A battle of the Charlies: Dog vs. Baby.
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And some people, like user u/True_Dot5878, called out how unequal treatment of siblings gets exacerbated in families where one sibling has a child and the other doesn’t: “The only reason your family is viewing you as stubborn or the a**hole is because certain people are very, ‘I have a child, so I’m more important than you’ attitude.”
“I’mgoingtoassumeyou’realsochildless.Yourfamilybelievesyoushouldgoalongwithitandrenameyourdogbecause,intheireyes,adogdoesn’tcomparetoachild.Theyprobablyalsobelievethatyouhaveallthisavailablefreetimethatyoursisterdoesn’thave(because,intheireyes,childlesspeopledon’thaveanyvalueorconcernsorstressorsoralife!).Yoursisterknewyourdog’snamewasCharlieandprobablyhadnodiscussionwithyoutoseeifyouwerewillingtochangethedog’sname.Andnowyou’rebeingstrong-armedinthissituationandexpectedtojustdowhatyoursisterwantsbecauseyourparentsprobablyfeelthat‘youdon’tunderstandwhatitisliketobeaparent.’
Isa
