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Originally Posted by NP_Complete
I did download a set of icons and am using those icons at the person's picture. It's helping somewhat to organize the chaos. I have high suspicions that I've got my birth father narrowed down. Unfortunately, his name is so frigging generic I have almost zero hope of using it to get anywhere. Think John Edward Jones. Pretty sure I can track down some relatives, but I don't even know how that conversation would go down. This is all getting a bit too real for me. I wish I could undo starting this, but I'm not sure I can stop until I find answers at this point. This whole thing is exacerbating my depression.
The father suspect is 3 years older than she was, so 16 and 19. I guess that falls under most Romeo and Juliet laws. Don't want to seem like a prude, but that age gap would give me some pause if one of them was my kid.
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I've tried some geneaology stuff, and my mom's side of the family has some really generic names in it, too, which makes it particularly challenging. I understand how you now feel like you have to see it through. I'm sorry it's making your depression worse though.
I feel bad saying that's not too bad in the age gap, but I do feel like it's fairly common and not necessarily exploitative. Like could be a high school sophomore dating a high school senior or freshman in college. Which is still disturbing in a way, I get it.