Oh, and anyone who sets up a gofundme to adopt a kid, can't afford to raise a kid.

adoptions can be very, very expensive.

So can raising a kid

Please....it is pretty obvious she didn't do it out of anger. I'm sure the kid had the chair up on it's back legs balancing and she tried to freak him out by kicking the leg and instead of it just moving it tipped him over. Not a smart move in today's world, but not something where she went off on the kid.

I'm quite aware of that. I know of a person who spent over $100k to adopt a child including some failed attempts. That is a one-time cost in addition to the costs of raising a child. I can quite reasonably afford my 2 kids, but I certainly couldn't afford to adopt without a severe impact on my financial situation.

You're probably right. I saw she was from New Jersey and just assumed she went Tony Soprano on him.

A friend of my wife adopted and they had a terrible time. They had one young girl in TX who was going to give her kid up. The friend and husband paid thousands of dollars in doctor bills and food etc. They drove all the way down to TX to make it official and the girl decided to keep the baby.

They were out of all their money and time but the worst was the emotional attachment that she had already developed with a baby she had never met only to have that taken away. It was a very sad deal.

But a year later they did have an adoption that worked out and are doing well.

This guy used fundraising to adopt my daughter 4 years ago. Cost of her adoption was more than my yearly salary at the time.

Now she's no longer in an orphanage, a bunch of friends got to take part and become both aware and advocate for orphans, and we get to enjoy having a beautiful little 8 year old fill our home with laughter.

Forgot what thread I was in, should have never commented. :)

this couple attempted adoption in Ukraine, got screwed over and lost like 30k, then tried again and something went wrong. Finally got a pair of Ukranian sisters, one was nutso and tried to stab him.

If it had happened in shop class, everyone would have had a good laugh & moved on.

Do they even do shop classes anymore? Maybe as vo-tech in high school but that is about it I think.

In total we spent close to $125k for 2 failed and one completed adoption 25 years ago.....but the financial pain was nothing close to the personal pain of the failed adoptions.

No man ever wants to see his wife torn up that much once, much less a second time.

Um, that looks like a wedding ring... its genuinely shocking to me how many of these teachers are willing to throw away not only their careers, but their marriages as well, all to screw some kid who prolly isnt all that great a lay anyway