maybe this is the reason gem is havin the dreams :>

Aww, we didn't get to see the food?

Another good page =3

I know I'd be very surprised if I found out that I was adopted irl. Although finding biological parents would have little interest for me. That and I do share some traits with both sides of my family so it would be very confusing if I was adopted.

I would do it

*hugs gemma* everyone should have a chance to have someone to love and support them like a parent does.

Lol~

i dont know what i would do if i was adopted, to tell you the truth i would rather had been adopted. my mother was(and still is) HORRIBLE. luckly she got sentenced for 12 years for 10 armed robery's

Poor Gemma!

I can guess how this is going to turn out, but I am not going to say in case I am right. Keep it up, this has got me hooked since I read it a long time ago, and it never fails to this day. Good job and I wish you luck with the end.

Feel free to note me. Im curious to see if you're on the right tracks :)

Depends on which pair of my parents I was raised by to be honest. If my mom and step-dad had raised me I would have been content. Dad and step-mom... maybe. We don't always get along but guess that happens in family huh?

Somehow, I think this conversation and another drink or two might not be the best idea Gem's had all night...

Oooh! that's right! Even if they were just having water! I can't look! *waits impatiently for the next page anyway*

I wouldn't. Your parents are the ones who raised you. No matter who brought you into this world, they showed you this world. Nothing is more important then the ones that support you.

I agree with Gem. If my parents didnt love me, I would feel such...I wouldn't love them.

*huggles Toka* Your soo fuzzy :3

Thankies :)

Lol the last panel is the best

I see a root to gems problems

I am adopted, but I was adopted by my grandparents, so other than the fact that i haven't spoken to my mother in years, I do know my parents, luckily

Uh oh he hit a nerve =^w^= mew?

alright i think i might know where this story is going now. at least to some degree.

There's... something different about your style in panel 5 there... Gem's all like ๏_๏ while Paul seems a little like ಠ~ಠ

Well, I'm adopted. I found my parents. I wish I hadn't.

Psst... Gemma... it's spelled "orphan". Paul can have an accent, but the keywords? Tsk tsk!

Hmm..... If I was adopted, I would probably be really stunned because I look exactly like my mum. :o


and another drink? hmmm...

Alchohol wont solve yer problems dear

Uhm .... Better lay easy on the drinks there, don't want another accident little gem.

Gem may want another drink, but I have a suspicion she's about to lose one.

<<<< This guy is not getting laid.

Sorry.

i did look for mine actually, found one of them, the story behind my mom was interesting to learn but kinda odd... was probably better off not knowing

Well two ways it could go they had to give you up hoping life would be better for you or they never want to rember that your a mistake.They have been looking for for years and regret giving you and they wish you were with them the husband made her give you up and she have been greaving the loss for ever

Have you seen the movie, "Meet the Robinsons"?

"Makes me glad I ruined dinner." I love that remark--it's funny!

I was adopted. It was a closed adoption. I don't know who my biological parents are.

But I have a loving family who never kept it a secret that I was adopted. They've never kept it a secret that they love me either. ^_^

Alcohol, solves all problems.

Heh, but the reality bits are some of my favorite parts. It gives the comic a nice balance, it also seems like a sort of metaphor for your average babyfur, balancing the pleasant fantasies and friends with real life respectability and what not. I find it all rather insightful :3

Oh hey, who left the Awkward switch on?

my parents left me when i was 2

oh this hits home. ..

the truth of her littleness comes out! buwaha! <3

Oh poor gem, very strong subject to get into in a conversation but must say if i found out i was adopted, i probably would look for my parents at least.

what do you do when you're adopted? well, it's complex I guess.

I was not adopted, but two of my siblings were. As a teen, my brother always wanted to find his adoptive parents. It couldn't happen. My sister never wanted to, until her own infant daughter was in the pediatric ICU, and it became a matter of life and death. It took an attorney and an emergency court petition, but she was able to find the information needed to save her daughters life (this was late 1986 or early 1987. Today, genetic testing would have given us the answer we needed before she ever ended up in the hospital). Because of her bio-mothers attitude, they never again had contact, even through the legal system.

Ah, see, the people around me always say that you grow to be like the people you love. So...no, actually. I don't think I'd angst over being adopted for too terribly long.

In a way, it would be more fun to NOT know who they were. I mean, then you could tell yourself that they were great people who just had a bad time. (Ignorance is bliss?) I don't think I'd like it much if I found out they were a bunch of drug addicts or criminals.

Anyway, family is who loves you best.

I AM adopted, and personally, I take Gem's stance on it, because honestly, I don't consider them my "Birth Parents" they were my basically my "Birth Givers" mainly because well... my Parents have been by my side since the day they got me, and for almost 29 years they have stood beside me. I would be afraid if I were to meet the two individuals that gave me life, they would want to have some bearing on my life, like for family gatherings and whatnot, almost like a long lost family, and I'm not at all interested in that. I have a small sheet that shows my nationality and any pieces of important information i may need, but honestly I love my parents, they raised me, taught me right from wrong, and helped me grow into the person I am today... the other two basically were donors, I thank them for giving me life, but I really don't care for much involvement beyond that, maybe some day I'll wonder and want to meet them, shake their hands, and thank them, but otherwise, I'm quite content. sorry for the rant.

I would hunt them down, and then depending on what I find either thank them for giving me a better life or not letting them know I found them. So many variables as to why something like this happens. Best thing to do is make the most out of the life you have and not let the past rule your future.

Gemma ate something

the chef must have been Chuck Norris.

i love this comic!!!! now that i made an account i can finally comment on all of your wonderful artwork!!! XD *dreamy eyes* hehehehehe XD

question: is paul your husband is real life's name too?? (forgive me please if that's too personal :) )

also is paul(in the comic) the youngest of his three brothers???

that face in the bottom left panel is too cute!

I'd try to find out where they were out of sheer curiosity.

Stop going on about Gem's parents and other personal matters Paul, or you'll make her drink too many glasses.

Just because her parent's gave her up doesn't mean they didn't want her. They may not have the money to take care of her or they may not have been ready to take care of a baby. Of course she may have been taken away by Social Services because her parents were alcoholics or something like that. I also took the same route as gem; I'm adopted and chose not to seek out my parents because you never know what they may be like.

Being adopted I can speak on this issue. I know it's not that my parents didn't want me, though some folks might think that way in that situation. I've never felt a particular need to meet my parents though if I go to that part of the world, I might think about it. I think it would be nice to meet them at least once though I doubt they speak English. As weird as I am I still hope they'd be pleased to meet me. Though on the other hand, being adopted also means that my parents chose me, which always makes me feel special.

My mother has said one of the reasons she adopted me from another country was because I wouldn't have had many options there, and I know my life would be substantially different. The last time I went home my mother gave me some paperwork from the adoption agency and I learned a few things, but I haven't really acted on the information or tracked down the adoption agency.

It's a personal decision and a tough call.

Wait, I just remembered something.

Alcohol and bladders do NOT mix well together. (Or the do, depending on your POV.)

I am adopted and it has been awful. My mother is dead and was a drug addict. My father just didn't care.

I wish daily that there was an adult adoption agency. I still want parents.