They Force You to Look at All The Pictures of Their Dogs It is hurtful to people who have to experience being a parent and then have their difficulties and stories equated with that time your dog was stung by a bee and you ‘almost died.’ 3. People and humans are not the same, so stop calling yourself a dog mom. I understand that pet owners love their pets, but it seemed grossly insensitive to compare the loss of a living, talking human being to an animal.” I was shocked, and still remember it vividly after more than two decades. “Throughout both sessions, Mary took every opportunity to talk about her own loss, saying, ‘When Fluffy died…’ Every time Mary said that, it brought the conversation to a complete standstill. A week later another colleague’s son died, and naturally, the workplace provided group counseling. One Quora user, JL van Dijk, recalled a colleague losing her pet. It also doesn’t give you the right to call yourself a mom around people who are raising actual children. The truth is no, taking care of a dog does not make you its mother. Suddenly, they want to celebrate Mother’s Day because they have dogs, or they want to provide advice on raising your children because they are ‘just as much a mother as anyone else.’ The issue comes in when dog moms begin to believe their dogs truly are their children. To avoid the apparently demeaning term dog ‘owner,’ which implies a dog is someone’s property and not a member of the family, many people have turned to call themselves dog moms and their pets their fur babies.Īt first, it seems like a cute way of referring to yourself when talking about your pets. We get it, your dog is your life, but please don’t let owning a dog become your personality too. These pet parents spend hours online taking dog mom personality quizzes and then extolling their virtues to you at every opportunity. It’s almost impressive to discover a conversation of local politics can somehow have a link to your dog not waking up before 10am. There is nothing more annoying than having a conversation where every second sentence starts with, “As a dog mom,” or some derivative of it. The main one being everyone has to be reminded what they are as often as possible. Self-professed dog moms and vegans have a lot of stereotypes in common. Owning a Dog is Their Only Personality Trait
The dog mom cringe is real, and if you want to know the top 11 reasons dog moms are annoying, read on. However, just because the most common word coming from both soccer moms’ and dog owners’ mouths is “No!” doesn’t mean they are playing the same role. You have to clean up their poop, feed them, and sometimes they respond to whichever one-worded command you fling their way. Looking after dogs can at times feel like looking after kids. They both also have to deal with loud, disobedient creatures who are naturally hell-bent on creating chaos wherever they go.
Both have bumper stickers either lauding their titles or sporting a cringe-worthy, ‘My child is better than yours,’ logo. Many women will eventually fall into one of two groups – the soccer moms or the dog moms.