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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a stupid thread to begin with. You can't  categorize bonds in this way.  It's like comparing how one loves a spouse over a child, a friend over another friend, a parent over a grandparent.There are those that can have very close bonds with animals which transcend what we understand as communication, and bonds for our spouse which involve other means. Those who love their pets deeply have a relationship with them as if they were children. It's not an either/or though.[/quote]

No they don't, because pets are not children, so whatever these deluded folk think they have with their animals, it's not a parent/child relationship.

That's the point.  It's totally dysfunctional to put people on the same level as animals, and the only reason they're even doing it is because people who "bond" to animals like they are "children" have psychological problems which inhibit their healthy bonding with other human beings.

Trying to rationalize or justify it is rather pointless.

You know I guess it's OK if you want to think of your dog as if it's your child but then you are limiting your relationship possibilities with human beings to other equally nutty people.  I would think that's rather unhealthy.[/quote]

It's over a billion dollar industry so I'm afraid you're wrong. There are animals that are much better than certain people. That's a given.
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What part of what I said is "wrong"?  That animals aren't human children?  Because "it's a billion dollar industry"?

There are animals that are much better than certain people--well if your dog is Lassy, Rin Tin Tin, or Scooby Doo maybe you have a point.   But the reality is these women who are in love with their dogs don't really care about their dogs as "individuals."   The dog is just a focal point for their self centered projection of an immature self-love.   They love the dog as much as a child because the relationship is really with themself.  The dog loving fanatic projects whatever traits she wants onto her dog.   She never says how disgusting it is when she catches the dog eating its own filth (time after time), rolling in another dog's dogshit and bringing it home all over the house, biting people, vomiting on the rug, barking all night, and all the other nonsense that dogs get into.

Placing this much emotional emphasis on a pet is just a first world emotional affectation by emotionally stunted women.  I'm not sure why you would expect any healthy person to buy into it.[/quote]

WOW!! You may think of yourself as "healthy", but you are also bat shit crazy!![/quote]

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