Good on you for standing up to that nonsense, I would openly mock them as well. When covid happened I once told someone who was half-jokingly ( I think lol ) saying she would make a big deal at a picnic about social distancing and I said if she did that I would forever call her Karen. These people need to be more openly mocked for their bullshit.
My own mother called her cat her "fur baby" a couple of years ago, and I told her to her face "Please never say that again."
As far as I'm aware, she hasn't since.
Good on you for standing up to that nonsense, I would openly mock them as well. When covid happened I once told someone who was half-jokingly ( I think lol ) saying she would make a big deal at a picnic about social distancing and I said if she did that I would forever call her Karen. These people need to be more openly mocked for their bullshit.
My family tried to pin "dog uncle" on me after my sister got herself a dog. I said never to call me that ever again, and thankfully they haven't.
I love and respect animals, but they are not people.