but I figured both of your stories were quite different from my kiddos.  The subject of adoption (and how different it can be!) just interests me a lot.  I see so much of the bad side of it that it's sometimes hard to remember that there are kids out there that had normal, awesome lives after adoption, and it's nice to be reminded.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>I dont' remember a time when I didn't know that I was adopted. </div>

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : Haha, I wondered for a while if that was true - but my sister was adopted from another bio mom, and her story was so weird and totally different than mine that I knew my parents couldn't have been making these stories up.  It's kind of weird, but a girl I went to high school with was adopted by a family that was supposed to adopt me, but their lawyer tried to get my biological mother to sign something that was not at all legal. So I basically could have "become" this other girl that I knew had that adoption gone through. I'm really glad it didn't.
Posted by LeiselEB[/QUOTE]

<div>I always thought it might be too good to be true, but it sounds nice anyway.  If an adoption agency is going to make up a story, that's exactly what they'd make up, you know? college student, pro athlete, etc.  charming.</div><div>
</div><div>That's weird about how you were almost her.  I went to high school with a girl born at the same hospital on the same day, so she knew me before I was me.  That was weird too.</div>

pokepoke27

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[QUOTE]I just looked up birchbox. This seems perfect for me! I hardly use make up anyway so a sample size could last me forever! It'll be awesome. Also, I'm now KUI so I might just be tipsy and thinking that it's way more awesome for me than it really is. 
Posted by ArynBaker[/QUOTE]

<div>No, I think it's pretty awesome. </div><div>
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J&K10910

MUNI, did you answer if you get a lot of perfume in your boxes?

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]MUNI and Leisel - your parents got to name you, right? Did your bio-mom's name you too? 
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, my real parents named me.  I don't know if my biological mom did or not. I'd imagine not. </div>

LeiselEB

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[QUOTE]MUNI and Leisel - your parents got to name you, right? Did your bio-mom's name you too? 
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]

<div>My parents named me. My biological mom might have had a name for me, but in any correspondence regarding the adoption, she refers to me by my first name (chosen by my parents). So I guess she does know my first name, at least. </div><div>
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MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]MUNI, did you answer if you get a lot of perfume in your boxes?
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>Sorry!  A lot to address and H just got home and is talking about class and work (:</div><div>
</div><div>I've gotten two (out of four boxes).  One of them is FUCKING AWESOME THOUGH (and I don't wear perfume).  It's 165$ a bottle, so I feel REALLY RICH when I put it on.</div>

mica178

H's best friend was adopted.  His first kid was adopted too.  That poor kid has all sorts of problems (and H's friend is decidedly upper-middle class and white), but his biological mother was not a college student.  She was a high school drop out who got pregnant by another high school drop out who was on drugs.  

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : Sorry!  A lot to address and H just got home and is talking about class and work (: I've gotten two (out of four boxes).  One of them is FUCKING AWESOME THOUGH (and I don't wear perfume).  It's 165$ a bottle, so I feel REALLY RICH when I put it on.
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]


DAMN IT KEEP UP! 

Ugh, I just can't do it.  So many perfumes aggravate my asthma so I tend to just stick to ones I know don't.  It would suck to get a bunch of perfume in my boxes and not be able to use any o f it.

angelstar975

I need to look into this Birchbox thing when I'm not on the mobile site, it sounds awesome.

LeiselEB

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : I always thought it might be too good to be true, but it sounds nice anyway.  If an adoption agency is going to make up a story, that's exactly what they'd make up, you know? college student, pro athlete, etc.  charming. That's weird about how you were almost her.  I went to high school with a girl born at the same hospital on the same day, so she knew me before I was me.  That was weird too.
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Well, I wasn't adopted through an agency. I'd probably be more inclined not to believe the story if that's where it came from. The attorney who handled my adopted was a family friend of my biological mom, and then my parents' attorney set them up with the adoption attorney. Plus I've seen pictures of my bio mom from her basketball playing days, and she sent a letter to the attorney when she graduated from college. They apparently had a good relationship. </div><div>
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MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : DAMN IT KEEP UP!  Ugh, I just can't do it.  So many perfumes aggravate my asthma so I tend to just stick to ones I know don't.  It would suck to get a bunch of perfume in my boxes and not be able to use any o f it.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>You shouldn't ever get more than one in a box.  So "a bunch" is a bit of an exaggeration.</div><div>
</div><div>FWIW, I'm allergic to many perfumes too. I just test it the first time shortly before a shower so I can wash it of when I get wheezy (:  Neither of the birchbox ones I've gotten so far made me asthmatic-y. I figured it was worth the risk.  If I get 4 things (at the least) in my 10$ box and ONE of them is perfume, I only wasted 2.50.</div>

