I don't know how to make the title less cringe but lately it's been feeling stupid. I rather not get too open, but I come from Bosnia, and my entire family was either killed or misplaced in the genocide. I grew up with my two parents, but they were far from safe and supportive so there was never a concrete growth with them. Recently as I try and date, I've noticed a lot of men take comfort in giant families which I understand but damn, does anybody have a positive story? I'm trying to connect to more orphans because I don't really think anybody else can understand how the judgment hurts yet you understand why someone would avoid you. I guess I wanted to read happy stories of people finding or building a home from scratch? I'd love to focus on a positive note on this. My last relationship is really messing up how I view meeting someone new because now I think this is always going to be the camel that breaks the straw's back.