Posted on 12/16/2022 12:08:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
DEAR ABBY: My sister doesn’t want children. I fully support her decision, and I’m happy she knows herself well enough to make it. She does, however, have what she refers to as her “fur babies.” She has a wonderful, generous heart and is very charitable. My children have been blessed by their aunt’s generosity.
SEE ALSO Couple holding two parts of broken heart. Dear Abby: My wife left me for my best man My issue is: Lately, she has made a few comments about how I don’t bring holiday gifts for her dogs. It’s remarks like, “Well, my fur babies don’t get gifts from their aunt.” Am I missing something here? Should I feel guilty for not adding her pets to my gift list because she considers them equal in value to human children? I can’t think of her dogs like I do my nieces and nephews. Am I wrong? — AUNT OF FUR BABIES?
DEAR AUNT: You may not consider your sister’s dogs as equal to human children, but she does. Gift-giving is supposed to be reciprocal. Your sister has been generous with your children, and you now know it bothers her that her “fur babies” have been overlooked. When the next gift-giving cycle rolls around (I hear there are great sales going on now) drop by a pet store. It is the kind thing to do, and it shouldn’t break the bank.
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People get my cat presents. Now he expects it. He’s a jerk.
Single spinster cat-lady sister is digging deep and helping out with the nieces and nephews.
Meanwhile other sister is b!tching about buying a catnip ball.
I think I see the problem in this relationship.
Agreed
I've got news for you. Your cat was a jerk before anyone bought him a present. It's in their nature.
It is part of their charm
No, MayflowerMadam, I did not write this letter to Anne Landers !!!
Unless your dog is a Calvinist who realizes that we are all corrupted by sin so that none of us can truly be "a good boy". ( Stolen from the first Babylon Bee story I read, )
LOL!!! I was wondering.
A few years ago (before my son had kids) he used to remind me to say Happy Birthday to his Lab. I told him if the dog was aware that it was his birthday, I would certainly wish him a good one. Until then.....no.
Yes.
people like this are off their rocker.
Pets are NOT kids. JMHO.
Probably not, but it would surely feed into it and enable it. I do not have an obligation to do that. It is being dishonest to myself and re-enforcing her delusional behavior.
Her choice. I don’t see how that obligates someone else to buy her pets gifts.
Buy each one a baby skunk to play with
Her fur babies are killing the planet
I didn’t see that she was single.
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ping
LOL that's funny
Do you make a big moral issue or object lesson out of every idiosyncracy as innocuous as this?
I bet you’re a load of fun.
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