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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]For people who are saying it’s the same,[/b] how old are your kids? Do you have teens yet? Dealing with the academic, social, and emotional issues that are part and parcel with adolescence - not to mention the money, COLLEGE - should pretty quickly convince you the two things are nothing alike.

I have a dog and I love him to death. But, if I were to anthropomorphize him and make an analogy to human relationships, I’d say he is more like my friend than my child.

There are some similarities between puppies and babies. But it ends at that stage, imho. Dogs are awesome when they grow out of the puppy stage.[/quote]

What posters said the bolded, PP??

Unless I missed a post, the posters are saying exactly what you said:

[i]"There are some similarities between puppies and babies."[/i]

[Childless dog owner PP][/quote]

Shay I’m saying is that it’s fine to notice the similarities between puppies and babies. B[b]ut to equate owning a dog with raising a baby to adulthood is asinine.[/b]

More than that though, I think the dog-human connection is more about friendship and companionship than nurturing and parenting. So more of a connection between equals than the power differential between parent-child.[/quote]

Which, literally, no one is doing.[/quote]

Oh really? Then what’s up with all the childless women who want “fur mom” cards from their SOs, parents, and in laws on Mother’s Day? There was a long thread about this last year. Plus I’ve seen the cards proliferating in the grocery store and target. Thanks influencers get called out for not being inclusive enough by including fur moms on Mother’s Day (I work in social media marketing and have to study trends lfor or this). It’s definitely a thing now. Probably because so many millennials are forgoing children. [/quote]

Are you the first PP of this string? If so, I believed you were referring to posters in this thread because you said, "For people who are saying it’s the same, how old are your kids?" People in this thread are saying there are [i]similarities and differences[/i] in taking care of puppies and babies....which is quite obviously true. That's not the same thing as saying taking care of them are "the same."

Furthermore, no one in this thread is equating owning a dog to raising a baby to adulthood. Literally, no one.

That's all I'm saying, PP. People in the history of the world believe all sorts of things. I would never say no one in the world thinks one way or another. But, you guys are claiming people here are saying things they are not....and getting indignant about it.

I have two dogs, but I don't use the phrase [i]fur mom[/i]. I don't know anyone who does, actually. (I'm not sure where you are seeing "all the childless women" who want to be called fur mom.) That said, I don't think people who use that term necessarily equate raising a puppy to raising a child to adulthood. You're making an assumption there...and, honestly, it makes you look a little insecure. Who cares if they do? It doesn't make you less of a mom. It doesn't take away from you or your motherhood. It wouldn't mean you get fewer gifts and recognition for your sacrifices as a mother.

Really. why do you care about what childless women say or want and what cards in the grocery stores say??
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