Orrex
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Fri Oct-13-06 09:09 AM
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Poll question: People who refer to their pets as their children |
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:07 AM
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1. Wow--this is a tighter race than I would have predicted |
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:09 AM
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a lot do it in a really annoying, cutesy way that makes me want to hurl...
But, I have friends who do it, a childless couple, who refer to their (very large) dog as their son. :shrug: They aren't cutesy about it, and it doesn't bother me.
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:09 AM
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If it's "I'm qualified to tell you how to parent because I have a cat and it's the same thing" that's fucking annoying. If it's "Daddy got you treats at the store! Yes he did! I'm gonna get your belly!" that's kinda cute.
Not that I know anybody who talks to thier dogs like that. ;)
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:40 AM
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If someone is talking to his or her beast in an affectionate, faux-parental manner, that's okay (I mean, it's between them and their beasts, right?). But if someone is talking about his or her beast in that same tone, it grates on my nerves.
And good grief, when I hear someone issue parenting advice based on what worked with his or her Shih Tzu, I want to vomit copiously.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:04 AM
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10. Have you tried a squirt gun? It kept my siamese off the counter. |
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:05 PM
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21. LOL! That is definitely the best method of cat control |
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My cat is a huge brat, but if he goes somewhere he's not supposed to be, all I have to do is *pick up* the squirt gun and he starts spazzing and blinking rapidly and very quickly removes himself from the situation. He's such a BABY about water!
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:19 PM
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29. I know what you mean about parenting advice |
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However, I have to admit that I do that on purpose sometimes, just to mess with people. For example, when someone has been going on about their wonder-child at nauseating length, oblivious to my total lack of interest, I like to throw in a "Oh, yeah, my cat totally does that, too!" Tends to end the conversation...
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:15 AM
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4. Where's the choice for "fucking creepy"? n/t |
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:25 AM
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:07 AM
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11. absolutely. edit this poll pronto! |
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:30 AM
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What if you hear someone calling their dog "kid", when they are talking to their dog? As in, they are petting their dog and they say "you're my kid"
Does that make anyone cringe?
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:33 AM
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7. Where's the category for considering your companion |
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animals to be members of the family?
Does that fall in here, anywhere?
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:51 AM
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9. Considering them members of your family? Sure! |
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Considering them children? No.
Of course, YMMV.
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:19 PM
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38. YMMV- Your mileage may vary? |
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I'm not quite up on all acronyms.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:15 AM
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12. My pets are people, but I don't talk babytalk to kids |
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My dog and cat are sweet, and they certainly think they are people. Who am I to disabuse them of that notion?
I don't talk down to kids, unless they are literally babies. Most kids over 2 like it when you treat them like intelligent human beings. Talking babytalk to kids over two just encourages them to whine all the time.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:27 AM
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13. I see no point in talking 'baby-talk' to anybody or anything except |
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George W. Bush. However, my dogs are my kids and I treat them about the same way as I did my son decades ago. I talk to them, explan things to them, will punish when necessary, play with them, and take them places. And I really don't care if others think it's 'creepy' or 'crazy'.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:28 AM
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14. we do refer to each other as the dog's 'mom' & 'dad' |
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:29 AM
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15. I think baby talk is annoying. But I still |
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refer to my pets as my kids.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:36 AM
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16. I know a couple who wanted human children but were unable to have them. |
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They have dogs and refer to them as "The Kids." Those dogs have the best life you can imagine. Them referring to the dogs as their kids doesn't bother me at all.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:39 AM
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17. Just Like My My Wife & I |
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Same situation. Wanted kids. Couldn't have them. She miscarried four times. Figured that was enough and it wasn't meant to be. So, we treat our pets like our chillun'. The Professor
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:47 AM
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18. pets are family members but they're not children |
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Calling a pet a child is just as odd to me as referring to them as an aunt or grandfather, etc. In my world, "pet" is an exclusive term for non-human family member. We all have our own titles and there's no reason to confuse the matter. :)
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:56 AM
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20. Well, I call my pets my kids and don't think it's |
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strange. And I don't go on and on about them all the time. And it's not like I take rolls and rolls of pictures to work and subject my coworkers to them, like some people with kids do!:D
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:54 AM
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19. I don't use babytalk, but my kitten is my child and I am his mommy. |
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And the way he follows me around the house and cuddles with me at the least provocation, you'd know it was true. And like someone said above, I don't really care if other people find that "Creepy" or "Crazy".
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:07 PM
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22. My pets are my fur children. |
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And I do baby talk to them. I call my Rottweiler Mommie's little girl.
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:09 PM
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23. They are my babies plain and simple. |
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My ex and I share "custody" of the dogs. I got the cats.
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:10 PM
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24. Why on earth would I want to declare someone "annoying" |
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for something that doesn't affect me one way or the other?
I'll err on the side of compassion and choose "charming," but only because there's no other option. :shrug:
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:13 PM
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25. Spare me your cup-is-half-full gobbledygook! |
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Because this is the Lounge, where snarkiness is the order of the day!
I refuse to further acknowledge any post so replete with positivity, just as I refuse to further acknowledge split infinitives.
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:15 PM
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26. Other: doesn't get to me one way or the other. |
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:17 PM
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27. Nonsense! Where's your sanctimonious outrage? |
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:mad: Get your dander up, gosh darn it! :mad:
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Fri Oct-13-06 01:24 PM
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31. My dander is feeling lazy today. |
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Can I be santimonious another time?
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Fri Oct-13-06 03:34 PM
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Only if you promise to be doubly sanctimonious, to make up for your downtime.
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:18 PM
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28. Girlfriend does this to her cats |
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Though that is all she does, she does not baby the cats (they won't allow it for one thing).
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Fri Oct-13-06 12:23 PM
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30. These poll answers are actually the same, |
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if by "charming in the same way" you include the possibility of 'totally not charming.'
My take is that both babytalk and referring to your pets as children ("furbabies" :puke:) is perfectly fine if it makes you happy, but if you do it in front of me I'm going to think you're an ass...
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Fri Oct-13-06 01:29 PM
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32. Babytalk doesn't really bug me, but this does |
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Fri Oct-13-06 03:40 PM
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34. My daughter in law does that(baby talk to her "children") |
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and although I love her a LOT , that shit drives me up a wall
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Fri Oct-13-06 03:42 PM
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35. more annoying than charming...nt |
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Fri Oct-13-06 03:54 PM
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Edited on Fri Oct-13-06 03:56 PM by haruka3_2000
I call my cats my kids, but I'm not cutesy about it. I don't baby talk them, etc. Some people take the cats being human kids things way too far. I find those people annoying.
And the oldest furkid just attacked my arm without reason, so she's going by the name of asshole for a few days.
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Fri Oct-13-06 05:46 PM
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37. don't care. they can say what they want. |
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I've seen so much horrid shit done to animals it's a relief to me there are good pet owners out there, because most aren't.
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:20 PM
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39. oh dear ... I'm guilty of this -- AND I hate it. How should I vote? |
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Fri Oct-13-06 10:22 PM
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I call my dog my kid, AND I talk baby talk to her.
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Fri Oct-13-06 11:10 PM
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41. That They're NOT Children Is Why I Have Pets |
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If I wanted children, I would have had some. I wanted cats, not brats. My cats are cats, not hairy children.
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