Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 16:42     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Anonymous wrote:Your heading of the thread should say “my parents do not have MY priorities.”


+1. Don't extrapolate to anyone beyond your family. People here like their kids and grandkids.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 16:32     Subject: Re:Parents Have Messed up Priorities
They’re just regressing, nothing surprising. They’re about 9 now and the dogs are their stuffies.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 16:13     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
My ILs like to talk about their grandchildren, but have no patience with them and are unable to ctually engage with them. What they want is a picture of perfect grandchildren
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 16:09     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Anonymous wrote:They are done taking care of you and your kids. They are taking time for themselves and that means enjoying their dogs.


Well that is very selfish. They shouldn’t have had kids in the first place they don’t care about them. That dog is not able to care for them when they get old, so good luck with that.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 15:14     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with people here. My parents are more concerned about their dogs than their own kids or grandkids. They always talk about their stupid dogs and never even ask about the grandkids when I call them. They also prioritize their pets schedule and emotional well being over that of their own children. They don’t even take pictures of the grandkids when they visit but they are constantly posting photos of their dogs on social media.


Wut
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 15:14     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
They are done taking care of you and your kids. They are taking time for themselves and that means enjoying their dogs.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 15:00     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Mental illness, they see dog as their 👶.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:58     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Their dogs are probably nicer to them than you are.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:58     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
I'll one up you...when my in laws visit they barely speak to the kids but coo over our cat. SIL posted photos of our cat on her insta but has never photographed her nephews, not once.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:58     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Your heading of the thread should say “my parents do not have MY priorities.”
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:56     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Anonymous wrote:I guess their dogs can help them in their old age, then OP. Easy peasy.


And the dogs can inherit the estate with a bank acting as a fiduciary on behalf of the dogs. Lucky dogs!
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:43     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Boomers
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:39     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with people here. My parents are more concerned about their dogs than their own kids or grandkids. They always talk about their stupid dogs and never even ask about the grandkids when I call them. They also prioritize their pets schedule and emotional well being over that of their own children. They don’t even take pictures of the grandkids when they visit but they are constantly posting photos of their dogs on social media.


I'm on here a lot and have NO idea what you are complaining about. And my friends and family don't behave like this.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:38     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
I guess their dogs can help them in their old age, then OP. Easy peasy.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2026 14:28     Subject: Parents Have Messed up Priorities
What is wrong with people here. My parents are more concerned about their dogs than their own kids or grandkids. They always talk about their stupid dogs and never even ask about the grandkids when I call them. They also prioritize their pets schedule and emotional well being over that of their own children. They don’t even take pictures of the grandkids when they visit but they are constantly posting photos of their dogs on social media.