Is it OK if some people don't want to have kids?

[King Postwhore]

Don't even get me started on the people that say "Oh, my boy, my baby, my son, my daughter, my kids" when they're talking about their dog(s).

Big fucking pet peeve!!!!

First of all, the dog has a mother. Unless you found a litter of puppies, fed them through a bottle and taught them how to be dogs and you will keep them forever, you are not their mother or father or anything of the sort. Second of all, the language. "We found this little girl in the trash can!" My heart skips a beat. You found a little girl in the trash can? Picture of puppy. I'm still horrified, but now I am also annoyed, congratulations.

I'm going to disagree.  My wife and I tried to have children over a decade.  We even tried In Vitro 3 times.  We just couldn't have children.  So for us, our 2 cats are our children.  Harry & Sally are now 16 years old.  That's a long time in our lives.  They to us, are our children.

I did not have children with my current wife.  We've been married 20 years, we decided early on we weren't going to have any kids because we were both already almost 40 when we tied the knot.  I have a son from a 1 night stand in 1984 who I didn't have a relationship with at all until last year.  I also have two grandkids and they're great and I'm grateful to have managed to find a way to have a relationship with them, but our dogs are definitely very much like our children.  If someone finds that offensive I think it says more about where THEY are at in THEIR lives than it does about mine.   

Some people can separate that and not be upset that they don't or can't have children.  That's not me and obvious you Barry.  I respect their choice and they choice respect our feelings towards this.

[The Walrus]

Dog is god spelled backwards. Some people have doggies, we have Goddies!! 

Your goddies sometimes eat their own poo

[Kotowboy]

Dog is god spelled backwards. Some people have doggies, we have Goddies!! 

That makes zero sense


but sometimes when I see a car with a dog in the passenger seat I joke to myself - it needs a bumper sticker saying " Dog is my co-pilot "...

[Implode]

I'm glad this is a dog thread now. I love dogs, but I don't  think my current life style can really support one.

[The Walrus]

I wish to clarify my stance on dogs

Dogs with good owners are good doggos that I enjoy very much

Dogs with bad owners are probably good doggos but I do not like them

[Ben_Jamin]

Don't even get me started on the people that say "Oh, my boy, my baby, my son, my daughter, my kids" when they're talking about their dog(s).

Big fucking pet peeve!!!!

First of all, the dog has a mother. Unless you found a litter of puppies, fed them through a bottle and taught them how to be dogs and you will keep them forever, you are not their mother or father or anything of the sort. Second of all, the language. "We found this little girl in the trash can!" My heart skips a beat. You found a little girl in the trash can? Picture of puppy. I'm still horrified, but now I am also annoyed, congratulations.

I'm going to disagree.  My wife and I tried to have children over a decade.  We even tried In Vitro 3 times.  We just couldn't have children.  So for us, our 2 cats are our children.  Harry & Sally are now 16 years old.  That's a long time in our lives.  They to us, are our children.

I respect this, and have nothing against this reason for calling your pets, your son/daughter.