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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we travel to our parents or siblings homes we bring our dog and they bring theirs. Same with out friends. I'm not sure id be offended but I probably wouldn't be able to visit if they didn't allow our dog. We do plan trips around the dog. Probably not what you want to hear. But I know we aren't unique.

[b]We don't have children and we allow friends to bring theirs when they stay overnight. A toddler is insanely destructive but we couldn't really say no.[/b] [/quote]

I love dogs but going here is just INSANE. Here's why, dogs aren't fucking people, no matter how much you try to equate the two or how many damn sad Sarah McLaughlin commercials are on TV. You can board your dogs, you can't drop your toddler at a freaking vet's office for the weekend to play with others and sleep in a crate. Also your dog will 100% die after a relatively (compared to humans) life and you will move on, and even probably have more dogs. If you think its the same kind of courage it takes to "move on" if say, a 12 year old child died (vs. a 12 year old lab) then you are delusional. Kids can't be compared to dogs. They just can't. [/quote]

I 100% understand. I'm not placing dogs on the same level as children (not even close). BUT when our friends want to visit, it's them that we want to see, not their kids. We have babies/toddlers stay with us nearly every other month and they are very destructive, messy and break things. Pretty sure our friends would be highly offended if we asked them to get a hotel (most could not afford it- DC hotels are pricey) or told them not to visit. So we cope, try to corral breakables and try to plan kid friendly meals. And yes, even with kids there are alternatives: friend's DH could stay home with kids, grandparents could watch them, nanny, hotel.[/quote]

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