I'm writing a short story that I hope to get published at some point. It is based very loosely on my own experience with my dad and learning about my biological father. I was told at 10 years old that my dad who had raised me since I was 3 months was not my biological father. I've always wondered if I would have react if I had been told at 20 or 30 or whatever rather than 10 that my dad wasn't my biological father. So, I'm writing a story about a girl who finds out that her dad is not her biological father, only she finds out at 21 and the reason she finds out is because her father is dying. Her parents did not intend to tell her (which I have been told my parents would not have, had circumstances been different.), but her father had requested that she come and see him. She has to decide to meet him.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with either being adopted or having adopted a stepchild or anything like that. I really don't even remember how I was told. I remember being sat down and talking about it. I remember asking questions and stuff, but I don't remember hearing the actual words that told me that I was my dad's by choice, not biology. I was also not legally adopted, I was just always his. I am not sure how I would feel if I had been told later on. When I was told, I wasn't angry, I wasn't sad, I accepted it without even batting an eye and thought "cool, more people to love". I've been told several times that everyone was amazed at how I took the news.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with either being adopted or having adopted a stepchild or anything like that. I really don't even remember how I was told. I remember being sat down and talking about it. I remember asking questions and stuff, but I don't remember hearing the actual words that told me that I was my dad's by choice, not biology. I was also not legally adopted, I was just always his. I am not sure how I would feel if I had been told later on. When I was told, I wasn't angry, I wasn't sad, I accepted it without even batting an eye and thought "cool, more people to love". I've been told several times that everyone was amazed at how I took the news.
