OP from the first story is incredibly lucky to have four parents who love and support him, seriously the best outcome from that entire situation. What a wholesome story.
Honestly. This was such a beautiful outcome for EVERYONE. OP has 4 wonderful parents, his adoptive parents were given the joy and privilege of having him as a son, and his birth parents were blessed to be reunited with their son and have a chance to build a relationship with him after having to make the impossible choice to give him to someone who was in a better position to raise him. I love this story so much because it just worked out so well for everyone. Obviously giving up their child at 14 wasn’t what the birth parents would have wanted, but it allowed both them and OP to be in better positions for their journeys ahead. I just love that they were reunited
For someone who had a kid at 14, she was way more mature than most adults on their 40s. I'm glad OP met their bio-parents, and they actually sound like good people
Dude, RSlash... no, no no no. Don't apologize for having gotten emotional. The audio quality stayed great. Audio quality is a technical aspect. It captured your emotion perfectly and it's your emotion that honestly makes you such a good listen. Hearing you get angry at abusive entitledparents, sympathetic to people who are at no fault but wonder amithe@$$hole, the glee at treelaw... it's so you and it's great.
The first story... I'm adopted too. My birthmother gave me up when I was a newborn due to being in a bad situation when I was born. We lost contact after I was adopted due to paperwork getting lost throughout the years. I'm now a 26 year old adult, and 26 years later we finally reconnected over the internet. After speaking with her for about six months, I went and visited her in the country of my origin. It was very emotional. We shared stories, cried, spent time with each other. Not once did I resent her. My adoptive parents raised me well, they let me know from the get go that I was adopted, they told me my birth mother made the hardest decision by giving me up, she gave me up out of love. 26 years later, and I'm so grateful we found each again.
I am so happy for you being so lucky to have parents, both adoptive and biological, who love you and did everything for you to have a good life. And you sound like a wonderful human, you absolutely deserve this love and know how to spread it around. Beautiful stories, both yours and the one in the video, they show there’s still hope for humanity. I wish you all the very best, and hope you continue bonding with your birth mom and loving both her and your adoptive parents! ❤️❤️❤️
Story 2: I think Nick Crowley covered this story, he found a few news articles that basically confirmed that this did happen, down to the time (Jan 29). The daughter just "didn't want to be alone", but that definitely didn't help things considering how psychotic she was acting.
She was probably going to continue to go a do an Ed Geins and have a “corpse family”. She was probably building up the courage to kidnap the child to add to her collection.
Your first story was wonderful to hear. I'm currently taking in a 16 year old girl (I'm taking classes to become her foster mom) who is being removed from a parent that should NEVER have had children (she had 4 daughters and I have the youngest). She was a drug addict that relied on others to literally care for, love, and comfort (as well as feed clothe, etc) "her" kids. Anyway, great job presenting a wonderful story that brightened my day. Sorry so long. THANK YOU and the WONDERFUL BOY that shared a beautiful story.
That first story was probably the best story yet that I’ve heard on this channel; and I’ve loved this channel for over a year now. You did sound emotional, and I wouldn’t have it any other way
Dabney is wonderful. He has me laughing daily with his antics and to hear him so moved by this story also made me cry! I’ve been subbed to him for 3 years now and he’s just gotten better!
I think so too! I only ever listen to the shitty people stories and actively avoid stories like this. I’m glad I clicked on this video because it was a great story.
It's like the Japanese version of Weight of the World, where the version they specifically used in the game is the version where the singer openly breaks down and weeps partway through the song
Can we give praise to the adoptive parents for how awesome they are. Not all adoptive parents are that supportive of their kids finding and bonding with their bio parents. So happy
I’ve heard stories about people giving up kids or being given up. And I’ve seen it portrayed in shows/on movies. In story 1, I think OP and his mom have the best story of this. She was 14 and handled the situation amazingly. Writing that letter to explain it, that was a pro move. Because usually, the kid grows up with questions and insecurities, the whole ‘why didn’t my mom love me?’ Or ‘I hate her for abandoning me!’ But she wrote the letter, so OP knew his mom didn’t hate him and understood that a 14 year old just couldn’t handle it, and knew she was open to a relationship eventually. Soooo great
Honestly, I have a similar story in my life. I'm adopted, but my parents told me from birth that I was, and said my Bio Mom and Bio Dad couldn't give me the life I deserved at the time. So they put me up for adoption and even kept in contact with them. I haven't met them yet, but I do send gifts to them(and my half siblings). They were both in college, so nothing rough about teenage pregnancies, tho. Honestly, my half siblings are scarily similar to me in my interests(Sister loves Pokémon and we had the same favorite for a while, and brother loves dnd lol).
