I thought I would play a little game with y'all. Here are some of my "favorite" questions from our adoption autobiography questionnaire. I thought these questions had very little to do about us becoming adoptive parents, but what do I know? I'd like to hear your answers (you may include what you really would answer, and/or what you wish you could answer). Just for fun. Here we go ...
1. How would you describe your high school years?
2. In your marriage, how is money managed? Who pays the bills?
3. What do you like least about caring for children?
4. What are your current feelings about religion and your involvement in it? (At first I interpreted this as my feelings about the concept/institution of religion, which is how I'd like you to answer it)
5. (My all-time favorite) How did you learn about sex? How do you plan to educate your children?
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Whoa:
1. disenfranchised, bitter and incendiary.
2. Husband and I do it together.
3. Um. It asks us to check our tempers. Difficult.
4. Recovering Catholic -- there's a difference between religion and spirituality and while I feel I have a balanced spiritual life that I try to live daily and pass on those ideas to children -- I am not involved in organized religion, though I recognize the benefits of a larger community
5. My next door neighbors playing 'Playboy Mansion' with their barbies -- which is not a useful educational tool. Answer age appropriately at times when they ask.
WOW....those questions would make me nervous...how did you feel about them?
I was a little nervous about some of the questions, and annoyed by ones like the sex questions. Really, I think we'll figure that stuff on the way.
1. I had my own circle of friends, mostly guys, and had absolutely no use for cliquey-ness. Did a lot of band stuff. I'm very glad those years are long gone. They weren't particularly enjoyable.
2. Money is managed fairly. I tend to worry about it more than J and sometimes that annoys him, but neither of us are big spenders. It varies as to which of us pays the bills. But whoever does it has to do them all, otherwise something will get missed.
3. The lack of sleep. I think.
4. Religion is interesting but not something I participate in. We do not attend church or subscribe to any particular beliefs. I would not, however, call us atheists.
5. My mom answered my questions as they came up without overloading me with information. My sister was born when I was 4 so I was curious then, and my brother was born when I was 7 and I wanted to know all the details. I plan on educating my children the same way. I also think I'll leave some age appropriate books lying around for questions kids are too embarrassed to ask as they get older.
These are great answers... I don't even know where to start. I think I'm paralyzed by the fear of completing my own packet. :) Thanks for your advice on organizing it though! I think I'll work on that next week.
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