Your dogs are NOT members of the family

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Anonymous wrote:My dog and cat are definitely members of our family. However, we understand they are not members of your family and do not bring them with us when visiting. We also put both in basement when people are visiting who are afraid, allercic, or simply do not like dogs or cats, so they are not bothered by them. Please do the same with your bratty, whining children. My animals are trained and well behaved!

You people need to understand that your pets are not on the same level or deserve the same attention as a child. You are delusional to think so. It is sick to refer to them as you do. You need therapy.

I love animals. They are not equivalent to humans. We don't own other humans. People cray.

[Anonymous]

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At the end of the evening after most people had left, aggressive cousin sends out an email announcing that she is hosting Thanksgiving. She adds that this will be an inclusive event and all human and fur relatives are invited. She then added that if anyone is an animal hater then it may simply be best if they did not attend. This will create more email drama because two other relatives always fight about which one of them is going to host Thanksgiving. Cousin has never been in the hosting competition for major events. We are going on a short vacation and have no intention of attending an extended family Thanksgiving trip this year so they can all duke it out.

OP back again. We are still planning on a short vacation so not attending Thanksgiving and have no intentions of hosting anything else in the near (or far) future but we're on the email lists so I thought I would provide an update.

The tables seemed to have turned on aggressive cousin as the family Thanksgiving invitation went out from hamster dog-eating cat aunt that it will be at her house. She included no dogs on her invitation but the dog crazies all started responding again that they are bringing their dogs. This aunt is more brazen than we were on this. She has just written back STOP IT NO DAMN DOGS in all caps. It seems we have started a trend.

HA! Great update, OP!

Hi OP. Just checking if you have any updates from the hamster dog-eating cat aunt about this week's festivities that you can share?

[Anonymous]

Please update OP for Thanksgiving! This continuing soap opera is hilarious!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My two dogs are definitely members of my family.

+1

Hopefully they are "shut-ins"

[Anonymous]

Hi OP. Just checking if you have any updates from the hamster dog-eating cat aunt about this week's festivities that you can share?

So as I mentioned we did not attend but I did get a chance to talk with my cousins.

Hamster dog-eating cat aunt held the line even though hamster dog aunt showed up with her dog. Hamster dog aunt staged her own one women sit in in their driveway. She refused to enter the house unless her dog was welcome and refused to go home. She sat on the front porch and in her car when she got cold. MIL was in full force flutters while hamster dog eating cat aunt just rolled her eyes. A few hours into the event, cat aunt got a call from her neighbor. Hamster dog aunt was in their house (with their dog) using their bathroom and sobbing about how her fur baby was banned from the event. One of the relatives had to go over to get her out of the neighbors house. She at first refused to leave unless she was guaranteed that her fur baby could go and would be welcome at all future events. The relative told her that at this point her choice was to leave or the neighbor would need to call the police. She finally left and intentionally ran into the mailbox on the way out so yes there was drama over a dog at the event.

Aggressive cousin was a no show. I learned that she has been bad mouthing me to anyway she can get into earshot as I started this dog banning rule. She asked one cousin to convey to me that she hopes I am happy for wrecking any chance her children with have in developing a relationship with the extended family. Further more when they are adults, she is going to make sure that they know that I am the reason why they never got to go to any family events. She would tell me myself but she isn't going to dignify my existence by ever speaking to me. Woo Hoo!

No word on random dog dude, he hasn't been seen or heard from since our event.

[Anonymous]

Holy carp OP! Thanks for the update. Stay strong.

[Anonymous]

Ha. Hilarious. Thanks for the update. Hopefully crazy dog aunt will get the picture and either stop bringing her dog everywhere or stop coming herself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Hi OP. Just checking if you have any updates from the hamster dog-eating cat aunt about this week's festivities that you can share?

So as I mentioned we did not attend but I did get a chance to talk with my cousins.

Hamster dog-eating cat aunt held the line even though hamster dog aunt showed up with her dog. Hamster dog aunt staged her own one women sit in in their driveway. She refused to enter the house unless her dog was welcome and refused to go home. She sat on the front porch and in her car when she got cold. MIL was in full force flutters while hamster dog eating cat aunt just rolled her eyes. A few hours into the event, cat aunt got a call from her neighbor. Hamster dog aunt was in their house (with their dog) using their bathroom and sobbing about how her fur baby was banned from the event. One of the relatives had to go over to get her out of the neighbors house. She at first refused to leave unless she was guaranteed that her fur baby could go and would be welcome at all future events. The relative told her that at this point her choice was to leave or the neighbor would need to call the police. She finally left and intentionally ran into the mailbox on the way out so yes there was drama over a dog at the event.

