I'm getting a daughter!!!!

[mayfly13]

My dog passed away 3/12 ago.
And since then, it's been the shittiest time of my life EVER.
Middle aged fat woman that nobody wants, lonely, guilty and shit
and I wasn't in a position to demand a dog-slave to fill my existential void either.

But I suddenly have this opportunity!
Suddenly, I no longer feel thar my life is meaningless, I;m looking at it as this an exciting adventure.


What were Your experiences?

 

[Champakian]

Uh..., Okay?

 

[mayfly13]

I'm just ecstatic, life without a dog sucks BIG TIME.
I'm sure most of you guys would agree&comment too, if you loosened up.

Uh..., Okay?

But on a more political vine:
The post-covid dog thing is CRAZY!

Most small dogs advertised by Humane Societies/Aspca get snatched within 24 hours, waiting lists for small dogs are about 4-5/12
and the dogs-stealing business in the UK, is record-high

 

[Champakian]

I have dogs.

As you know, I hate them. Never again...

 

[mayfly13]

You're going through an awful situation.
I don't want to comment further on that cause sadistic trolls, Rob alts and Luk.
But I feel for you, and relate.



But what I think is relevant for a political discussion,is the unprecedented, bizarre puppy-craze situation.
Dogs (apartment dogs, mostly) are being snatched like gold or hot bread, since the pandemic.
The theft of small dogs increased ++

 

[Champakian]

Better start giving to shelters now.

A lot of those dogs are going to need homes post-Covid.
They should be getting cats...

 

[pecksniff]

and the dogs-stealing business in the UK, is record-high

Never before heard of such a business existing.

 

[rae121452]

i'm jealous! i want another dog so badly but i just can't. i can't bear another death, the last couple of times i thought i'd truly lose it. so, i'm doing without even though i miss having one around so terribly. i'm happy for you, though. dogs are the best.

 

[mayfly13]

geeze I'm so embarassed by this thread.

Now that the elation cooled down, it looks to me narcissistic-attention seeky and cringe-worthy.
I'm only bumping it up because I wanted to reply to rae's post.

 

[mayfly13]

i'm jealous! i want another dog so badly but i just can't. i can't bear another death, the last couple of times i thought i'd truly lose it. so, i'm doing without even though i miss having one around so terribly. i'm happy for you, though. dogs are the best.

Interesting.
We don't agree politically & ideologically, yet somehow I was NOT surprised by this, you Do generally come across as a dog lover.
Cool.

i'm jealous! i want another dog so badly but i just can't. i can't bear another death, the last couple of times i thought i'd truly lose it. so, i'm doing without even though i miss having one around so terribly. i'm happy for you, though. dogs are the best.

Many people do it either because they have an unpredictable chronic illness and they can't fathom the idea of the dog being sent to aspca or even worse, should something happen to their owner
or because they have a busy schedule.

I'll soon have a busy schedule, but I'm too selfish to care.
I just can't bear being on my own without a dog, life seems so pointless without one.

Gosh, can I convince you to get a dog? Life is really grey without one.
The pain and guilt of losing one to illness or accident are awful and traumatic.
But if you lose one to old age as my last dog did, it is 50 times easier to get over it, it's just the natural order of things.

If you choose one carefully (no family history of illness, not too inbred) you WILL have him/her for a long time. And if you choose a sought-after small breed, it WILL find a home regardless of how old they are, if God forbids something unexpected happens to you.

 

[ll74]

We had a golden for a while....sweetest dog in the world but then you realize how short their lives really are even though they truly become a part of your lives.....she died and I couldn't get another for a few years.

We've got a lab/dalmation/shepard/pit bull mix now....Ripley. Perfect mix of stubborn and spoiled....and annoying.

She's the best....congrats!

 

[Earthlyone]

My dog passed away 3/12 ago.
And since then, it's been the shittiest time of my life EVER.
Middle aged fat woman that nobody wants, lonely, guilty and shit
and I wasn't in a position to demand a dog-slave to fill my existential void either.

But I suddenly have this opportunity!
Suddenly, I no longer feel thar my life is meaningless, I;m looking at it as this an exciting adventure.


What were Your experiences?

What the fuck are you on about?? Getting a daughter? ...wha?! are you pregnant with a girl, is that what you mean?

And what the fuck does "3/12 ago" mean?

 

[mayfly13]

We had a golden for a while....sweetest dog in the world but then you realize how short their lives really are even though they truly become a part of your lives.....she died and I couldn't get another for a few years.

We've got a lab/dalmation/shepard/pit bull mix now....Ripley. Perfect mix of stubborn and spoiled....and annoying.

She's the best....congrats!

Gosh, you and rae and I are so in the same headspace.

My circumstances:
-----When my other dog passed away aged 10.5 years, it was HORRENDOUS. She clearly passed away before her time from some ailment (heart attack? poison?). The guilt and self-loathing and shame (did I miss the signs?) complicated things for me, I couldn't vent fully to friends, I also avoided grief forums to avoid my guilt.
-----But when my last dog passed away due to old age -- While just as hard, I COULD push myself to search grief forums, because I had no guilt to defend myself from.

Man, so many broken hearts out there, even grown-assed men from 30 to 85 fall to pieces whenever their hamster, cat or dog dies.
It was so touching and I felt so connected.

I think we need more than just grief or "look, that dog is so cute" forums.
I'm sure that just by acknowledging we're on the same page & experienced similar joys and hardships, you, rae and I feel a bit more connected to the Universe and grounded.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

i'm jealous! i want another dog so badly but i just can't. i can't bear another death, the last couple of times i thought i'd truly lose it. so, i'm doing without even though i miss having one around so terribly. i'm happy for you, though. dogs are the best.

Have you considered fostering? Or maybe socializing/training service dogs? These might be a way for you to have dogs in your life and the parting means they are off to their forever home or to the next step in training.

 

[mayfly13]

So I didn't get the girl because of competition. (breeding has become++ business since the pandemic). I got the most adorable boy instead.

But thinking about myself (how meaningless I felt after my dog's death & how this new puppy rescued me) + about rae

((and yes, unethical puppy mills and neglectful owners who kill their pups through negligence + pups that pee inside landlords' houses suck.
But mind you, we happily slaughter chickens, cows and pigs. And in East Asia, they cook puppies alive.))


I just think that, in the West,the right to OWN A PET should be treated as a Human Rights issue.

 

[BidudeinWi]

My dog passed away 3/12 ago.
And since then, it's been the shittiest time of my life EVER.
Middle aged fat woman that nobody wants, lonely, guilty and shit
and I wasn't in a position to demand a dog-slave to fill my existential void either.

But I suddenly have this opportunity!
Suddenly, I no longer feel thar my life is meaningless, I;m looking at it as this an exciting adventure.


What were Your experiences?

Somebody must have wanted you!

 

[pecksniff]

[insert your own Korean-cuisine joke here]

 

[rae121452]

So I didn't get the girl because of competition. (breeding has become++ business since the pandemic). I got the most adorable boy instead.

But thinking about myself (how meaningless I felt after my dog's death & how this new puppy rescued me) + about rae

((and yes, unethical puppy mills and neglectful owners who kill their pups through negligence + pups that pee inside landlords' houses suck.
But mind you, we happily slaughter chickens, cows and pigs. And in East Asia, they cook puppies alive.))


I just think that, in the West,the right to OWN A PET should be treated as a Human Rights issue.

good for you! give the new baby a smooch for me! i know already that you're going to be a super puppy mom and that that dog is going to be SPOILED!

 

[Earthlyone]

This is low-key a beastiality thread.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Hope your dog doesn’t bite anyone like Biden’s did.