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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a work lunch last week, a couple people were talking about kids and this lady mentions she has to drop her daughter off at daycare every day. Her daughter is a dog. It lead to a sort of awkward pause in conversation. It was really weird of her to say that, when people are discussing real kids and grand kids.

It annoyed me. Anyone else get annoyed when weirdos interject with their animal stories when the conversation is about kids? I find it distasteful.[/quote]

Yes it was awkward, but I encourage you to change your attitude toward her.
She needs a friend.She's trying to relate to you all and form a connection.

I used to be you many years ago when my kids were small  I had a coworker who would constantly talk about his dog and relate his dog stories to our kid stories. It annoyed me and the other parents that he dared to make such a comparison. Sadly, we weren't very nice to him because of it.  What we didn't know was that he was in a very abusive relationship  with no family our outside support, so basically all he had was a dog, work and his boyfriend. Out of those 3. two of them treated him badly. He found love, kindness, and acceptance in a dog. I and the the other humans were so caught up in our parenthood we failed to take notice of a person who needed us.
Not a single one of us were hurt by his dog stories. His dog stories had zero impact on our kids , but are attitude impacted him.
There's not a lot I regret in life, but I truly regret how stuck up I was back then.
You will never regret being kind OP, not really. You will regret being  snotty to someone. 
So laugh at her funny dog stories. Ask her about her pup sometimes, and Invite her out to lunch or to take a coffee break with you.

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THANK YOU, PP. I hope OP takes your words to heart.[/quote]

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