Misanthrope, Me

[furtech]

I had the "Today" show on in the other room this morning and heard a woman talking about "Adoption Month" and "Forever Families" and people ringing a bell by their forever family when the adoption is finalized. She said there were twelve adoptions that morning and there would be twelve bells rung.

Rushed into the room expecting to see happy shelter dogs...and was profoundly disappointed when it turned out to be human kids being adopted.

I am such a misanthrope.

At the same time, I still think it is weird that this adoption organization is using all the buzz words more commonly associated with pet adoption (especially "forever homes" and "forever families"). She never used the words "boys and girls" or "kids" or "children"-- just "adoptions". The way she was talking it sounded like people on Rockefeller Plaza had literally just adopted kids that morning-- like at a pet adoption event.

People are weird. Or I am.

Comments

[zillabean.livejournal.com]

Haha maybe you just like dogs better!

[bovil.livejournal.com]

I think they're just aggressively going after the "not real parents" stigma associated with adoption.

[merrycalliope.livejournal.com]

Now I'm imagining kids arranged by size in little enclosures with water bowls and piddle pads down, wearing "ADOPT ME" t-shirts and being walked around on leashes by prospective parents.

So, if you are weird so am I. That's some really peculiar wording.

[killpurakat.livejournal.com]

Yikes! That... really doesn't sound right. I've dealt with kids who were abandoned by their parents and lived in orphanages, and I think this would be one more traumatic event that they don't need. :(