Child free women trying to co-opt Mother’s Day
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Anonymous
| Dog moms ewww those people are so annoying. Animals aren’t kids. |
Anonymous
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I don't know anyone like this. My child free by choice friends almost all have pets (though not all and lots of my friends with kids have pets too). But, I don't know any of them that rail against kids and families. Many are amazing "uncles" and "aunts" to my kids. And, I also have never ever seen someone talk about being a pet mom on mothers day. If they did, I'm sure I wouldn't care ... I'd be hanging with my own family hopefully.
TL  R, don't you have better things to think about today?
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Anonymous
| Whatever. It’s Mother’s Day. Shouldn’t you be hanging out with your family instead of obsessing about people who don’t have families? Maybe they’re lonely. Lots of people miss their deceased moms on Mother’s Day too. People are allowed to have opinions and other feelings besides the widely accepted ones. It’s just a Hallmark holiday and people will make of it what they will and post it to social as they do. |
Anonymous
| Meh, I wished my child free by choice friend a happy Mother’s Day as she just adopted a puppy a few months ago. I joked that I hoped the fur baby let her sleep past sunrise. Her joy of caring for a dog in no way diminishes the joy I have with my family. I don’t know why anyone is concerned about what makes Larla happy if it isn’t hurting you. |
Anonymous
I’m so sorry, PP. I am glad to know that you have the support of friends and family and they are a comfort to you. It’s not the same at all, but I miscarried on Mother’s Day a few years ago and still mourned deeply this year. Only my husband and closest relatives know, and I don’t think anyone begrudged me my feelings at all. |
Anonymous
“Ewww”? Are you 12? |
Anonymous
ok dog mom |
Anonymous
“Dog mom?” Are YOU 12??? |
Anonymous
| Yesterday I was at my ILs. FIL made a breakfast he knows I’m allergic to and we all had to call SIL and say happy Mother’s Day because she’s a dog mom while we ate (I had coffee). Her boyfriend apparently got her a dozen roses and some gifts. My kids did enjoy the food, so that was nice. It was all sort of ridiculous, but at 45, she acts like and is treated like a teenager, so I just went along with it. |
Anonymous
| Wow! People just love to tear each other down. DCUM always turns everything into a competition over who has it the worst or who is the biggest martyr. |
Anonymous
Why on earth do you care? I'm a mom, but someone celebrating being a dog mom doesn't impact my Mother's Day at all. I actually think more is wrong with you than with these people. You need to ask yourself why you care at all what they say? Is it because you think you're more special than they are because you're a mom? I mean, a lot of people can have a baby, but that doesn't say anything good about them other than that they can breed. Seriously, let it go, and examine why you need to feel so special. |
Anonymous
| I'm a mom of two, my best friend is child free by choice, but she considers her assortment of pets her babies. She wasn't trying to celebrate Mother's Day or anything, but if she did, I wouldn't begrudge her whatsoever. |
Anonymous
You're talking about OP, right? |
Anonymous
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I am ok with people celebrating it any way they want.
I mean everybody on Earth was born thanks to their mothers. BTW - I thank my DH on Mother's Day. My kids came into existence because my DH impregnated me in the first place. |
Anonymous
| Mother's day isn't about cards and flowers but about revolutionary acts to benefit society. Griping about self procleaimed dog moms isn't helpling |