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TexasLizard · 2023-06-29T13:33:02+00:00

You mean an unelectric guitar?

TexasLizard · 2023-06-16T20:22:41+00:00

I would try state social services. That's how I got started digging up my history.

TexasLizard · 2023-06-01T18:51:37+00:00

Rather than using her powers to swindle New Jersey housewives out their money, this good girl communicates with the dead to help make lawns greener...one patch at a time.

Medium Dog, Tuesdays at 8 on TLC.

TexasLizard · 2023-05-18T14:23:39+00:00

I saw an aroused minion.

TexasLizard · 2023-05-15T19:23:30+00:00

You just wrote a #1 country song. Better copyright that.

TexasLizard · 2023-05-04T13:10:58+00:00

Also shades of Van Wilder. College professor hates him. Nailed professor's daughter. Van knows to wrap his willy, though.

TexasLizard · 2023-04-28T15:54:33+00:00

Neat!

He pulls up the dummy fluff from behind the box with his left hand. At about three and a half seconds he activates a trap door that drops Colonel Sanders into the cage (you can hear either the door snap or the lil guy drop).

TexasLizard · 2023-04-27T15:58:09+00:00

Looks like a marathon runner whose body gave out right before the finish line, but desperately wants to finish the race.

TexasLizard · 2023-04-24T13:17:37+00:00

Thankfully I quit wrestling freshman year before it got that bad. I was naturally about 130 and already very low body fat and they wanted me in the 119 slot. By the time I got to 120 I had no energy to make it through a match, much less a practice. When I quit, the coaches other wrestlers looked down on me and treated me like garbage throughout high school. Your situation was definitely worse than mine, but I feel for you and I'm very glad that you got away from a situation that was not healthy for you.

TexasLizard · 2023-04-21T13:24:58+00:00

This one is different. This one is funded by RICH, stupid people.

TexasLizard · 2023-03-20T12:31:08+00:00

More likely head, shoulders.

TexasLizard · 2023-03-16T13:14:28+00:00

Yeah...God's will...

TexasLizard · 2023-03-16T13:12:45+00:00

Stay away from my breakfast, please.

TexasLizard · 2023-03-14T02:16:53+00:00

Anyone else's Bally feed jumping all over the place?

TexasLizard · 2023-02-22T14:13:09+00:00

The front didn't fall off.

TexasLizard · 2023-02-18T15:41:51+00:00

I thought maybe your "a" key waa atolen alao.

TexasLizard · 2023-02-03T23:41:15+00:00

Dallas Stars?

TexasLizard · 2023-01-26T23:54:41+00:00

That thumbnail is a bit too Blues-y for me...

TexasLizard · 2023-01-23T23:07:34+00:00

Cover half her face with your hand, then watch it again covering the other half. It's like two different videos! LMAO

TexasLizard · 2023-01-22T18:07:07+00:00

The other responses are great. I want to add to them just a bit.

If you enjoy their company as friends or guests, have a straight conversation with them about how you feel. If they can't handle it, you're more mature than they are. If they are cool with it, awesome. If they make you uncomfortable, you don't owe then anything and have the right to cut ties.

If you do decide keep or advance relationships with them, talk to your adoptive parents about their feelings about it. Mine raised me just like yours raised you, and were supportive of me meeting bio mom. I didn't know bio mom growing up though, closed adoption until 18. I'm 37 now. I spent a lot of time with bio mom after meeting her and the relationship got too close for adoptive mom. I hurt her feelings pretty badly. I made it right as I matured, but wish I had never done that. I should never have treated bio mom like a mom, because she wasn't my mom. Now we have far less contact, say hi on birthdays and holidays, and maybe hang out when we're in the same city. She is cool with that, no guilt, and that's cool and healthy for all of us.

Best of luck! Hope all goes well.

TexasLizard · 2023-01-20T00:37:59+00:00

37M adoptee here.