for the record, I thought the subreddit was r/Bestof My Neighbor Hid HER MOM'S CORPSE in Her House like... the whole thing. Like not only is there an r/my neighbor hid her mom's corpse in her house, but there's also an r/best of subreddit for it.
Openly sobbing? Oh, dear. I don't know if I can watch all of it, or else _I'll_ start sobbing. *First OP:* Okay, I need a hug. May OP and both pairs of his parents all have dry socks, and may both sides of their pillows remain cool. ❤ *Second OP:* Woah, that was wild! I'm glad OP and her family are okay. I know this is a serious story, but I giggled a little at 'the smell that came out of the h0le was indescribably bad."
I lost my oldest son to cancer nearly one year ago. The story of the parents getting their child back, who they were forced to give up, had me bawling my heart out. I don't think I've ever felt this much happiness for another person.
I wasn't expecting to cry on the first story but after listening to it I cried, stopped for like a minute or two then cried again after learning more of the details 😭😭😭 its such a cute heartwrenching story
Just hearing that the father who gave that boy up for adoption kept a journal and had all this emotional stuff going on just I don't know I mean you never hear of the boy going through the emotional stuff it's usually the girl so so nice to hear that this boy has four sets of parents that truly love him
I'm so glad the first story turned out wholesome any way you look at it. OP's parents had a kid young and couldn't provide him a good life, so they reluctantly turned him over for adoption with a note to find them someday. OP grows up in a happy, loving home and decides to find his bio parents. And the bio parents both loved and kept thinking about their son during that time. That's the sort of thing that keeps my faith in humanity alive, man!
I hope Dabney reads more wholesome stories. He reads this negative stuff constantly. He can use the positive in his life too. And I love it when he reads the positive, maybe it's not for everyone, but it wouldn't be bad and I would listen to it!
That first story actually hits close to home to me. My grandmother was adopted, but she never got to know her birth parents or even if they wanted to know her. The saddest part about that first story is that there are plenty of adopted kids out there who will never get to know their birth parents. Top shelf story.
When you turn on RSlash to listen to the entitled parents and choosing beggars you know and love, and you’re slammed with a story that tugs at your heart, leaving you crying in your kitchen. Definitely didn’t expect that!
I've always told myself and everyone that if I ever choose to have kids one day, I will absolutely be adopting. This world is already overpopulated enough, and it honestly breaks my heart that some people just can't keep their kids. I know some people much prefer biological kids, but to me, family is so much more than just blood.
I've heard the adoption story before, but without the dad update, and it's always incredible how mature two teenagers were, and how they both thought in perspective so many years to keep in contact so the other would know about their son if he ever made contact. I'm so happy the three of them got their happy reunion!
That first story hits me hard. I never met my biological father, he and my mom had an affair while he was married. I wanted to meet him my whole life. Eventually, a few years ago, I tracked him down with some help and gave him a call. We talked on the phone a few times… but he died of a heart attack before we could meet. I wasn’t even allowed to attend the funeral. The family I grew up with was abusive… it messed me up bad. I live with so much resentment and pain towards everyone now. I’m happy beyond words for OP for having that happy ending and growing up with a good family, this story just hit me so hard…
Rslash: *Gets through the first story without breaking down ugly crying* Me: *Impossible* Other viewers: *Impossible* People who read the post: *Impossible*
"Thank you for helping give me this life" OMG that line specifically got me. Imagine 24 years of not knowing if you made the right decision and then in the flesh your son stands in front of you and says "yes you did and I love you for it" so amazing. Also for the son to hear from his parents how much they loved him this whole time and he didn't even realize. So amazing that whole story was just awesome
I heard the first story in another channel a couple weeks ago and I kept going “SHE HAS A FEELING! TELL HER OP YOU MOMMA DESERVES TO KNOW IT’S YOU!! YOU DESERVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP!!” It’s seriously the best outcome. They made the most selfless decision and OP had a great life and THEN GETS TO HAVE AN AWESOME REUNION!! So cool!!
