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sign your pets name underneath yours.

It makes you look slightly odd

slightly

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

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

LOL, MIL does this

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

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...

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.

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.

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 <squiggle>").

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 <squiggle>".

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!

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!

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)

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'.

"and bump" makes me want to vomit!

So please don't do it.

Thank you.

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 <dog's name>. Barfless.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?