Kids say "Let's not talk about the dogs!"

I had an interesting conversation with my older daughter the other day--I tried to put on my best "thick skin" but it still hurt, I'm afraid. I wonder if any of you have had this same experience!

My daughters, who are 29 and 27 visit every few months--we do not see them often as they both live a distance away.They both have a CAT. Since all three of our kids are out of the house now, the dogs (we have three doodles) have filled a void for us. We are both retired and have quiet lives in the country, to the dogs are the main entertainment. As many of you know, one of the doodles had puppies this winter and that kept us very occupied.

Anyway, my daughter told me that they would prefer it if we didn't talk about the dogs so much when they visit--she said we are either all sitting with the dogs and watching them or talking about them--and it just isn't interesting to her at all. OUCH! Could it be that she is a bit jealous? Naaa--but i did tell her that once I have GRANDchildren, this problem will be solved. In the meantime, I am going to have to come up with new topics--hmmm--I raked leaves today--maybe they want to talk about that--or my garden perhaps?? LOL! I am afraid I don't have much of a life beyond the doods! The highlight of many of our days is a trip to the dogpark!

My first thought when she said this was how much I appreciate the DK website--where so many others share my obsession. Right now, I have FOUR doodles at my feet sleeping or playing (Momma Lyric is playing with her pup, Rio). The fourth doodle is Nola, another momma who has had her two puppies here--they are both sleeping upstairs--so, that's 6 doodles altogether--I have also started grooming them for other people--yikes! I am obsessed with doodles! YUP!I

I understand my daughter's frustration--now that she is about to graduate from vet school, she has bigger things to talk about. I hope I can keep up with her. On the other hand, my other daughter, whose life is no less full than her sister's is, talks about her cat, Sprocket, incessantly. I have to admit that it is boring and I guess that is the way she feels about my doodles too. It is even tougher for her to visit because she doesn't even like dogs!

Then there is my son--he LOVES the dogs and rolls on the floor with them while they gleefully lick his face! So, that is the bright spot in all of this.