I can't even imagine having to adopt my child out to strangers... I don't have kids, don't want them, but all the same it breaks my heart imagining it.
I love that you can cry without fear of judgement, the amount of men that would edit it out or just not post the story is unbelievable and you’re setting an amazing example. Humans have feeling and this story gave me goosebumps ❤️
My mom, who I lost at a pretty young age, was artificially inseminated. I haven’t found my father yet but I did find my half brother. It’s crazy finding family when you’re an adult and talking about the things you have in common!
God, story 1 had me sobbing as I was driving. I’m so happy they’ve met. This family pulled apart by circumstances of life brought together after all this time. So damn beautiful. I was so ready for this to take an awful turn and I’m so relieved it didn’t.
I had heard the first story stopping at around the first update, so I had already done my crying for that part. But at the point when the bio dad brought up the journal the waterworks started up again! T_T
The first story really is refreshing. Having a family that loves each other with no conflict is something I really do sometimes miss. The second story reminds me; did y’all know that Jack used to be a volunteer firefighter? So for that scene in the shining, he easily decimated a prop door so they had to put in a real door.
as someone who has been in foster care, the first one warms my heart -- its not often I hear stories like that have a happy ending. OP, I'm so glad for you. ❤🧡
rSlash, you read that first story like a champ. I was literally full tears streaming down my face sobbing halfway through, and just when I thought I was good, you got to the dad's journal and I broke all over again.
The first story got me, as a person who had placed their daughter for adoption. It's an open adoption, but it doesn't make it less hard. This story gives me hope that we'll get our happy ending once she's old enough to understand everything. I'm crying typing this, I know I made the right decision and I know she's going to be well taken care of. I love and miss her so so much.
Love how we got from a very emotional story about OP finally meeting again his biological parents after years since he was given to adoption because they couldn't take care of him, and happy both they met eachother again and that OP had a good live, to suddenly a 180° into a story that's basically a crossover between Psycho and The Shining.
I'm crying so hard at the first story. And these are happy tears, I'm so happy for OP finally meeting their biological parents and it went very well. I wish all the best for OP and OP's parents
I just wanna say that I had to fast forward through the first story. My meeting with my birth mother was not very good, I had heard she was a dog groomer. So when I was in my 20s I went to this dog grooming shop and Tucson to see if they would teach me how to be a dog groomer. When I came in there was a woman there that was so nasty and rude to me I couldn’t believe it, that I met the owner and she asked me why I wanted to get into dog grooming. So I told her that my real mother was a dog groomer and then she asked me my real mothers name so I told her. The woman that was being so rude and nasty to me was my real mother. I have to tell you it is very difficult to not start crying right then and there. I turned around and walked out the door I didn’t even go to the bus stop to catch the bus home. I walked 6 1/2 miles. I didn’t shed a tear really until I got home and then it took me about three days to get my shit together. I had always heard what a horrible woman she was and never really wanted to believe it, she was truly a horrible nasty woman and about 30 years later, I had about a three week relationship with her. During that three weeks she was so unkind and just awful to other people so I ditched her. I heard she died on Thanksgiving in 2016, I don’t really care. I realize that I am a woman without a mother and that is OK because I’m making my own way. Sorry for the long post, I guess I really did need to get that off my chest, thanks for the read 👂 my heart goes out to OP🌹
Oh God, the first story hit me just as hard. I am a mother in a similar situation. I put my daughter up for adoption when I was 16 and she just reached out a few weeks ago. It was the most amazing feeling ever knowing that she wants to get to know me. Ah, so many feels. I'm sobbing along with you lol.
