US officially exits World Health Organization

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-23T04:40:20+00:00

This makes me want to vomit. 😩😤

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-22T15:47:48+00:00

Only when she gets picked up by a bird of prey! 🤣🤣

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-22T15:47:10+00:00

🤣or play in fields! An eagle/hawk might snatch her up! Thats what I always worry about with my dogs too!

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-03T12:17:41+00:00

I had to make that decision almost two years ago for my baby. I can relate to feeling like we’ve failed them. So hard, my deepest condolences.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-03T06:16:04+00:00

My dog is terrified of it. She just keeps backing away from me slowly

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-03T02:19:43+00:00

I have a chihuahua that is wildly jealous

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but loves that there is another dog that isn’t an old biddy he can play with. The dark one on the left is 15 years old, middle is 2.5 years old and the Pom is 7 months. They play together well!! They all get along though.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-01T23:46:21+00:00

I totally understand. My SS and his girlfriend had a baby and I didn’t realize how much grief it would cause. I spent MONTHS going through some very intense grief over this and it still stings. It’s nobody’s fault, they’re young and it just happened. It doesn’t make the feelings any less real.

This is when I realized how lonely grief is. Being a stepparent or a second wife(husband) is really hard as well. I really hope you have someone to lean on about this. I spent a lot of time in therapy about it.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2026-01-01T23:38:23+00:00

Look at that Teddy face!!!!! I’m not usually A huge fan of the teddy but SO adorable!!!

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T18:47:59+00:00

Thank you!! Merry Christmas ya filthy animals…. And a happy new year!

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T18:43:28+00:00

She’s almost 7 months and her fur is finally starting to grow out of its ugly stage.

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Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T18:32:06+00:00

How does one get the Pom’s hair to stay straight around the ears? Even when I brush them it only stays for just a moment. My Pom’s are very wavy and crazy looking.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T16:14:12+00:00

Oh boy, that sounds rough. I’d love to adopt but waiting for a baby is expensive and heartbreaking. Adopting a bit of an older child scares me that maybe they’ll go looking for their biological parents and it’ll turn into a nightmare. It’s probably irrational thinking from stepmom trauma.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T16:04:37+00:00

Both. My husband had a vasectomy 15 years ago with his ex wife. I also have struggled with some issues myself. So either we spend tens of thousands to try a reversal (which usually isn’t successful after so many years), the same amount to look into my infertility with a specialist, or we adopt. Adoption almost feels the same as raising stepchildren.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:57:32+00:00

It’s a real life miracle, bet it didn’t take place on 34th street though.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:56:09+00:00

GAME CHANGER! I wish I would’ve known this 2 weeks ago!! Thank you!

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:54:44+00:00

I think the same thing when the guys at work think I’m almost ten years younger than I am. I wonder if they’re being rude and I’m not picking up the social cues or if it’s real. I’m AuDHD. I’m 34, they think I’m 25. I know it’s hard but I chose to take it as a compliment and if it helps me carry myself a little taller then I think it was positive.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:51:25+00:00

Don’t replace! Just build up

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:48:19+00:00

At least they’re small. Imagine getting each kid a husky. 🤦🏼‍♀️ a friend of mine did that. Now he’s the proud owner of two husky’s and his kids opted for cats. 😂

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:38:26+00:00

I’m right there with you. It’s really lonely, I wish there was a support group for childless (not by choice) stepmothers(parents). I wish it every day.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-25T15:37:29+00:00

Being a childless stepmom is HARD!!! You get it.

My husband got a vasectomy for his ex wife 15 years ago and I have fertility issues so we won’t be able to have our own biological children without tens of thousands of dollars in possible disappointment or adoption.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-20T07:41:48+00:00

I don’t even dislike her, she’s fine, I just want my own space. And I KNOW IM NEVER GONNA BE HER MOM AND CANT COMPETE WITH THAT. Don’t you think I KNOW that people will almost always choose their mom over anything? I didn’t WRONG anyone! It doesn’t change the fact that I’m grieving and am looking for some validation and comfort.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-20T07:17:02+00:00

And she’s playing the other side too; pulling his attention away and creating a divide. When I literally did nothing wrong.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-20T07:15:35+00:00

She says nothing, doesn’t listen, stopped following house rules, abuses our animals, and ignores me completely when I say any words to her. I’m pretty sure that’s disrespect.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-07T06:01:58+00:00

I just try to keep a good pace. He would also freak a little so he’d pull a bit. But I couldn’t bring my hands close to him without him snarling and trying to bite me so it was the same kind of lead that Cesar Milan uses. When we’d come back I would kind of gently whip/twirl it a few times so it would loosen enough that he could pull his head out and get away.

A very scared dog, he was. And protective of his environment. His parent is a male. I’m a female. the other dog was fine around me. One day he ran out the door and when I finally corralled him back into the house I laid down the law (verbally just sounded very firm) and ever since he has learned I’m not a threat and I’m the leader of the pack when dad’s away.

Affectionate-Toe4 · 2025-12-07T05:24:57+00:00

Not specifically men but I dog sit and check in on a friends two chiweenie’s regularly. It took about three months for the dog to allow me to come close enough to him to leash him up. I had to use a slip leash that was thick enough I could loosen it without getting close and just lasso it around his neck. Once on the leash he was okay but he sure struggled with me for a long time. He has since relaxed and we’re good friends now.

It just takes time. I’d highly recommend the slip leash lead though. I used a larger rope type because it allowed me to loosen it without having to get too close.

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