When writing you Christmas cards, please do not

[LynetteScavo]

sign your pets name underneath yours.

It makes you look slightly odd

[noiamnot]

slightly

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

I used to sign them from my cat.

And I would put a pretend paw print underneath it.

But I was a teenager at the time

[CliffRichardSucksEggsInHell]

I sign Morty's name in blood on the card.

[MadreInglese]

LOL, MIL does this

like her collies really give a rats arse that it's Christmas!

[edam]

I wouldn't dream of doing this BUT my cats used to love Christmas because they got salmon. Call my mother soft but it was their Christmas treat...

[nickytinseltimes]

I used to do this.

Now I have a toddler and let him 'help' write the cards with his crayons...

I reckon that's even worse.

[WingsofaChristmasTreefairy]

We have a 'friend' that does this.

We didn't give him our new address when we moved.

So no cards from Dolly the bloody dog this year.

[UnquietDad]

Don't just put your first name(s) either. It's so irritating to get a card signed "Paul and Linda" (or, worse, "Paul and ").

Say something, even if it's just "had a great year, hope you are all OK" or "had a shit year, email if you want details", or "still working at X, managing to get away for odd weekend."

Anything, please, other than "Paul and ".

[MorrisZapp]

When my cousin was PG with her first, we got a card from 'Bob, Sue and the unborn baby'.

I don't know why but that freaked me out a bit!

[TrinityRhino]

roffle @ paul and squiggle

I have been told that I am slightly weird but I have NEVER thought of signing cards with my pets names on them!

[JacksFirstChristmasMama]

Could I do an ink print of DS's hand without looking slightly odd?
(Not suggesting ink print of cat's paws for obvious reasons)

[FattipuffsandThinnifers]

Only acceptable to me if it's a very very close relative or friend's pet who you know and like. Obviously I've never done it .

and [ewww] at the 'unborn baby' signature! Worse than 'and bump'.

[whooosh]

"and bump" makes me want to vomit!

So please don't do it.

Thank you.

[EbeneezerSlouch]

My sil does this.Thought it was a pre-baby thing, but 1st child now 20mo and we still get cards signed Love from X, Y, dd and

[EbeneezerSlouch]

Speaking of Paul and LInda, my dad once found a card in a library book - photo of Maccartney clan on front and signed "love from Paul, Linda and the brats".

"wow dad, where is it?" quoth I.
"Oh, I put it back, not my card to take" he respondeth.

[purpleangel]

We put our dogs names down on our cards as they are part of the family, simple as that.

[dizzyjingles]

my pil have just sent over a present for our dog

I'd rather they saved their money and visited more than once a year

[PortlySackSantaInAdvent]

What's wrong with 'bump' and the dog / cat etc. name???

You're a grouchy lot full of rules aren't you? Wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

If some of my friends didn't put their animals on the card i would assume the worst - as they would with our dog.

[Countingthegreyhairs]

I simply don't understand the energy devoted by so many people on this site to finding so many things -often quite trifling things - offensive.

[purpleangel]

Thank you for putting that Portly my sentiments exactly. I didn't mention one of my dogs one year and people did assume the worst.

[Countingthegreyhairs]

Exactly Portly and PurpleA.

Where's the harm? Where's everyone's sense of humour/generosity of spirit?

There's degrees of appropriateness of course (would not put paw marks on a card to a business colleague - but nowt wrong to my sister and vice versa).

Also I think people often add 'from the bump' just to let you know they are pregnant so it serves a practical purpose.

[Wildebeest]

i have our family neatly condensed into one acronym when i used to send cards

[Jux]

DD once got a birthday card from the lady down the road with all her cats names, colourings and ages; there were 18 of them

[PavlovtheRedNosedReindeer]

LOL, when I was pg I signed it 'pavlov, pavlovs DH, bump and the cats' .

AND DD signs the cards with a hand print.

I do not give a jot if I am mad/odd or whetever. We all make the world go round eh?

[chrismathsmummy25th]

oops all mine say 'and bump' this year!

It's only because I can't remember who I've told/not told about being PG..and so that they don't have to ask if they see me!