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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I get it.

My (late) sister, who was an animal lover, married a guy who had grown up on a farm where animals were considered strictly outdoors (they did not have livestock, they may have had some cats to keep mice down). His parents were also fairly uptight generally. Her MIL has an immaculate, carefully decorated house (managed to find lavender TP for the gest bathroom to match the guest room lavender décor). One of the reasons her husband was attracted to her was her general rebel/free-spirit persona. Her MIL generally gave off a disapproving vibe and sometimes back-handed comments although not outright nagging and criticizing.

OP is referring to her own parents, who are going to be less inhibited about expressing their opinions to their own daughter, have drastically differing views on having a dog, and are going to tell her the reasons she shouldn't have a dog and likely not let up on the topic.

OP, I think you should, if possible, engineer a major dog-barking moment while on the phone with your parents. (Heck, play a youtube video if you need). Then when your mom says "what's that noise? It sounds like a dog! Who brought a dog to your house??) and then you say, "Oh, that's Sparky, remember, I told you about Sparky? We're so glad we got him!"

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