Thoughts on "fur baby" and pet "mom/dad/etc"?
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Anonymous
| It's a bit much, but it sure doesn't do me any harm. |
Anonymous
| what we really need is paid pet parental leave. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
That depends, is your vet also your child? |
Anonymous
I had a dog named Kyle that did training on Tuesday nights. I had to leave work at sharp 5 to make it on time, and would tell everyone I had to take Kyle to class. I didn't realize until much later a lot of people thought Kyle was my son. |
Anonymous
it exists! https://www.chicagotribune.com/pets/sns-companies-offering-time-off-for-pet-adoption-20200107-phkqs573u5ccdki7f4tes4pp6y-story.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/26/pawternity-pet-leave-is-a-new-perk-for-the-workplace.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/us/furternity-leave-pet-owners.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/03/dog-leave-people-pets-paid-days-off disappointed this headline failed to use "sign of pawgress" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/30/new-paid-family-leave/ https://shelterme.tv/news/this-brewery-now-offers-a-week-of-paid-parental-leave-for-employees-who-adopt-dogs/ etc |
Anonymous
this is amazing, thank you for sharing. I will use the term "furternity leave" from now on. |
Anonymous
| No, but I'm strongly attached to my pets as a parent type relationship. |
Anonymous
| Well, I tell my (human) son that she's his sister. The sister is my elderly tabby. I'm kind of kidding, but not really. |
Anonymous
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We call my ILs dog “uncle Toby”, and DHs second brother.
I don’t care how people describe their love and dedication to their pet. I think the world needs more love. |
Anonymous
| It sounds weird to me when people refer to me as my cats’ “mom” but I don’t care what other people use to describe themselves. |
Anonymous
| I don’t use the words “fur baby” or “dog mom” but I use “pawrent” on social media because it’s cute. I also refer to myself as “Frankie’s mum” when I call her vet or her day care. I think “Frankie’s owner” sounds terrible. She’s not my property. She’s also not my child, obviously. Something in between. I do love her as much as the humans in my life, and she certainly sees me as her caregiver. |
Anonymous
I have some friends whose employment benefits include services for their pets. |
Anonymous
| Yes, I do. |
Anonymous
| Its gross, especially when they have no human children. |