Hearing rSlash choke up and having crying breaks it's what made me cry. That whole story was already so emotional and rSlash's breaks was the cherry on top. I love this channel 💗
This first story is so beautiful and it hits so close to home. My story is way too long to share here. But after I found my birth mom at 49 and asked her millions of questions, she had only one: "After finding out you were alive, I only wonder if you were happy and loved". It has been 3 years and I can't believe how lucky I am to find her, but most of everything, bring her back her only son. (If it doesn't make sense, sorry, English is not my first).
i honestly love when you show how emotional you get over these stories. its one of the things that really differentiates you from other reddit youtubers. reminds me that youre a person with a life and feelings behind the videos which is refreshing :]
It's so wonderful that his bio parents were so sweet, and that they had so much hope to see him again some day. ❤ My mom was adopted, and after she found her bio mom we went to try to meet her (I was 5, and yes, she did explain it all to me). That day we met her grandmother and half-sister, plus several other extended family members. Her bio mom, however, arranged a time to meet us privately. When we (Mom took me everywhere with her) went back for that meeting, it was just with her, and they talked a long time. The sad thing was that she told my mom that it was just too hard for her, and she wasn't ready to have ongoing contact with us. She was only 15, and all of it was too hard for her. We never have met Mom's bio dad, but even though her bio mom couldn't, the rest of the family was really excited, and we've had great relationships ever since. We were always careful though, to give bio mom her space when we went to visit everyone else.
I just became a mother and that first story really emotionally did me in. I can’t IMAGINE giving my son up so her doing that, shows the strength this mother and father HAD to go through.
Oh the feels! I almost had to pull over from the tears. I've had friends who looked up their bio parents and had similar great, happy reunions. I think what makes this one extra special is that the adoptive parents were encouraging and accepting of the OP contacting his bio parents. And, nothing wrong with your 'cry voice'. I could barely tell.
I had to give my first son up for adoption when I was 16. As soon as I turned 18, and my mom couldn’t control me anymore, I immediately got an apartment with the dad (we never broke up) and we went to court for our son back. We had proof that we had been forced to sign the papers by our parents, plenty of texts and emails about it on my laptop. We got him back when he was almost 3 and he’s 12 now. He’s got 1 little brother and 1 little sister and I can’t imagine my family being 4 instead of 5. My biggest fear was meeting my son when he was older and him thinking we didn’t want him.
This is the third time I've heard someone read this story and it always is emotional to listen too. You're not the only one who got emotional reading this story so don't judge or apologize rSlash. You are not the only one who found this story emotional and had trouble keeping your emotions back.
adoption stories really get to me, because i was adopted from birth too. there's something uniquely bittersweet about the huge amount of love to have for your child, enough to want them to have the best life possible, even if it means you can't be the one to raise them
I used to be emotionally distant from strangers, but lately it's become hard not to sympathize with these heavy stories. I am not there yet, but this story's got me close to being teary eyed.
as a momma on the other side, waiting for my babies to come looking, my god story one hit me like a ton of bricks.... so many tears... All of it is so relatable... the few things i have of theirs, the journals, keeping in contact with bio father for my kids sake... god damn it... bawling....
First story was an example of how sometimes, adopted parents don't need to fight bio parents (or vice versa) over the child. It seemed both OP and his adopted parents understood the bio parents were children themselves who lacked the skills needed to properly raise an infant, and held no ill will towards them for their choice to give up OP to parents who were better equipped for raising kids
That first story was unexpectedly wholesome and It pulled on my heart. I didn't know I was capable of feeling that listening to Dabney read r/ stories.
The first story was so heartwarming and emotional. It makes it even more special knowing that it reached rSlash too and getting to hear it filled with emotion. Wishing all the best to op and his family. I hope the future for you is sunny and filled with smiles. ^_^
Kills me when rSlash has a title like "dead bodies discovered in best friend's house, not click bait!!!!" and the first story is something beautiful and cathartic. Especially as someone who grew up without a dad and spent half my childhood in foster care.
