To think pet owners should stop calling themselves “dog mums” and “cat dads?”

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It just feels a bit much when people treat their pets as if they’re children. AIBU to think this trend has gone a bit too far?

Yesss I always do this with greeting cards too! A kiss under mine and my boyfriends name, and a little paw print under her name 🖤

She also gets an advent calendar and Christmas Eve box too 🤣

@EmpressaurusDelleGatte that's brilliant!

Suppose you lot think dressing baby orangutans up in baby grows and dresses and taking photos of them is sweet and innocent too? Sick society.

Mumsnet threads like this for a start.

@LouH5 she's a lucky cat.

<sigh>.

Yes. I know. And it makes us happy, and the pets all get something they enjoy eating or playing with.

Do you have no sense of fun, @Comedycook? Do you never pretend anything for your own amusement, even though you know it’s not actually real?

Great idea! Give us some more

I don’t want my dog to know that he’s adopted. He was only two months old when I got him so I’m fairly confident that I’ve got away with maintaining the illusion that he’s my biological dog. 😜

Bollocks.
And I wouldn’t dream of trying to dress my cat up in anything, she’d be thoroughly unimpressed.

I mean it’s not something I’ve ever thought about but no, I don’t think that sounds sweet and innocent.

However I do call my cat my baby.

I guess those two things don’t necessarily go hand in hand 🤷🏻‍♀️

“Fur baby” and “cat mum” make me want to vomit. As does “ddog”etc

That's my experience, too. I say "hello babies" to my cats when I get home, I might refer to them as "the babies" when talking about them with friends, but it's mostly an online thing on pet forums.

Of all the twee or cutesy terms around now, the types OP is complaining about are the least annoying as far as I'm concerned.

I do not consider myself a parent to my dog but this post made me laugh with the seriousness of a not serious situation.

My dog has no understanding of what I mean whether I call him “my dog” or “my smooshy face farty pants pet”. He has no concept of “separate species”. He barely understands anything further than basic commands. I doubt he feels disrespect. 😂😂😂😂

I think you are only exposing yourself, TBH.

I got my goldfish a nice knitted bonnet and he can say “mummy” now - so proud! 🥹

Ok, you must be taking the piss now. Male owner's first name? That has to be satire.

My dog wears PJs (she is a greyhound and has less body at than a worm), and she enjoys the occasional doggy ice cream in the summer. You might be dismayed to find out that I do not literally consider her to be human, and she is actually well trained.

Treating my dog well, and referring to myself as her mum, is not the humankind ending nonsense you think it is.

Hahaha yes, I don’t really think my cat is arsed about me “disregarding her nature” when I call her my beautiful baby girl, or precious princess!

That is terrible that words can make you vomit. Get some therapy.

I dislike it, largely because of the bad attitude of an ex-colleague who seemed to expect more consideration of her "dog-child" than my actual child.

Some people are so dramatic 😆

Yeah I care more about my pet than my coworker's child.

I won't tell you about my fur grandkids then.🤣

i am waiting for someone to introduce their skinbaby to me.

I have seen that happen, and it is because the person with a child is taking the piss with going early, wanting Xmas off as a priority over everyone else, expecting their childfree colleagues to accommodate their reproductive choices.

I hope you don't expect your coworker to care more about your pet than their own child, the way my coworker did.