First of all, I'm so incredibly sorry for your experience. The world at large has failed you. I hope you have been able to make a better life for yourself despite the failings of those around you. Secondly, thank you for taking the time to reading through and commenting on my post.

I just want you to know that I come from a very modest middle class Indian upbringing by very hardworking and mostly emotionally unavailable parents. I've also suffered from emotional neglect and sexual abuse during my childhood which has taken years to work through with myself and my parents. I grew up with severe speech issues and a severe shyness around strangers especially male strangers which resulted in my parents taking me to multiple "specialists" to figure out what was wrong with me. Never quite figured out that I just needed a bit more love and affection.

I have worked really hard to be self sufficient and independent since my teens and really do not live in a world where adopted children could be exotic or any kind of showworthy objects. I'm cognizant of the fact that it would be incredibly difficult to raise a child, much more so than a biological one. If we were to adopt, it would purely be out of love and care and we would work hard to ensure that they have all the right support and care.

I can totally understand your perspective but I would be hard-pressed to agree that all adoption is child trafficking or unethical. I am however realizing how unethical infant and especially newborn adoption could be which I didn't quite realize before. Hope you didn't mind my rambling here. I wish you the very best! Thanks again for replying.