I even told her "mom that makes me uncomfortable, I am not related to a dog, I'm a person." "Haha, oh, honey!"

And I'm one of those zany people that believe some animals deserve sentience/personhood rights (NOT on the basis of the 13th amendment, though). It still fills me with massive DNW.

NGL the furbaby stuff is part of what drove me out of childfree comms too. It is so-- pardon my french-- fucking creepy.