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Mantas Kačerauskas

Woman Wants To Give Her Baby Up For Adoption But Also Be Treated Like A Second Parent, Gets A Reality Check

Adopting a kid is one of the most rewarding things you can do — you’re literally giving a child a chance at a better life. But let’s be real, it’s not always sunshine and rainbows. Adoption can get messy, especially when family drama is involved.

In a story shared online, a woman said her husband’s sister got pregnant but realized she couldn’t handle raising the child. So she approached the couple for adoption.

They were quite happy since they had been looking to adopt anyway, but with one condition: the child would call the adoptive mother “mom” and the birth mother “aunt.” That’s when all the problems began.

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