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boopster · 12-20-2010, 02:09 PM

I think I would let it go, and go enjoy Christmas with your husband's family. As much as we like to anthropomorphize our pets, they don't REALLY know what Christmas means to many of us, and if Jamie is ok alone for a few hours ordinarily, she should be ok on Christmas. I'm not so much on the concept that pets ( or children for that matter) should be included in every occasion. And I would not want a family member's dog added to the mix with all the confusion that holidays include. You SIL is probably trying to come up with a way to uninvite the daughter's dog, too.

I think if I got an ultimatum from someone saying that they wouldn't come if I didn't include their dog, child, or date after I said " no ," my response would be that I would miss them but I understood their position.

12-20-2010, 02:09 PM	#4
boopster Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 1,643 Blog Entries: 1	I think I would let it go, and go enjoy Christmas with your husband's family. As much as we like to anthropomorphize our pets, they don't REALLY know what Christmas means to many of us, and if Jamie is ok alone for a few hours ordinarily, she should be ok on Christmas. I'm not so much on the concept that pets ( or children for that matter) should be included in every occasion. And I would not want a family member's dog added to the mix with all the confusion that holidays include. You SIL is probably trying to come up with a way to uninvite the daughter's dog, too. I think if I got an ultimatum from someone saying that they wouldn't come if I didn't include their dog, child, or date after I said " no ," my response would be that I would miss them but I understood their position.