Accidental Adoption

I found this on another adoptive families blog awhile back and came across it again today. I think it is so funny...and true!


Her: "Honey, sit down. I need to tell you something."

Him: "Sure, Sweetheart. You can tell me anything."

Her: "We're expecting a baby!"

Him: "Honey, how did this happen? I thought we were being so careful."

Her: "Well, I accidentally googled adoption when I tripped and fell on the computer and it pulled up the site of a great adoption agency."

Him: "O.k. We can handle this. It's not so bad."

Her: "Wait, there's more... After I saw the website I sent off for more information."

Him: "And?"

Her: "When it came in the mail, I filled out a seven page application and sent in a few hundred dollars."

Him: "And that's it? I thought it would be harder to adopt."

Her: "It is. After that I cleaned the house for a good two weeks so a social worker could come and inspect our lives. She brought over loads of paperwork that would only fit in an 18ft moving van. She said it was the beginning of the 'paperchase'. But I worked hard and wrote all of the essays, filled out all of the papers. I went to 20 hours of adoption parenting classes. I had to have my fingerprints taken and get state and FBI criminal clearances. I had all the papers notarized, certified, and authenticated in Washington, D.C. I'm surprised you haven't noticed that I took out a second mortgage on the house to pay all of the bills."

Him: "Accidents happen, Sweetheart. I'm just glad that you and the baby are o.k. When should we be expecting our bundle of joy?"

Her: "Sometime in the next year or two."