I'm Feeling Sucktastic, Thank You Very Much

Well, let's see. It's been awhile. The dieting craze that was a magnesium flash in our office, has died down thankfully. I have been enjoying a quiet peaceful July for the most part. Oh, the reception. Had a spectacular time and no, I didn't ask about buying babies, but the small, mentally abused 5 year old in me just had to appease my mom in some shape and form, so I did ask what was the Philippine Govt. stance on adoption.

Do you remember that scene in Lord of the Rings where Bilbo wants his ring back and he goes all demon on Frodo's ass? Well, the reaction was akin to that. I could have combed a horsetail with the bristles that rose on the Representatives back. She went on and on about what a shame and embarrassment it was to the country that they could not support their own children. That US creates the largest demand that resultes in a high percentage of children being put in the adoption system under questionable circumstances and the loss of culture for these children was devastating for them. They would much rather talk about issues of human trafficking which is illegal, than the hidden hush hush world of "legal trafficking" via adoption.

Of course you know I happily took this back to Mommy Dearest, to which she replied, "Well, first of all, that should make you so thankful we pulled you out of there, because you would be digging in the garbage with all those other kids, you do know that don't you? Don't they see that if it weren't for us adopting their kids they would never have the life you are living now? You would not be happy! Well, if they don't want their kids adopted, then maybe they shouldn't have so many, but they do and you should be given at least one of them. Your Filipino, not American, isn't it better one of their babies goes to a Filipino mom who just happens to live in the US? Besides, she probably doesn't realize that a lot of Filipino women leave the country to go to Saudi Arabia to have their babies. They have a lot of rich oil people there."

"Ma, they end up in Saudi Arabia because they are being trafficked in. They are there to scrub toilets not pop out their babies."

"Well, whatever. It's a shame your Representative woman could not help you. She's probably Al Queda like I said."

And that was that.

Or so I thought.

Five minutes later she called back and asked....

"So how about one of those South American Mexican babies? (All things Hispanic are Mexican to her) They're brown and there have been a lot of earthquakes down there. I'll be a lot of those kids need new homes."

Let's just say in my sucktastic adopted, infertile life, there are few times when I have the desire to rip out my useless uterus and beat someone with it.

This was just one of those times...