1) I often wonder about that civil war myself. I read Ask a Manager and there are always people complaining bitterly, sometimes misogynistically, about coworkers with kids. Breast milk is a filthy substance which should not be pumped and stored in the office, parents should be docked pay since they are obviously not working as hard as non-parents, and so on. It's pretty scary. LW clearly despises parents and children. I wouldn't be friends with him.
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2) Jenae, this dog is not "a dangerous wild animal" it's an abuse survivor which LW and his GF are trying to give a safe loving home to recover from being ABUSED. This is a good and caring thing they are doing! And LW was quite clear to his sister's GF about what was going on with the dog. I think eight years old is old enough to know not to go into a room with a CLOSED DOOR in SOMEONE ELSE's HOUSE, and to know not to be rough with another living thing such as dragging it from its hiding place.
I do think Sister's GF owes LW an apology for her son disturbing the dog, and I hope she told her son what he did wrong and not to do it again. I tend to be pretty hard on dog owners because a not insignificant proportion of them really don't care if their pets hurt someone, or more than don't care, but LW and his GF clearly don't fall into that category, for which I commend them. And a significant proportion of people really do act the fool around pets, especially smaller ones, and Sister's GF and her kid DO fall into that category.
All in all I hope the dog recovers and is happy, and Christmas sucks anyways.
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That Said.
2) Jenae, this dog is not "a dangerous wild animal" it's an abuse survivor which LW and his GF are trying to give a safe loving home to recover from being ABUSED. This is a good and caring thing they are doing! And LW was quite clear to his sister's GF about what was going on with the dog. I think eight years old is old enough to know not to go into a room with a CLOSED DOOR in SOMEONE ELSE's HOUSE, and to know not to be rough with another living thing such as dragging it from its hiding place.
I do think Sister's GF owes LW an apology for her son disturbing the dog, and I hope she told her son what he did wrong and not to do it again. I tend to be pretty hard on dog owners because a not insignificant proportion of them really don't care if their pets hurt someone, or more than don't care, but LW and his GF clearly don't fall into that category, for which I commend them. And a significant proportion of people really do act the fool around pets, especially smaller ones, and Sister's GF and her kid DO fall into that category.
All in all I hope the dog recovers and is happy, and Christmas sucks anyways.