Chip Chick
“OP, tell her she’s the same age as you were when you had to raise the child SHE created. You weren’t ready either, but you had to step up thanks to the situation SHE put you in.”
“She can step up and sacrifice to deal with the situation SHE created for herself, or this time she can adopt her kid out and this time she’s not gonna be able to play Aunt while someone deals with the consequences.”
“My SO’s cousin abandoned two babies like a cuckoo bird before with the second, they convinced her to get sterilized. There’s something seriously wrong (ethically, mentally, whatever) for someone to do this.”
“I can’t have bio kids but I have more attachment to stray kittens than this sister has to her own spawn. Even still, I couldn’t take in a baby. Even if it was my niece or nephew. It wouldn’t be fair, I don’t have the income.”
“For anyone reading: kids are at least an $18,000/year expense, minimum, last I checked years back.”
“Even with gov help, there’s no way to meet a child’s basic needs if you don’t have ample income. When my family slipped under the poverty line, we had to stay with my grandparents in order to have food to eat. You can’t just miraculously create baby money from thin air.”
“Your sister needs to look into adoption. You need to get some counseling for you and your niece. Dealing with her mother in and out of her life has to be confusing.”
“Your sister is cruel to manipulate a child like that. She should have spoken with you first before assuming anything, let alone telling your niece that you would be adopting another child.”