Aggressive cousin was a no show. I learned that she has been bad mouthing me to anyway she can get into earshot as I started this dog banning rule. She asked one cousin to convey to me that she hopes I am happy for wrecking any chance her children with have in developing a relationship with the extended family. Further more when they are adults, she is going to make sure that they know that I am the reason why they never got to go to any family events. She would tell me myself but she isn't going to dignify my existence by ever speaking to me. Woo Hoo!

No word on random dog dude, he hasn't been seen or heard from since our event.

Was this the neighbor who hamster dog-eating cat aunt shares a driveway with and blocks her in?!

(Thanks for the update, this is hysterical!)

[Anonymous]

In my extended family we compromise. Dogs are welcome but relegated to the basement while we eat dinner upstairs. This year my cousin hosted and they have a pool table in the basement. My two labs won a boatload of money playing pool with my cousin's dogs, but my shithead cousin refused to pay up. She claimed dogs were not family. Yeah, right, when my dogs lost at poker last year they were, but now suddenly they're "just dogs"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my extended family we compromise. Dogs are welcome but relegated to the basement while we eat dinner upstairs. This year my cousin hosted and they have a pool table in the basement. My two labs won a boatload of money playing pool with my cousin's dogs, but my shithead cousin refused to pay up. She claimed dogs were not family. Yeah, right, when my dogs lost at poker last year they were, but now suddenly they're "just dogs"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my extended family we compromise. Dogs are welcome but relegated to the basement while we eat dinner upstairs. This year my cousin hosted and they have a pool table in the basement. My two labs won a boatload of money playing pool with my cousin's dogs, but my shithead cousin refused to pay up. She claimed dogs were not family. Yeah, right, when my dogs lost at poker last year they were, but now suddenly they're "just dogs"?

Sorry you don't own the thread, sourpuss. If you can't share then don't play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not normal - no one in my very large extended family would ever do this.

Stay firm. No dogs. I'm sorry others aren't openly backing you - I would! Still, it's an absolutely reasonable line to draw, even without the allergic niece. (Oh, and you, a private property owner, are not subject to any laws re: emotional support animal. You can legally ban any emotional support animal from your home that you want).

Actually, emotional support animals are not service animals and do not have public access per the ADA.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here again.

On the outdoor rug. I like our home. I think its nice. I had no idea that our outdoor Target rug that we got on sale last season with our 5% off red card was an indicator that we had arrived. Now that I now its a status symbol I 100% do not want any dogs pooping on it.

For clarity, aggressive cousin with the nippy dog is the one whose dog will eat through her bathroom wall if its left alone. Entitled aunt has a small teacup breed that is slightly larger than a hamster. I'm pretty sure that this is who the cat aunt was referring to about bringing it anyway. Apparently she did this to the cat aunt at cat aunt's house once. The cat is supposedly very big and a hunter. It ended up chasing the dog under the furniture and trying to attack it. The small dog peed everywhere but dog aunt blamed the cat for scaring the dog. These aunts do not get along anymore. Dog expert dude is DH's grandmother's cousin's wife's husband. IMO, we are about as related and obligated to him as a random guy on the street.

There is no way that I am cancelling or giving in to MIL's flutters. I'm sure the dog people would love for the event to be moved so they win and everyone else loses. I'm not going to buy a post digger and sink concrete secured poles and chains in our yard for the dogs but thank you to the PP for the suggestion. DH's job is to answer the dog and send any dog violators home. He will have to check aunt's bags.

I don't mind boarding our dog. His doggie daycare/boarding place is better outfitted than our gym. He'll be fine. Its fun for the kids to have SIL/BIL and cousins stay with us. I also joke that it is the only reason our house gets really cleaned thoroughly so we're not put out accommodating niece's allergies. I suspect the major drama will be between MIL and SIL. MIL will be fretting the entire time about upsetting the obnoxious relatives. She'll start pushing SIL as to whether she is sure her daughter is allergic and allergies are so overblown these days. SIL will go ballistic.

On have I always known that they were crazy? Yes but I didn't realize how crazy some were until now. The more normal ones seem to let the crazies control everything.

SO close, OP - but you have outed yourself as a troll, with the bolded.

But nicely done anyway.

NP. No she didn't. My husband's family is massive and his grandmother's cousin's wife's husband was definitely at a recent funeral.

If you think about this for a few seconds, you'll realize it is both true and incredibly stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dog and cat are definitely members of our family. However, we understand they are not members of your family and do not bring them with us when visiting. We also put both in basement when people are visiting who are afraid, allercic, or simply do not like dogs or cats, so they are not bothered by them. Please do the same with your bratty, whining children. My animals are trained and well behaved!

You people need to understand that your pets are not on the same level or deserve the same attention as a child. You are delusional to think so. It is sick to refer to them as you do. You need therapy.

Pets > your offspring. Sorry 😁

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This was first posted over 2 years ago.