rg_girlca, I actually stopped discussing these things with people like that, it's wasted energy. but it's disappointing though. I just posted about all this here because sometimes it's really hurtful. Yesterday my mother's fiancé (the one who called Lily ugly) was like "Well, you know, for me a human is a human and an animal is an animal". I told him I won't even start a discussion with him now 'cause he knows very well how I look at things.

Glad that Emily adjusted so well, but I suppose her experiences outside weren't the best ones...

Kirsten