No, I'm not going to adopt a child, it's my mother who's going to do that.
It happened a few days ago. We were watching The Blue Collar Comedy Tour, the commercial break began, and mother turned to me. "I'm thinking of adopting a child" she said.
It was pretty odd. It came out of the blew. She said she wanted to adopt a child from one of those third world countries that were poor. She wanted to adopt a child, just like Madonna and Angelina Jolie had been doing. She wanted to take in a homeless baby who would spend their short life starving to death in a world of little food and no good living conditions.
Though I think it's wonderful that she wants to help an unfortunate child, I don't think it will work for her. I don't want to give away a woman's age, but if she did adopt a child, that kid would be graduating high school after she turned 65. Also, she's been kinda sick as of lately. She also sleeps a lot, and dealing with a baby will obviously interfer with that. The last thing is that I know she can't take care of a baby at her age by herself. She already said she would like me to help her. I would not mind helping her take care of a child, but this would derail my plans of getting my own place. I don't want to spend a few years more stuck in mother's house. I want to get out of her as soon as I have the money.
My mother really wants to adopt; she has her heart set on this, and I want to convince her that this is a bad idea. She doesn't have the energy, health, or time to do this. So, what do I do? How do I convince her not to adopt without hurting her feelings? Should I just let her adopt?