Thoughts on "fur baby" and pet "mom/dad/etc"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My thought is that people who try to police how other people talk or to gatekeep terms like “mom” or “dad” are profoundly insecure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My thought is that people who try to police how other people talk or to gatekeep terms like “mom” or “dad” are profoundly insecure.

I don't know of anyone who actually tries to police what others say in this regard. I am sure there are plenty of people who are either annoyed (me), disgusted, put off, nauseated or angered by these words of endearment that people use for their pets. Speaking up about it is uncalled for. None of it causes more than a private eyeroll for me. I am very tolerant of other's right to be ridiculous when nobody is harmed by it.

Perhaps your over reaction is brought on by a bit of your own insecurity?

[Anonymous]

I don't care but my six year old called me his cat's grandma today and I had to put my foot down about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My thought is that people who try to police how other people talk or to gatekeep terms like “mom” or “dad” are profoundly insecure.

I don't know of anyone who actually tries to police what others say in this regard. I am sure there are plenty of people who are either annoyed (me), disgusted, put off, nauseated or angered by these words of endearment that people use for their pets. Speaking up about it is uncalled for. None of it causes more than a private eyeroll for me. I am very tolerant of other's right to be ridiculous when nobody is harmed by it.

Perhaps your over reaction is brought on by a bit of your own insecurity?

Anyone who is disgusted or angered by people using words of endearment for pets is nuts. The whole point of having a pet is to love and spoil them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No but I don’t care that others do.

+1

I don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer “pawrent.”

That’s so cute!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s weird when people say them. But it’s also weird how mad it makes other people when they do.

The only time it bothers me is when they use a childlike voice to say it. It’s mostly uncomfortable, and makes me sad for them. It’s clearly a problem for this particular person. She’s single and judged herself for it. Not by saying fur baby, other things she says. Fur baby just kind of grinds it in. Especially when I had a newborn and she preferred baby talking about her dog rather than asking me anything at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My vet calls me "mom" should I correct them?

That depends, is your vet also your child?

Hahaha this made me laugh, PP

[Anonymous]

We got my dog when he was such a little puppy...as far as he is concerned, we are his parents, the only one he remembers, and he views us that way. Also, the kids call us mom and dad, so referring to us by any other name will just confuse the dog, as I am sure that he associates those words with each of us.

I do refer to him as my furry child or my canine child or my non-human child, because I really do view him as another child that depends on me and that I bear responsibility for. That doesn't mean he gets treated the same as the human children, though. We always joke how he gets pissed off about how the human kids get all the good stuff and why doesn't he. When "On the Basis of Sex" came out, we had a lot of jokes about how he was planning a movie "On the Basis of Fur". I think we basically treat him like a dog -- he has a dog bed, isn't allowed on the furniture, only gets scraps from human food, doesn't generally go on vacation with us, etc. But it's a pretty decent dog life, I hope.

[Anonymous]

I think it's kind of weird, but whatever. I call her my furry friend.

[Anonymous]

Only because this is anonymous, I'll share that I find it somewhere betwern bizarre and annoying. I've never voiced this to anyone. But I'm not a pet person. I had pets as a kid. Loved them, was distraught when they died, assumed I'd have pets as an adult. Lifestyle wasn't condicive to pets for a long time. And by the time it was, I had had kids and lost all interest in caring for animals.

[Anonymous]

I call my dog ‘the good child’. My human kids are teenagers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My thought is that people who try to police how other people talk or to gatekeep terms like “mom” or “dad” are profoundly insecure.

I don't know of anyone who actually tries to police what others say in this regard. I am sure there are plenty of people who are either annoyed (me), disgusted, put off, nauseated or angered by these words of endearment that people use for their pets. Speaking up about it is uncalled for. None of it causes more than a private eyeroll for me. I am very tolerant of other's right to be ridiculous when nobody is harmed by it.

Perhaps your over reaction is brought on by a bit of your own insecurity?

Not in the slightest, but thanks for your concern.

-parent to kids and mom to pets. Could not possibly give less of a crap if upright prigs "roll their eyes."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say these?

My thought is that people who try to police how other people talk or to gatekeep terms like “mom” or “dad” are profoundly insecure.

^^^^1,000%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


[NP with 2 dogs, no kids; I don't use those terms for my pups]

[Anonymous]

Weird and sad. It makes me think the person has mental issues.