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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

My daughter says our dogs are her brother and sister. But she is not an embryo in a test tube, so it's slightly different.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My dogs are my family, so I get her.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

It doesn't help that I pick up the little dog and carry him around telling him that he's my little baby boy.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In my own language - Portuguese - dog owners are just said to be the "dog-owner" (we have a feminine and a masculine version of the word "owner" so it fits nicelly) so the English-language use of "mother" and "father" tends to instinctivelly make me think in a very similar sense as your daughter seems to be using.