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My dog gets a birthday party every year, complete with hat, singing, pictures and a candle in a piece of filet. Do you think I am overboard too? My dog has saved me many times it was hard to make it through the day with an infant/toddler. It's the least I can do for him, to treat him as a member of this family, which he is. |
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| Heh. You've just made Spock's head explode. |
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I had two dogs as a child, and I loved both very dearly. My first dog died when I was in college, and, although I expected to be devastated by his death, I was surprised by how not very sad I was.
I experienced the loss of a family member when I was very young, and that was truly traumatic. By contrast, the loss of my beloved dog was sad, but I recovered quickly. I clearly knew the difference between the death of a pet and the death of a person. When I went home for the summer, my parents and I got a new dog. The second dog was hit by a car and died 7 years later. I loved that dog dearly as well, and miss him to this very day, yet at some level, I felt relatively little grief when he died. I realized he was a pet. That loss wasn't a fraction as painful as the loss of a family member. My children want a dog, and I am considering getting one. I think their experience with the dog will be quite different from mine. When the dog dies, it may well be their first experience with death and grief, and I would expect them to be very very sad. I think rituals, such as a memorial for the dog, are helpful in coping with the loss of a pet. It's horrifying to let the vet "dispose" of your beloved pet's remains. My parents buried both our dogs in our back yard, under favorite trees. I don't think OP or any other poster is equating the death of a beloved pet with that of a human being. But pets are not "just pets" to most people. They are important members of a family and are beloved, especially by children. I'd never keep a pet in the yard or the garage. Our new dog will live in our house, with us. And if our dog gets sick, we will care for him as best we are able. |
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You PP's are finding excuses for your selfishness. I could afford a way more than what I have if I spent all I had on myself and my family. My children don't have a room filled with toys. They only get as many toys for Xmas as they give away. My children just get new clothes when they give away their old ones. My dogs eat dog food and sleep in the garage. No special bedding, special fancy food. They're PETS. Vacation? We go in missionary trips, holidays are spent helping people in need. If every one of us did a little bit for people in need the disparity between us would be almost none. Instead, we prefer to work exhaustive hours, we prefer to be away from our loved ones and make money to spend in foolish things. I'll finish using the example John gave when talking to the crowd: "John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same." Note that he didn't say that the man with 1 tunic should get naked to help the other. We have to make sure we can take care of our family first and with we have left we must help others. Good night DCUrbanmoms... |
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Now I feel like we are running a weird parallel with the Confessions thread.
I know quite well people who are literally leaders of their Christian denominations. None of them would treat the children and families or the posters on this thread as harshly as the PP. I call a case of faux values - or something like that. |
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OMG, the missionary vacationing asshole who keeps her pets on a cold garage floor is the worst! I hope someone gets her IP address and sends animal control after her. (Her kids might try to tag along with the rescue team...) We had neighbors like this. Their children spent all of their time with us in our house. I remember them having to give away toys to get new toys and crying. This person isn't just mean to OP, who lost her dog and is dealing with first hand grief and second hand grief (who can bear to watch a kid cry, to watch a HUSBAND cry?), this poster is mean to other posters in the same position, to her dogs, and to her children. Poor kids, forced to make a sacrifice like this for the mother's off-kilter brand of morality? Where it's appropriate to force kids to give away their possessions and it is okay to make dogs sleep in the garage, and to BRAG about depriving them of BASIC BEDDING. You know what? If you go out in the wild, you'll note that dogs don't sleep on concrete. It's not natural. They'll build up leaves and make themselves comfortable. so PP, you're a selfish bitch to keep dogs in such a condition. I think God is a pretty nice God, and doesn't think cruelty to animals (and children) is a virtue, but hey, maybe that's just me.
OP, sending you a hug. Sorry your thread got hijacked by a jerk. I lost a cat who had been my steady company for 13 years from college to mid thirties. I STILL miss her, years later. My husband cried like a baby and had to go to the car when we put her down, and she wasn't even his cat, primarily. She died of cancer. I did not pay for chemo for her, not because I couldn't afford it, but because I felt it would have been for me, not her, and that after her long loyal life, she deserved a quick, peaceful death. But if that chemo would have made her 100 percent better, I would have paid for it in a heartbeat. we adopted another cat a few months later, and we adopted a dog last summer. neither pet has replaced her, but we love them in many of the same ways. we know the difference between an animal and a human, but we stand behind our feelings of loving animals. a trite saying perhaps, but it's always rung true for me: pets bring years to our life and life to our years. why should we not love them? Buzz off, PP, go make your kids throw away another toy if you feel like being cruel...sounds like you're pretty good at that. |
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New Poster - OK, this made me laugh. Yes, that's a little nutty, but in a very cute way. |
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"OMG, the missionary vacationing asshole who keeps her pets on a cold garage floor is the worst! I hope someone gets her IP address and sends animal control after her. (Her kids might try to tag along with the rescue team...) We had neighbors like this. Their children spent all of their time with us in our house. "
Lol! Those asshole Christian hypocrites were MY parents. You wouldn't believe the shit that went on behind closed doors. My parents fooled everyone but their kids. We all got out of that nut house ASAP. |
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Oh no, I think we've long established that she's a terrible, terrible pet owner. |
Anonymous
| True Confessions Troll here. I hate dogs and wish they would all die. |
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| Helpful. Thanks. |
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I love how this has turned into a cluster about dogs/animals.
OP was trying to talk about how she's always the tough one that holds it all together. But, in true DCUM cattyness fashion, everyone decided to nitpick the dog situation. I LOVE IT!! |
Anonymous
You are nuts. Who said her kids suffer giving stuff away? If you teach them early on they'll just get used to it. I grew up with hand-me-downs and never felt bad about it. Who said PP's dog sleep in cold concrete? Don't you have AC and heat in your garage? I do. PP said no fancy bedding... PP never said no bed at all. My dogs sleep on old towels and covers. How mean is that? You guys are taking an online anonymous forum a way too seriously. chill out! |
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"If you go out in the wild, you'll note that dogs don't sleep on concrete. It's not natural. They'll build up leaves and make themselves comfortable."
Do they really build up leaves? LOL. There was a Cosby Show fish funeral episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_bn2blWSY |
Anonymous
Sure they pile them up with their little paws. They're quite capable of building mounds with leaves and dirt. |