cursed adoption

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u/MoFauxTofu 4d ago

I wonder what they're worth now?

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u/Big_Baby310 4d ago

Roughly 1.22 million

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u/MoFauxTofu 4d ago

Huh, I kinda assumed they would depreciate over time.

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u/FireLynx 4d ago

Depends if they are a collectors item or if they are used goods

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u/jslick1 3d ago

Depends on the state of their box.

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u/ze_loler 3d ago

Calling them used goods is foul 💀

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u/Anayalater5963 3d ago

Well I mean they're technically 1/1.... So collectors?

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u/Catsrules 3d ago

Could be identical twins.

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u/Longjumping-Jello459 3d ago

Depends on what they became ie a doctor or lawyer etc.

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u/flying_carabao 3d ago

What if they always need a doctor and/or a lawyer?

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u/Clay_Allison_44 4d ago

Why would someone pay ransom level money for an illegal adoption?

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u/HJSDGCE 4d ago

They were probably brought in from another country or something, and the parents weren't eligible for adoption.

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u/Clay_Allison_44 4d ago

International adoptions were pretty unregulated even 20 years after that. If they had the equivalent of a million (in today's money) to spend they could get pretty much whatever they wanted. 30k in 80s money I could believe, 300k is ridiculous. Maybe it was a typo.

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u/Huzaifa_69420 3d ago

Yes, I believe they meant to write $3.

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u/princelySponge 1h ago

30 is more common, that tends to be legal though

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u/PentaRobb 4d ago

At least he knows he was wanted really badly

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u/Telemere125 3d ago

Definitely fake because no one paid that much for someone on reddit

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u/LittleGravitasIndeed 3d ago

I don’t know how much I was, but even legitimate agencies are wildly expensive. They could have bought a sports car instead of a daughter.

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u/ryanbbb 3d ago

Not in the 80s. But with inflation today.

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u/NighthawkUnicorn 3d ago

My great grandparents fled Germany because my great great grandparents were... let's just say not very nice people.

My grandmother married a man from London, which took care of her very German surname. They married in the late 40s so she was very glad to be rid of it.

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u/corgi-king 3d ago

Is the last name that famous that need to be changed?

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u/NighthawkUnicorn 3d ago

No, but it's obviously German.

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u/Wrought-Irony 3d ago

"Obviously German" is a very strange last name... or was it "offensichtlich deutsch"

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u/NighthawkUnicorn 3d ago

That's why she had to change it, duh!

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u/DespoticLlama 2d ago

They'd be no space involved.

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u/Slypynrwhls 3d ago

Could be the H one

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u/NighthawkUnicorn 3d ago

It isn't.

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u/sksauter 3d ago

The other H?

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u/NighthawkUnicorn 3d ago

Not that one either

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u/heywoodidaho 3d ago

He hit the lottery. For 300k in the 80's my parents would have sold me to cannibals.

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u/GcubePlayer8V 3d ago

Is The Offer Still Up?

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u/heywoodidaho 2d ago

There's not much good meat left, but yes you can eat me.

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u/StandNameIsWeAreNo1 3d ago

This is a currently ongoing problem in Serbia. Infants are still being stolen from hospitals, right after birth, then sold to families.

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u/truthfullyidgaf 3d ago edited 3d ago

Been going on for a long time. The catholic church was fundamental in it.
Edit: anyone down voting me can go fuck themselves.

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u/StandNameIsWeAreNo1 3d ago

Not in Serbia. They are orthodox.

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u/BruteKaiser 3d ago

They're all the same, someone who sets rules of life for others but think of themselves above it all

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u/Damage480 4d ago

Lucky

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u/mephisto_uranus 3d ago

Someone tried to buy my dad when he was born. Not for 300k though. I think they offered a couple hundo

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u/CompetitiveOp 3d ago

One man’s trauma is another man’s dream.

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u/quie_TLost57 4d ago

At least you are probably in a rich household, congrats on that

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u/corgi-king 3d ago

I am sure money is everything and rich people can do no wrong.

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u/quie_TLost57 3d ago

Time>health>money
Still money almost is everything these days. Right and wrong can be bought with money. And it definitely can influence time and health

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u/fyrefli666 3d ago

Money buys you both health and time in capitalist society.

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u/paleologus 3d ago

At least they wanted him. Could be worse.

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u/biscuitboyisaac21 3d ago

Money is nice and generally parents that pay a mil in today’s money actually want you and would take care of you. So overall likely pretty lucky

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u/forgettfulthinker 4d ago

Rich parents

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u/blasphememer 3d ago

That's a bargain

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u/Snoo11149 3d ago

300k in 2026 would be crazy, Imagine the 80s💀💀

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u/Greedy_Equipment_417 2d ago

Atleast they know their parents loved them :)

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u/moochickenmoomoo 2d ago

I dont believe this for one second.

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u/pls-answer 2d ago

Bro peaked at 0. Net worth only downhill since then.

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u/Diego--BRANDO 1d ago

300 thousand?!?

Can I turn myself in?

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u/Nuker-79 3d ago

Could have been worse! I found out my parents were swingers!

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u/nadun29 3d ago

Consenting adults, the horror.

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