Thoughts on adoption?

I’ve wanted to adopt since I was about 12 years old. I had a few friends were adopted and I saw it as a wonderful experience.

Now that I’m 33 and about to get married I still want to adopt. I also helps that my employer gives us $35,000 towards adoption and we can use that benefit twice.

However, I find that as I tell people that I plan to TTC one kid, but also adopt, maybe even twice, I get such mixed reactions. Some people think it’s wonderful, which is wonderful. However, there are quite a few people who are pretty nasty. I’ve heard things like:

“How can you love someone else’s child as your own?”

“You’ll always favor your own child if you have your own!”

“That’s risky, adopted kids are x,y and z”

I’ve heard so much more than that, but it breaks my heart. I’ve never asked why they felt that way, and maybe I should have. So I want to hear your thoughts. My feelings are, Ive been blessed with the life and career that I have and my heart feels like it’s big enough to love every child as my own. Why would I not give a child a better life? Maybe I’m crazy.