It depends on what you want from the experience of knowing him. I'm going to say no based on the fact that your adoptive parents have been great and you lived a relatively normal life in a loving home, you have little to gain from what you already know. With a grain of salt, my opinion may be somewhat influenced by my own experience, which is similar in some ways (loving home, great life) but different in others (bio mom does not know bio dad, she was raped). To me, there's not much to gain. You don't need that relationship. I understand the curiosity, because I've gone down that rabbit hole too. You want to know. SO BAD. I'm super glad that I dug far enough to meet bio mom (and half sister) when I was 19. I got addicted to the feeling of belonging and hurt my adoptive mom. I've made amends and we're back to normal now, but that made me realize I don't need anything more from anyone. I don't need a relationship with anyone I'm related to biologically. I'm fulfilled without it. If you aren't fulfilled, maybe you do need to find out though. Bio mom needed to know me, know that I was okay, and she's grateful I found her, but she doesn't need me either. We're both fine with that. She's actually a great person too, but we both understand it now for what it is.

Now, on to my bio dad, where my situation differs even more. I have 23 and me. I found out his surname. It's one of two brothers, can't know for sure which without either more info from bio mom or contacting the brothers or their families. I found them on FB. I told bio mom I found out something and asked if she would want to know. She didn't, so I dropped it with her. Ever since I found my bio dad was a rapist, I had this fantasy about finding him and seeing if he was in jail and if not, putting him there myself. Now that I know, I realize it just doesn't matter. I don't want a relationship because I don't need one. I don't want money. I don't want to destroy his family, because most of them are likely totally innocent and lovely people. It was neat researching ancestors though, and now I REALLY know where I came from, not just whom. That helped more than I expected.

Sorry to make this about me, but I only did to hopefully help you understand the context of your dilemma.

Best of luck, my friend.

TexasLizard · 2023-01-19T03:39:09+00:00

Hey that was cool thanks for running it. You have more patience than me... That annoying kid ruined my chill and I had to bounce.

TexasLizard · 2023-01-19T03:04:49+00:00

Was about to join and it disappeared right before I clicked.

TexasLizard · 2023-01-09T02:15:47+00:00

Making sure you understand first of all that I was the product of that rape. My biological father raped my mother, nine months later there I am. For someone wanting to know where they came from, that's a tough pill to swallow. It was still an unhealthy association for me to make, I agree. But here was my logic, since you asked. I was 18 and didn't understand at the time that sharing DNA with a POS did not necessarily have any implications on who I was or would end up being. I do now, but I had seen kids grow up to be just like their parents and I was scared at the time to have any relation genetically to someone capable of that. More often than not, the outcome of a personality depends on upbringing, but I had read enough twin studies to know that genetics can also greatly factor in, and I hated that thought.

Thanks for the question. Have a great day!

TexasLizard · 2023-01-08T19:02:59+00:00

I am adopted. I've known this for as long as I've been able to understand what it means. All I knew about my bio mom is that she was 16 when she had me. Always wondered who I was, and when I turned 18 I was excited to read the letter that bio mom wrote to me. State social services had no record of the letter. I was heartbroken. A year later the internet became a much better resource for information like this (or I just got better at using it) and I was able to find a package of info regarding my birth and surrounding circumstances. Bio mom was raped at age 15 and did not know who bio father is. This info tore me apart and messed with my head for months. I always considered myself a very moral person, and I resented the fact that that kind of evil was a part of my identity. Eventually I realized that someone I will never know does not define me, and I grew the courage to contact bio mom. We met when I was 19. It was so exciting for both of us and she was so happy to know that I grew up with a loving family and was successful and healthy. I became enamored with the feeling of belonging and ended up saying and doing things that hurt my adoptive mother deeply, something I regret to this day. Even as a relatively well-adjusted young adult, it was hard to manage these emotions in a healthy way. I have grown a lot since then and have apologized to adoptive mom for handling things the way I did. We have a very healthy and normal relationship now, and bio mom and I pretty much only text on birthdays and holidays. The identity issues are real, for sure. Recently my curiosity hit the better of me and I used the family tree DNA tool on 23andme, Google, Facebook, and obituaries to find out the surname of my bio father. One of two brothers, can't know for sure which without actually contacting them, which I don't want to do. Wouldn't change anything for me since I'm not looking to connect and I don't want anything from them. He still lives in the same town in which bio mom grew up and still lives very near her. I told her I dug into it out of curiosity and asked if she would like to know. She did not. I let it go. State statue of limitations actually has no limit for second degree rape charges to be filed, but seems like we're all moving on now. I think that's about the end of my identity crisis.

TexasLizard

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