Don't worry rslash, I've been sobbing since I got my degree results this week. 2:1 (sort of equivalent to a 3.4-3.7 in the US). I've been invited to complete the second stage of the MSc application process, and working on applying for a Peer Support Worker role. Only eight years ago, I was constantly suicidal, self harming and goijg through it with PTSD. I was homeless in 2017 after escaping an abusive relationship with my mum (our relationship is much better today, as she worked on herself and realised that she wanted a relationship with me more than the control she wanted over me). I got my first job as a cleaner at a hospital, and now I want to work with others who struggle with mental health. To be able to show them that it gets better. It's incredible to think my life has changed over such a (relatively) short period of time. Excuse me while I sob again...
@@KittenUndercover thank you ☺ It's why I want to become a therapist eventually. I believe in people's ability to recover with the right therapist, right therapy and the right support.
Congratulations on turning your life around! I, an internet stranger am so proud of you. Keep up the great work. You will do great. Helping people who are where you used to be is so helpful. You can show that you understand what they are going through. Keep it up. Peace, hugs and love to you!
@@jennilynne1977 thank you ☺ Yes, that's been my goal since the beginning. I want to be there for people who don't feel like they'll find a way out and inspire hope.
About the first story.... I'm sitting listening to this at 630am. Like you Rslash, it is too early to have this amount of emotion pouring from me. This is one of the most amazingly beautiful stories ever. Bless OP and his WHOLE family. ❤️
as someone who got a girl pregnant at 14 myself thos story hit HARD. this is the first time ive cried emotionally in ALMOST 2 YEARS! im glad you read this cause my teary eyes could never
Damn, that even made ME tear up lol. I almost never cry unless I'm frustrated but idk. There's always something about those stories where a child receives some genuine love from their mom after years of not getting any that reduces me to a puddle of tears.
That first story hit me in the feels too, I was adopted & never met my birth parents so it hit me in a certain spot. Then we follow up that story with a story involving a corpse, fantastic, love it. That's not sarcasm, I just have weird tastes.
Reminds me of the story of my cousin. My aunt and uncle had a child when my aunt was 16 and my uncle was 17. The 2 of them gave the kid up, but then as fate would have it, the baby ended out going to the school my aunt taught at. They didn't realise it until my cousin was in 7th grade, but they straight up cried in the parking lot for 5 hours straight.
The first story was so nice. Just before listening to this I had a panic attack and just felt lost in the sea of darkness. It help reinforce me finding the light. I’m glad that everyone was happy and it was so lovely. Thanks for reaching R/ I love your content
that first story was beautiful; op, his bio parents, and adoptive parents are so lucky. wishing them a lovely life together, i'm so glad that they feel complete now ♥
For the story about OP finding his biological parents and how wonderful of a reunion it was is very refreshing for your channel. I love all the other types of stories too, but these uplifting stories are just as fantastic.
Oh my lord!! Op finding his bio parents had me sobbing!! I gave up my first son for adoption at the 3 weeks old and I pray every day for an outcome even 20% as amazing as OPs. I’ll never give up hope that he will find me
I gotta say, as an adoptee My experience meeting my birthmom was relatively the same. I just wish my birth father had been the same as well, he didn't know about me until I was 21 and adamantly refused to believe that I was his child until we met on my 21st birthday and since then he has made no effort to reach out other than wishing me a Happy Birthday a year ago and and a message at the beginning of the pandemic
Oh my gosh, I remember when baby rSlash was born and she’s already 1?! You’re part of my daily routine and regardless of the audio quality, I love listening to your perspective on all these stories, especially the ones where you get emotional!
You made me cry! I'm a birth mother myself, and it tugged at my heart. With my son, it was an open adoption so I got updates on him while he was growing up. Thank you for reading that story.
I have a narcissistic abusive mother who I haven't talked to in almost 2 years. She destroyed relationships all around her, mostly in the family. This week I finally got the courage to reach out to my aunt and ask if we could speak and catch up. She's calling me next week end when my uncle will be on his fishing trip. Hearing how OP's bio parents held so much love for him that they would do the most painful thing to do for the best of their child and still hold on to the hope that he has a happy life... it also had me crying. If only all parents could love their kids like this. To seek out only the best for them and their well being. I'm so happy for them 🥰❤