sarabear23

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[QUOTE]In Response to  Re: Tuesday Night : Somewhat.  You enter in your skin tone and hair type, etc. But you can't say "don't send me perfume ever" In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : You can pay month to month and cancel any time OR you can pay all at once for a years worth. If you are interested, FB or PM me email addresses and I'll send you a referral
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

<div>Is the referral faster than just trying to join? If so, I'll send you a PM.</div>

LeiselEB

Birchbox intrigues me, but I'm so picky about my makeup that I'm not sure it'd be worth it. 

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : Well, I wasn't adopted through an agency. I'd probably be more inclined not to believe the story if that's where it came from. The attorney who handled my adopted was a family friend of my biological mom, and then my parents' attorney set them up with the adoption attorney. Plus I've seen pictures of my bio mom from her basketball playing days, and she sent a letter to the attorney when she graduated from college. They apparently had a good relationship. 
Posted by LeiselEB[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, your story is on the up and up then.  Apparently my biological mom also gave me a silver cup inscribed with "these parents are the best gift I could give you."  I figure the agency buys those in bulk.</div>

pokepoke27

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : DAMN IT KEEP UP!  Ugh, I just can't do it.  So many perfumes aggravate my asthma so I tend to just stick to ones I know don't.  It would suck to get a bunch of perfume in my boxes and not be able to use any o f it.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>If you get one that's $165 per bottle you could always ebay it to pay for your next years worth of boxes. </div>

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : Is the referral faster than just trying to join? If so, I'll send you a PM.
Posted by sarabear23[/QUOTE]

<div>Yes.</div><div>
</div><div>and I get points.</div>

aleighk1

I wonder if H knows exactly how much he talks while I'm doing homework haha it's like he won't have anything to say all day until the exact moment I start on my homework. I'm too nice to tell him to shut up.

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : If you get one that's $165 per bottle you could always ebay it to pay for your next years worth of boxes. 
Posted by pokepoke27[/QUOTE]

<div>It isn't a full bottle (:  just a sample size. Plan ruiner, party of me.</div>

J&K10910

OK YOU GUYS AND YOUR LOGIC ARE REASONABLE.

LeiselEB

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : Yeah, your story is on the up and up then.  Apparently my biological mom also gave me a silver cup inscribed with "these parents are the best gift I could give you."  I figure the agency buys those in bulk.
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

<div>I tend to agree with you on that. I don't know why, but I've always been glad that my biological mom (or someone) didn't get me a gift or write a letter to me or anything. I'm just not interested in it, ya know?</div>

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]OK YOU GUYS AND YOUR LOGIC ARE REASONABLE.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>MAKEUP!  PRETTY PRETTY MAKEUP!!!</div>

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]I wonder if H knows exactly how much he talks while I'm doing homework haha it's like he won't have anything to say all day until the exact moment I start on my homework. I'm too nice to tell him to shut up.
Posted by aleighk1[/QUOTE]

Mine does that too when I start doing work.  They're so good at it.

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuesday Night : I tend to agree with you on that. I don't know why, but I've always been glad that my biological mom (or someone) didn't get me a gift or write a letter to me or anything. I'm just not interested in it, ya know?
Posted by LeiselEB[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, same here.  A medical history on the other hand...that i'd have appreciated.</div>

ArynBaker

Muni, from now on if you get a perfume you can't use you can just give it to me, k? I love perfume samples! Perfume is another thing I hardly use. I've made my Juicy bottle last me two years and it's still going. Does perfume go bad?