Q

I can totally empathize with this. I'm Caucasian, my husband is Japanese,
and our son is just plain adorable (LOL, no I'm not biased). When I'm in the
U.S. visiting, people ask me where I adopted him from if my husband isn't
with me. In Japan, people often say he looks like a gaijin (foreigner,
alien). They usually say this in a positive context, as in "Gaijin kids are
just sooooo cute!" and are taken aback when my response is a cold, "He isn't
a gaijin, he has a Japanese passport just like you."
People really can be insensitive, it really is just that they speak without
thinking of the effect their words have.

Hikaru

> I have a close friend who adopted a beautiful boy and girl from
> Korea and she gets insensitive and rude comments sometimes from strangers
in
> the store. It's hard for me to understand why anyone would make any
comments
> to someone they don't know. I think some people are just stupid and
nosey.
>
> Patti