Adoption, to be specific. I was adopted from China when I was a baby. My parents are white.

Asking because I want to bring this up with my crush, who I had a good conversation with recently, eventually. I want to tell her about who I am & be honest about myself. And yes, I'm bi.

And I'll most likely need to bring it up to a lot of other people too, since I will be starting college as a freshmen in less than a month.

I've told only a few of my best friends myself. I forgot how I told them. And other friends of mine know too, but its either because they are adopted too or because they may have read ''Eliza. 18. Chinese. Adopted.'' on my Instagram/Tumblr....

And I'm pretty sure that not everyone may be able to jump to that conclusion from seeing me with white adults. Not everyone will see me with my parents. Not everyone knows about adoption. The only adopted person 2 of my best friends know is me.

So how do I bring this up? I want to be honest with other people....even if you don't know about adoption, then how do you bring up ''not so everyday'' information with other people?

Well, if you like this person and want become close, they will eventually meet your parents.

After they do, ask them: "BTW, are you wondering why my parents are white?" and them tell them the story.

In general, I think you just have to have a feel for a conversation, and then mention something about your childhood and how you were adopted. Maybe when people are speaking about something that they did, or happened, when they were young, you could just slip in the fact that your adopted when talking about yourself, and that way the door is open for you and it's a lot easier to talk about it some more.

It's really not  a "HUGE" subject for most people, it's nothing to be ashamed of, it's just like telling people anything else about your childhood, don't worry about it, but if you want to talk about it bring it up by talking about your childhood. And if it's weighing really heavy on your mind, just tell your friends you need to get something of your chest, and blurt it out.

What do you feel when you think about trying to bring it up?

I'm not sure how bisexuality feeds into the conversation of adoption but when (if?) anyone meets your parents, they'll figure it out.  Especially if it's a white family and you're Chinese.

Why bring it up for conversation?  Why not just see how the person accepts that situation as a judgement on how good a friend and a relationship you can have?  If I had a friend or a girlfriend and she had different parents, I wouldn't bat an eye.  I went to elementary school with a girl who was Asian and her parents were white.  There wasn't even a conversation.

I think you're overthinking this.  It'll be fine and I'm sure anyone who likes you enough to meet your folks will not care one way or the other if you're adopted.

I don't care if you're adopted.  I accept you as you are and as your history presents you.  You're fine.

I like your second to last paragraph. Thanks. I agree.