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"-L." > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> <snip>
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> > First, forget adopting a baby in america. Legal fees run about
> > $50.000.oo.
>
> Dunno where you got that idea. Our legal fees were $1200.

I'm willing to listen...
I talked to a couple of women at work that were adopting babies.
They got together and went to Russia.

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> >
> > You can get a baby from Russia or China for only about >$10,000.oo.
>
> Where? International adoption runs closer to 15K, minimum, without
> travel fees.

Their legal fees were 10K, but this was about 5 years ago.

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> >
> > You can probably put all your travel expenses on the visa card and
> pay
> > it off slowly. Chinese girl babies are often MUCH cheaper than
> >russian
> > orphans.
>
> Yum, yeah, right.

Personally, I'd LOVE to have a couple of chinese girls!
As a general rule, chinese are highly intelligent.
And many, many chinese baby girls die in the black market network.
It's very sad.

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> >
> > I wish I was kidding about this, but I'm not. I've checked >into it.
>
> Not very well.

Ok, so explain the process.
I'm willing to listen.

What race was your baby?

There are couples that get Mexican orphans here very cheap.

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> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Oh, BTW, if you cannot afford to adopt a baby, you probably cannot
> > afford to raise one, so wait until you are more solvent.
>
> That's the only correct statement you've made.

Thank you!

>
> -L.
>
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Om.

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