What do you think?

In last month's Reader's Digest, a woman wrote a letter to Jeanne Marie Laskas (of Ask Laskas, which is like an etiquette column) asking for her opinion regarding this situation: a lady at her church constantly singles out one of her sons as being adopted. For example, she would say things like "my adopted son likes blah blah blah..." This really bothered the letter writer who explained that such comments could cause the child to develop insecurities. I can understand the letter writer's perspective. It is unnecessary for this woman to draw such attention to her adoptive son, but I couldn't help but wonder...

Why does this woman single out her adoptive son? Does she feel it is misleading not to acknowledge to others her son is adopted and not her biological son? Or, does she want some kind of recognition for adopting. OR? What could possible be other reasons for her behavior?

I've been doing a lot of thinking about how much information should be shared with others regarding our adoption. Over the past couple of weeks, while shopping for baby items, I've mentioned to store clerks that we were expecting. However, after saying that, I've felt the need to explain that we are expecting through adoption. But, should I have to tell EVERYONE that we are expecting through adoption? I don't think so! Of course, we want people in our lives to know-thus our recent announcements on FB and my blog. I guess it's like any other personal information-you decide how much information you are comfortable sharing and with whom... What do you guys think?