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“I feel like a sick eugenics experiment gone horribly wrong”

“I feel like a sick eugenics experiment gone horribly wrong”

by Them Before Us | Apr 18, 2019 | Stories | 4 comments

I am writing this very stream of conscious because I am so confused and have no place I feel is a safe outlet. My mom is very abusive. She would scream at me until I sobbed then scream at me to stop crying. She’d accuse me of “giving her attitude” and then demand I...
“Mum told me when I was a child all about how desperate she was for a baby, and how much I was wanted, and I was special…it doesn’t feel like that.”

“Mum told me when I was a child all about how desperate she was for a baby, and how much I was wanted, and I was special…it doesn’t feel like that.”

by Them Before Us | Feb 16, 2019 | Stories | 11 comments

(Originally published at Anonymous Us) I was conceived via AID (artificial insemination donor) as it was called in the late 1960s in England. My father had his prostate removed so he and my mother went down the route of artificial insemination by anonymous donor. Mum...
“The one constant in my life no matter what else fell apart…my parents’ marriage….had crumbled. And within weeks, I was absorbing that my dad…was not my dad.”

“The one constant in my life no matter what else fell apart…my parents’ marriage….had crumbled. And within weeks, I was absorbing that my dad…was not my dad.”

by Them Before Us | Feb 16, 2019 | Stories | 10 comments

(Originally published on AnonymousUs) I’m 41 & female. When I was 26, my mother told me I was donor conceived.I had just moved with my husband from my home state of Minnesota to Idaho. The reason for the move was that my parents had just divorced, and my mother...
An Angry Teen with Two Moms Gets Advice From A Man Who’s Been There

An Angry Teen with Two Moms Gets Advice From A Man Who’s Been There

by Them Before Us | Sep 19, 2018 | Stories | 6 comments

We got the following comment from “Jay” on our post, Stories of Donor-Conceived Kids with Gay Parents- Why “family break-up” doesn’t explain their struggles.” Hi I’m a guy, 15 I grew up in a small town where everyone including me...
Elizabeth Howard’s story – Part 2 | “For the first time in my life, I know who you are.”

Elizabeth Howard’s story – Part 2 | “For the first time in my life, I know who you are.”

by Them Before Us | Jan 3, 2018 | Stories | 6 comments

Dear Dad Happy Father’s Day! How amazing it feels to be able to think of you on this day. For the first time in my life, I know who you are. I know your name. I know what you look like. I am sorry you don’t know about me. I’m sorry you don’t want to know of my...
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