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Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

‘When he turned two we had party hats and cake’: how dogs became the new babies

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‘When he turned two we had party hats and cake’: how dogs became the new babies

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Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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One in three postcodes now has more dogs than children. Meet the Dinkwads (dual income, no kids, with a dog)

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Watch children of men. When people can’t have families, they begin to treat pets like children
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  In fact just watch Children of Men, it is a masterpiece.

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