Comments on: MTV’s Jersey Shore and Find My Family Are Infuriating http://www.realtvaddict.com/2009/12/11/mtvs-jersey-shore-and-find-my-family-are-infuriating/ TV Blog Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Adoptee http://www.realtvaddict.com/2009/12/11/mtvs-jersey-shore-and-find-my-family-are-infuriating/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Adoptee Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.realtvaddict.com/?p=6478#comment-908 "I have a strong opinion of this show as my little sister is adopted from China. She saw the commercial and said (jokingly) to my mother that she wondered if the show could find her biological parents. I don’t think I’ve heard my mother cry as much as she did when she called me. " Wow, I'm so sorry your mother is so narcissistic and hyperbolic, not to mention incredibly emotionally immature. Your sister's joking tone of voice was due to years of conditional training in placating a neurotic selfish adoptive parent. More than likely you've adopted (pardon the pun) your mother's colonialist, white-centered attitude on adoption, which is why your sister will never share her true thoughts with you. Don't worry though, most of us are used to dealing with our toxic adoptive families with smiles. It's behind your backs that we tell the truth of our feelings - about adoption, and about you. ABC's 'Find My Family' was a great show. The "adoption community" that I'm a member of loved it. “I have a strong opinion of this show as my little sister is adopted from China. She saw the commercial and said (jokingly) to my mother that she wondered if the show could find her biological parents. I don’t think I’ve heard my mother cry as much as she did when she called me. ”

Wow, I’m so sorry your mother is so narcissistic and hyperbolic, not to mention incredibly emotionally immature.

Your sister’s joking tone of voice was due to years of conditional training in placating a neurotic selfish adoptive parent. More than likely you’ve adopted (pardon the pun) your mother’s colonialist, white-centered attitude on adoption, which is why your sister will never share her true thoughts with you.

Don’t worry though, most of us are used to dealing with our toxic adoptive families with smiles. It’s behind your backs that we tell the truth of our feelings – about adoption, and about you.

ABC’s ‘Find My Family’ was a great show. The “adoption community” that I’m a member of loved it.

]]> By: MIchael Hawk http://www.realtvaddict.com/2009/12/11/mtvs-jersey-shore-and-find-my-family-are-infuriating/comment-page-1/#comment-684 MIchael Hawk Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:13:24 +0000 http://www.realtvaddict.com/?p=6478#comment-684 Reality TV has really taken a nose dive, but I hope that most audiences understand that they are entirely scripted and very far from reality. Reality TV has really taken a nose dive, but I hope that most audiences understand that they are entirely scripted and very far from reality.

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