Furbaby - just no

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Make me feel nauseous.

AIBU?

Makes

The description of a pet or having one?

What's this about? The term furbaby? Having a pet? Over pampering?

Let people be happy.

I love animals. It’s the term “furbaby” - I keep seeing it everywhere. Yuck.

My teens no longer "need" me. I still need to (s)mother.
My dogs are my fur babies!

BITE ME!

We have a fairly pampered dog and I laugh at some of the stuff my friends do for their dogs - birthday parties etc.... doesn’t bother me. It’s the term “furbaby” - its like nails down a blackboard.

@TheBigFatMermaid I feel sick

You could always reply by talking about your skinpuppies

Well I disagree ☺. It's how I separate my dog from my human babies.

You are completely right OP, but you will get flamed in here by all the “Furbaby Mummies” for saying it

I am also at the threads titled “my darling little boy died in my arms today” which sound like bereaved parents but turn out to be somebody whose ageing fish or hamster has snuffed it.

YANBU.

It’s not what I would call my pets. Do the friends doing dog parties have kids as well?

Got a fur baby right next to me, other at my feet.

Yanbu.

I can't get worked up about it. There's many words I'm not a fan of, but I get on with my life. Are you usually so dramatic as to have such inane things make you nauseous?

My dog is my furbaby. It takes absolutely nothing away from you for other people to refer to their pets as such.

I don't like the term myself

Oh no I’d never call my special girl my furbaby. I just call her my BABY

It makes me cringe a bit. Dogs and cats are not 'babies' and anthropomorphism can lead to poor pet care. YANBU.

My cat absolutely believes he is my baby and he is more demanding that my real one's somedays

I don’t why why it annoys me so much @toastofthetown I am normally pretty chilled. I think it’s the tweeness of it and the juxtaposition of fur and baby that turns my stomach. It’s makes me think of a fur covered baby. Yuck. Well, you did ask

I agree. It winds me up. Both the words 'furbaby' and 'holibobs' no idea why but I hate those terms!

I call mine babies but I don't think I've ever referred to them as my furbabies. Not bothered if other people do.