So my crazy adoptive mother got herself a new dog. I'm always going
to have issues with her and her dogs because they became more important
to her than me starting about the time I was 13. That said, I couldn't
help noticing in the email she sent me about said new dog, all the
language similar to that used by human adopters.
Apparently this
dog was "abandoned," was in "foster care," and is now with my adoptive
mother in its "forever home." All of that sounds suspiciously like how
we talk about relinquished infants/children.
I got email from her entitled "Hailey's forever home pictures" (the dog is apparently named Hailey) with photos attached. Gag. In my experience only people who have never had biological children of their own think having an animal is the same thing.
I inadvertently laughed at this post. My adoptive mother has accumulated multiple rescue animals that she has substituted for her now flown-the-coop adoptee children. It’s actually not funny but somehow reassuring to see that my sneaking suspicions are possibly warranted.
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