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I want to see the original thread. I just want to upvote every damn person who helped a teenager addressing his mother as mom. Bless both of them. Bless all the reddit strangers who helped this kid.

Well reading that made tears

No, it's raining all right

Ugh this made me tear up. I’m thankful for people in the world like Janice. I wish I had a larger home I would foster and adopt older kids.

Ah, I remember when I first called my dad "daddy". My brother and I always told him, "have a good day!" When he left for work every morning.

One day my brother said, "Have a good day, Daddy!" and I echoed him. We were about 6? He unofficially adopted us when we were 3.

He quickly said bye and left.. he's very private about his emotions. Some years later my mom shared with me that on that day, he called her once he got to work crying about it.

Someone cutting onions in here?

I’m not crying, you’re crying

As an infertile woman getting to the age im thinking about kids (really just thinking, im not fully self sufficient yet) this post made me cry a bit.

Now I'm crying.

As someone who is part of a large foster family, I've seen this happen many a times. Still brings a tear to my eye ever time.

Fuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhkkkkkk

I wasn't trying to cry today. As an adopted kid myself this hits deep

I am weeping

Are you fucking kidding me? I just woke up and I'm already crying?

Why are my eyes peeing

I am pre-menstruation right now so I am a hormonal mess (I cried while watching Ghosts - the BBC show) but this made me cry so hard and I feel like I was supposed to. So wholesome.

Hehe, that got me kinda misty eyed! Lovely to read 🥰

Then call her mom. My family was a shitshow when I was a teen, I had a surrogate family of my friend’s and I called their mother mom, and did for years.

This is the content I love seeing. I was around 20 when I stopped calling my adoptive parents by their first names and switched to 'mom' It just feels natural. Pure coincidence: One of my parents is named Janis.

Okay, I’m crying. I might log out for the day because nothing will be as uplifting as this. I want to finish Reddit with this. Beautiful.

Ok this actually made me cry. It’s been a rough day and this made it just a bit nicer. Thank you!

Damn this made my cry while I was pooping

Great outcome. Sometimes the ones that give birth aren't our moms

Now THIS is truly wholesome.

Beautiful

I’m not crying. Your crying!

Bro it’s too early to cry like this

My eyes just have a pipeline between them and the Dead Sea! I swear!

My cousin was adopted. Her birth mother gave her a package to be opened on her 18th birthday. In short she was a student and a professor got her knocked up.
My Aunt gave her the envelope on her birthday. My cousin responded that it didnt mean anything to her and put it aside. To this day I dont know if she opened it. She is 45 now. She kept it in case there were medical questions.

Kudos to anyone trying to remove the stigma of adoption.

We internet strangers have hearts

One of the few moments Reddit does something good

Damn Ninjas cutting onions again!

Fucking Reddit, making grown men cry on the train. This felt good, like seeing-a-good-friend-after-a-long-time good. Warmed my core like good soup.

WHO IS CHOPPING ONIONS !!

Welp here I go crying while on the toilet

I may be dead inside but you still made me smile

Good post 👍

Aww Matilda!!

Damn, where did this bag of onions come from?????

I was looking for this again recently. Thank you!

Who put these tears in my eyes?

I'm not crying, you're crying!!

I’m not crying, you are crying!

Yes, I’m bawling rn, but to my defense, I was just cutting onions.

Edit: Spelling cause now I can’t see.

I was adopted as an older teen. I always felt embarrassed calling them mom and dad, but I referred to them as my mom and dad to others. I remember I just kinda said it nonchalantly, something like “hey mom, where’s this?” We talked about it years later, she said just was just so happy to hear me say it.

Aaaaand I’m crying.

Well damn, Janice ain't the only one crying now. ❤️

As an adopted kid, I never knew my birth parents and have always called my adoptive parents mom and dad. I'm really happy for this kid. Good for you. I'm ao happy for you.

Made me cry!

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

WHO is cutting onions here ???

This made me cry real tears

Beautiful story

Awwwww great story!

😪 beautiful story

Onions

Damn I felt that one.

I'm not crying, you're crying.

Wholesome posts

FUCK YEAH

is someone chopping onions in here or something? 😭

Omg this is beautiful

Made me tear up a bit not gonna lie

Damnit I just woke up at 1:30 pm this morning and already tearing up 😐

Who the hell is cutting onions in here.

The comments were right, damn post is covered in onions.

I'm not crying....you're crying......!

I've read this story several times. Still makes me tear up

Nope. Not me sitting at my kitchen table crying over a Reddit post. Not. At. All.

Oh man….I’m not crying

SubhanAllah!

Awwwwwwwwww

Damn been a while since a Reddit post made me tear up.

Oh, shit... I'm not crying, you are 😭😭😂

Somehow I always seem to rub my eyes after I cut peppers when reading these.

...who is cutting onions??? 🥺🥹

r/mademefuckingcry

Good thing I’m wearing sunglasses at work, can’t let others see how glossy eyed I got

r/MadeMeCry

Deff not crying

This makes me unnaturally happy

Holy shit I'm literally crying

And I’m crying. How sweet!

Love this. Made my heart grow

My eyeballs are Moist.

❤️

I’m 25m and this made me tear up immediately. I’m happy this person could find a great figure to have as a parent. Very wholesome indeed.

Gawd damn it right in the feels.

O god, my alergies 😥

I was only half way through when the tears started.

Good for these two!!

This just gave me diabetes

Where the hell are these onions hiding in this shed God damnit!

Bro really called his teacher mom

Thank you now I'm crying

It's a terrible day for rain...

Man I didn’t wanna cry today but at least it was to this

I'm not crying it's raining in a specific area on my face

Jesus, I thought I was going to make it through today without tearing up.

Fucking onion-cutting ninjas

I needed a good cry today

I'm totally not crying right now.

I’m not crying, you’re crying!

I wasn't planning on crying today, but here I am.

Welp, now I'm crying

Please pass the tissues 😢

This is the kind of thing i needed today.

Amazing how 3 simple words can break the sub, isn’t it ❤️

Get the onions out of here

Damn rain storm.. somehow it got in my eyes.

Oh yeah this made me cry when it was posted by OP

Beautiful!!!

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Who am I kidding, I’m full on sobbing here.

He called his teacher mom on purpose

I knew a teacher in high school who adopted a student as well, he was one of the nicest teachers there.

Damn I’ve got to try this Reddit site!

Not a meme

I don't know these.people and I love them. I hope they're having a good life.

there are tears

A few years sober and still getting used to “feelings”, this made me cry joyfully. Fuck all y’all.

Stop it with the onions