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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP, you sound jealous[/quote]

Jealous....of women who consider their dogs to be the equivalent of a human child?[/quote]

No. Jealous that she was smart enough to have dogs and not kids and lead an unencumbered adventurous life. Sorry you drank the kool-aid.[/quote]

If someone told invited you to a birthday dinner and there were 20 other people there and they spent the whole party talking about how 9 other attendees also had birthdays within 6 months of yours and therefore it was their party too then it would be a sucky party for you. If you had been invited to a joint party from the start then hey, the more the merrier, super fun! But it was sold to you as specifically your birthday party. You got excited thinking about it in that context. What’s the point of having told you that if there were going to be 10 names on the cake?

What’s the point of Mother’s Day if it’s for every person that has taken care of another living thing.

Weirdly there aren’t a bunch of childless by choice dads coopting Father’s Day with pictures of their dogs. Because people don’t expect men to have to put their emotions aside for the emotional benefit of others.[/quote]

I honestly wouldn't care at all if I was invited to a party for my birthday and there were other people there celebrating their birthdays too.  Really, a party with 20 other people at it is sucky just because you can't be the complete center of attention?  Who cares?[/quote]

Most people would not. As I said, if that's what it was sold as up front then sure that's great. Personally I'd prefer a mass party like that instead of my own. But if I was told this was being thrown to celebrate my birthday and me and a bunch of people co opted it that would annoy me. I'd wonder what the point was of telling me it was my birthday party if it was really just a big general birthday party. Most people in that situation would, perhaps counter intuitively, feel LESS valued than if there had been no party at all. Far less valued than if they had known it was a group party to begin with. If you tell someone you think they are special, and with your actions show them they are not, then you have made them feel bad, and worse for having gotten their hopes up in the first place [/quote]

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