Thankful

[Freedom]

sometimes I wish I had someone who I could share stories with that actually cares.

Anyway I know this is a silly thread. I just really needed to share with people who know how much a dog can mean to someone. I feel bad for people who don't have dogs or don't know how much love and happiness they can bring into your life. I love my girl so much


Anyway thanks for reading to my boring story I'm just glad someone out there understands how much she means to me! I wish I had friends around here who loved dogs as much.

You do have the folks here on PT to share with, and no, this is not a silly thread, nor is it a boring story. Here on PT, we DO understand how much Clover means to you. And the best part is, we are here 24 / 7.

I'm sorry you haven't yet found friends in the real world who are big animal lovers. It takes time, but they ARE out there. And otherwise, we have to "compartmentalize" our lives, and stick to certain topics with certain groups. I have friends with children and man oh man do I get tired of hearing about the kid stories. One or 2 is fine but the whole conversation drives me around the twist! Of course, if I HAD kids, I'd be sharing too! So it depends on our time in life, and that always changes. This does not mean you will love Clover less; it means you grow and have more interests, not just 1. This makes us more well rounded characters.

I don't have much time for folks who don't "get it" about animals, either.

That is a nice pic of Clover you have attached. I can just imagine her in a bin of blues! OH MY te heee. No, probably not allowed as they are meant for human consumption and a dog sitting in them would mean that whole bin had to be disgarded. Glad no one saw her!

[cassiesmom]

Dear Clover, I am so glad you can go to work with your person! ((((HUGS)))) for Clover and Sowa!

[happylabs]

Oh sweetie, come here and talk to us about Clover. I love hearing about her! I was the same as you when I had Casey and Maggie before her. I talked about Maggie all the time before we had our kids. I would say those gals are not your friends if they do not want to hear about what is important to you in your life.

Clover is a silly girl getting into the blueberry bin. Did she get all blue?

Hang in there.

[Sowa]

Actually yeah she had some blue on her paws after that Thankfully they hadn't gone through cleaning yet. The berries in the bin are covered in dirt and stuff anyway.

[Karen]

Glad you two didn't get in trouble! Hey, for the guy who is afraid of her, you should take him aside, and give him a couple little treats, and tell him to tell her sit, paw, etc. and give her a treat after each one, so he can see what a well-trained dog she is, and not be as afraid!

[Taz_Zoee]

I do not have children and most of my friends do. My thought is if they can tell endless stories about their children (and usually I don't mind) then I can tell stories about my dogs. One good thing is that most of these friends also have pets.
But yes, sometimes I do need to consider the crowd and know when it is appropriate to talk about my animals. I have a friend that I use to work with that is deathly afraid of ALL animals. But she'd listen to my stories and ask me how they were doing if they were sick or injured. I thought that was nice of her.

Don't you worry about coming here and talking to us. I love to hear stories and see pictures of the beautiful Clover girl.

[Sowa]

I rarely talk about her to my friends. Whenever she said it was annoying this other girl talks about her dog I sorta felt that was directed at me too. The thing I don't get is she talks about art and drawing all the time and this comic she's working on. I don't really care much about it either but I show interest and ask questions because I know it's important to her. I sorta feel I should get the same respect. Like, they know how special she is to me so maybe try to understand? I remember telling a story about Kiba and she just kept looking away awkwardly like she didn't want to listen :/

I don't have kids either, but I have a friend who does. I don't even like kids but I do my best to show interest in the child even though I'm uncomfortable. I just feel that friends should try to accept the others interests even if it doesn't always interest them...I know there is a limit like if I talked all the time about Clover (or my friend about her child) that it would get annoying. But I think in small amounts they should try to understand :/ I'm not sure if I'm over reacting or not. I asked one friend if she wasn't interested in my friendship anymore because I'm not happy with how it is. I explained my situation and how I felt badly when they talk negatively about others all the time. She replied with "Do whatever makes you happy" and "How you feel about the group is how you feel" which makes me think she's really not interested. She's getting married sometime this month, and I was invited. I really don't think I want to go...what do you think? Am I over reacting? I know they talk about me behind my back. And no one ever invites me anywhere....I'm surprised I got invited to the wedding honestly. I guess she had no excuse for that like "You're not on FB so you weren't invited" Hm. You guys have my number and address :/