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		<title>Mom Slams People Who Call Their Dogs &#8220;FurBabies&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a buzz going around online about comparing dogs to children. A recent post titled, No Your Dog Is Not Your &#8220;Baby&#8221; &#8211; Saying That Is An Insult To Moms published by Elizabeth Broadbent from YourTango, discusses how people who refer to their pets as &#8220;Furbabies&#8221; or &#8220;FurKids&#8221; really tick her off.  Apparently, the world had a lot to say about this subject and their weighing in on social media. Broadbent makes comments such as, &#8220;Your puppy is not your child, so stop saying that he is. I have three children now, and I know this for certain — kids and dogs are not same&#8221; and &#8220;Getting a dog just doesn&#8217;t stack up&#8221;, and &#8220;Kids do some amazing things dogs just can&#8217;t stack up to.&#8221;. Broadbent makes comments such as, &#8220;Your puppy is not your child, so stop saying that he is. I have three children now, and I know this for certain — kids and dogs are not same&#8221; and &#8220;Getting a dog just doesn&#8217;t stack up&#8221;, and &#8220;Kids do some amazing things dogs just can&#8217;t stack up to.&#8221;. Many, including hundreds of commenters, are outraged that Broadbent would even &#8220;go there&#8221;. Amy Attaway, a commenter on the post, says, &#8220;For all those women who aren&#8217;t able to have children, these furkids may be all they have. I think it&#8217;s sad you feel the need to belittle people who are doing absolutely no harm to your own life. Concentrate on and love your children. There&#8217;s no need to degrade.&#8221; And Lindsay Combs posted this on her Facebook page, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never given birth nor am I sure if I ever want to or even can, but my dogs are my world&#8230; Just bc I don&#8217;t change their diapers everyday&#8230; [and they don&#8217;t] speak the words &#8220;I wuv you mommy&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t mean the world to me just as a child could. &#8230; don&#8217;t for a second think you can tell somebody what to or what not to call their dogs or any pet for that matter. It 100% should NOT be an insult to Moms everywhere &#38; if it is, you should be ashamed!&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ve never given birth nor am I sure if I ever want to or even can, but my dogs are my world&#8230;&#8221; We want to know how the WIRL Project audience feels about this. Can you see what the author is saying or are you outraged at her comments? Do you have your own &#8220;Furbabies&#8221; and do you refer to them as such? Do you have children of your own as well as a family dog? Does the love &#8220;compare&#8221;? Or should we even be having this conversation? Why does it matter who loves who? Can&#8217;t we just be happy there is love going around? Many will have their own opinions, we are all entitled to them, but it&#8217;s how you present yourself as you share your thoughts and ideas that will earn the respect (or disrespect) of others. Why does it matter who loves who? Can&#8217;t we just be happy there is love going around? Tell us what you think about calling dogs and pets &#8220;Furbabies&#8221; and &#8220;Furkids&#8221; in the comments below. Or, better yet, submit your own thoughts and stories here! &#160; &#160; &#160; *Image source: Popsugar.com]]></description>
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