The STUPIDEST moment in my life.
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I’m having my 1st sleepover(when I’m technically an adult, sad I know), and the very second I entered my friend’s house their 2 & half feet tall dog(who actually only has friendly intentions) approached me, and I’m scared of dogs so I hid behind friend’s mom, and the dog thinks it’s a game and he followed me, I skirted around mom and he continued to follow me, I sped up and the dog sped up too, and we ran around in circles around friend’s mom and somehow I (magically!)managed not to scream. REALLY good impression I made there in front of her whole family. Then I scram-ed upstairs to take a wash, and the curious dog came up and sniffed outside the bathroom. Later, I collected myself and promised myself I would stay calm because the dog clearly means no harm and he’s tame (never barks or snaps teeth), and they wanted us to get along. But the second I came face to face with him once again, I repeated the procedure; this time around friend’s little sister!! They managed to hold the panting dog, and I ran upstairs. I spent the rest of the day locked up in the room. 🤦‍♀️😫😭😭

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    Aww. I know it’s hard but the best thing to do with dogs who are friendlier than you want them to be is to completely ignore them, just pretend they don’t exist. After a few minutes they usually catch on and will give you space. Hope your next visit goes better!

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      I know I know! But it’s super HARD to ignore him when he comes thundering down at you! Especially when my friend has already said his preferred befriending method is jumping on you!

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    I feel you! I’m terrified of dogs. Like, I think they are cute and all, but I just get panicked around them. All animals actually:( I tell my parents that it’s because they never let us have pets so all animals that come up to me send of warning signs in my brain. Fighting!

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      Ooh. My parents never let me have pets either, but their reasoning I understood. They didn’t approve caging animals. Non-caging animals like cats and dogs, mom and dad both had them as pets when they were kids, and they explained how they were unable to go on trips/vacations without worrying about the pet nonstop, and it was hard to find a way to keep it fed and toilet-ed when they went to school and grandparents went for jobs. They said it was unfair for the animal.
      I think my extreme fear generated when I was a kid, a dog acted like he was harmlessly sniffing around me but actually bit me, and I had to be shot with all sorts of injections.

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        I see. For us, it was more we couldn’t afford a pet. My trauma was that there was a stray dog that roamed our apartment building and apparently camped out underneath the stairs. To little six year old me, he looked liked a huge wolf. One day while I was outside alone, it came out of its hidding place and barked at me and I ran away from it, so naturally it chased me. I ran so fast I left my sandals behind. It was so scary! I’m a little better around dogs now, but I can not stay cool around the jumping ones. My fight and flight response is always run away, hehe.

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          Oh my gods. Poor you. Yesterday the doggie chased me upstairs and I ran like my life depended on it. I still don’t know how I managed to slip inside the room and shut the door.☹️

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            Aww. I feel you. Still, hopefully you have lots of fun in your sleepover😊

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          It was! Even though they had to room-service basically everything 😅😅

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      Fighting, you too!😃

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    I’m 22 and have never been to a sleepover, so it’s okay 🙂

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      That’s SO good to know! I thought I was the only stay-at-home-ALL-the-time person😅

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        Lol, I thought I was too! That’s why your post caught my attention 😀

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          BEST thing about DB- Once you’re in, unless you behave like a dislikable person, you’ll never go out without meeting one or two like-minded peeps.
          Hell, you’ll NEVER go out once you’re in.😂😍

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