your parents don't love you

I won't have children. I just don't want any. Chad doesn't want any either so we're meant for eachother. I am realistic in this. But my dogs are my children. They're my less hassle, live less time children. I've had Shadow since she was a year old. My mom got her cause she felt sorry for her cause her owners were about to send her to the pound cause they couldn't keep her anymore. She's really my mom's dog that I inherited. She's 13 (91 in dog years.) I love her. She's obedient and super low maintance. She's been a wonderful companion over the years. I got Chloe cause I know Shadow only has a few years left and eventually I would be all alone again. Don't get me wrong, Chad is still alive and kicking and we still love eachother and all that nonsense. But he works a lot, and mostly at night. I have a lot of free time on my hands. So Chloe is basically Shadow's replacement. Tonight, while I waited for her to pee in the back yard she did something so cute. I picked her up and loved her for awhile. Shadow came over for her attention and as much as I love her I think that we both give Chloe way more attention cause she's the cute baby. I have to force myself to give Shadow attention sometimes cause I don't want her to feel left out or less loved. She is not less loved but she certainly isn't the favorite anymore. We've been together so long that we are comfortable just being owner and dog. I love her a lot but her novelty wore off when Chloe moved in. It's only natural that the new member of the family will get more love and attention.
I am an only child. I feel sorry about that sometimes, but mostly fortunate that I didn't have to share my mom's love with anyone else. I am a scorpio.
Tonight it got me thinking about everyone I know who has a sibling (which is pretty much everyone I know other than Lincoln.) All my friends tell me that their brother and/or sister is their parent's favorite, especially when they're the oldest. Tonight, while loving on my baby puppy I realized that yeah, all my friends are probably right. I set up a bit of a pole to see what you all think.