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Forced pet appreciation.

"Look at Fufu! Look at Fufu! She's so cute -- yes she is -- she's so cute."

It's an awkward moment when you don't agree about the cuteness.

— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Pets | 5.13.2009 | Comments (9)

dog owners can tell very quickly if you're not into their dogs. most don't take offense, I don't think.

— Stu

I don't have that problem because everyone agrees about the cuteness of my cat!

— Rob posted 5/13/2009

Worse yet--forced child appreciation.

— Marie posted 5/13/2009

No one can resist truly cute pets!And I agree with Marie. Forced child appreciation is much worse. Often accompanied by photos being thrust into your face as you stammer "oh..yeah..aren't they cute...".

— Asam posted 5/14/2009

Forced baby appreciation is way worse! It is way more acceptable to not like animals than not like babies. (I personally would not hesitate avoid an infant so I could see a puppy)

— Acacia posted 5/14/2009

Acacia, yes! That always happens to me when people bring their babies into the office. Boring.

— jmc posted 5/15/2009

I suppose someone should submit 'forced baby appreciation' who really feels the burn.

— Biffy posted 5/15/2009

I'm surprised that peeve wasn't posted before this one.

— Kerrin posted 5/15/2009

HA! Forced child appreciation is MUCH, MUCH, worse. What are you supposed to say? With pets, you can say something like "yeah, ha ha, cute...I'm more of a cat/dog person". But with baby, you can't say "I'm sorry, but your baby has a HUGE head". BTW, my niece is the cutest 6 month I have ever seen. Seriously, you should see her.

— brewfangrb posted 6/23/2009

When parents start voicemail messages with "hey [name], it's your mother/father." » My husband does this with his kids! It never fails to drive me bugshit! – Mindy 7/26

Grubby, tangled haired children. » Keeping clean is one thing; the kids I see don't even start out clean. Parents and kids both seem to roll out of bed and go to the local WalMart (where else?) without so much as running as hairbrush through their hair or taking a bar of soap to their bodies. I think we can be quite sure they don't know what a toothbrush is for! The trend of wearing pajama bottoms in public needs to stop as well. – Mindy 7/26

When strangers try to touch my children. » Good god, it's like you read my mind. I absolutely hate it when I'm in the grocery store and people touch my son's feet or poke his little cheeks. Yes, I know he's the cutest thing on this earth but THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN TOUCH HIM – CakeThief 7/24

Air quotes. » use shocker quotes instead. form shocker with fingers, bend to mimic quoting action. – kn obel 7/22

When non-white street beggars call me racist when I don't give them money. » I always want to know if people would feel equally as badly if the opposite were true. Like, if you only gave money to non-white street beggars out of guilt/fear of being perceived as racist. That's racism, too, right? Right? No one complains about that one... – Chelsea 7/22

When non-white street beggars call me racist when I don't give them money. » Ugh. This happened to me when I declined to sign a petition without even hearing what it was about (I was also not a registered voter in that state AND was in a hurry). Jeez, I'm not racist! I hate all petition signature gatherers equally. – Kate 7/21

02.11.10

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01.18.10

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01.02.10

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