Yeah, I had to push and push and push and push and push before I got to go into a foster home when I was 14. Seems that nobody was capable / willing to listen to an actual word that I said about the matter...

Ironically... My mother adopted 2 boys during her first marriage (before she married my Father). This was back when... When we used to think everything was genetically determined so people were unwilling to adopt because they thought they would be adopting murderers and rapists and so on...

So... I guess... If I had been put up for adoption... Chances are I'd have been adopted by someone (just as bad as) my Mother. Only... I'd have had her rubbing my face in it every 5 minutes...