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What the hell I don't come on HN to cry. WHAT IS THIS?!

by arcboii92 7y ago

casefields 7y ago
I've got an older dog and it got me too. That was quite a touching piece.
- kwhitefoot 7y ago
  I haven't even got a dog and I don't like them much; still touched me.
- _eric 7y ago
  Pretty much when I finished reading it I got the news that my old dog had died. We were kind of waiting for it already, but it still hurts. The article timing couldn't be better. Definitely a touching piece.
dwd 7y ago
I wasn't planning to read it until I saw your comment, got me as well. I have an older dog who's hips are starting to pain her.
- goda90 7y ago
  Give her massages! I've had even young dogs absolutely melt with joy from a good hip massage.
  - dwd 7y ago
    Good way to get nipped when she's nearly due for another anti-inflamatory injection. She'll accept a day long head massage though.
deedree 7y ago
Tears flowing down my face. Didn't see that coming.
- puranjay 7y ago
  I'm glad I always read the comments before reading the articles on HN. I've had dogs all 30 years of my life. I'm not reading this. Nope.
dsfyu404ed 7y ago
I had the exact opposite reaction. The details the author includes and the way he tells the story conjures up an image in my mind of the kind of person I want nothing to do with. The whole article reads like a submarine advertisement about how the author checks all the boxes a stereotypical millennial urbanite is supposed to check.
- YinglingLight 7y ago
  This is a "coming of age story". For late 20-somethings. ...No wonder it resonates here.
goda90 7y ago
I had to close the article. I went with my future in-laws and future wife to put down their dog just a week before our wedding. Now we have our own not-quite 2 year old dog and a 7 month puppy. I had to take the older to the vet this morning to be put under for x-rays and potentially pulling a tooth, and it brought back strong memories of putting down my wife's dog. I'm hopeful for a long good life with these two dogs, but I already dread the day I have to let them go.
- larrydag 7y ago
  While it's a tough process I believe it helps prepare us in life for the big tragedies of having to let go of close loved ones. Whether they are 2 legged or 4 legged. It's better to love and lost then to never have loved at all.

What the hell I don't come on HN to cry. WHAT IS THIS?!

casefields 7y ago

I've got an older dog and it got me too. That was quite a touching piece.

kwhitefoot 7y ago
I haven't even got a dog and I don't like them much; still touched me.
_eric 7y ago
Pretty much when I finished reading it I got the news that my old dog had died. We were kind of waiting for it already, but it still hurts. The article timing couldn't be better. Definitely a touching piece.

dwd 7y ago

I wasn't planning to read it until I saw your comment, got me as well. I have an older dog who's hips are starting to pain her.

goda90 7y ago
Give her massages! I've had even young dogs absolutely melt with joy from a good hip massage.
- dwd 7y ago
  Good way to get nipped when she's nearly due for another anti-inflamatory injection. She'll accept a day long head massage though.

deedree 7y ago

Tears flowing down my face. Didn't see that coming.

puranjay 7y ago
I'm glad I always read the comments before reading the articles on HN. I've had dogs all 30 years of my life. I'm not reading this. Nope.

dsfyu404ed 7y ago

I had the exact opposite reaction. The details the author includes and the way he tells the story conjures up an image in my mind of the kind of person I want nothing to do with. The whole article reads like a submarine advertisement about how the author checks all the boxes a stereotypical millennial urbanite is supposed to check.

YinglingLight 7y ago
This is a "coming of age story". For late 20-somethings. ...No wonder it resonates here.

goda90 7y ago

I had to close the article. I went with my future in-laws and future wife to put down their dog just a week before our wedding. Now we have our own not-quite 2 year old dog and a 7 month puppy. I had to take the older to the vet this morning to be put under for x-rays and potentially pulling a tooth, and it brought back strong memories of putting down my wife's dog. I'm hopeful for a long good life with these two dogs, but I already dread the day I have to let them go.

larrydag 7y ago
While it's a tough process I believe it helps prepare us in life for the big tragedies of having to let go of close loved ones. Whether they are 2 legged or 4 legged. It's better to love and lost then to never have loved at all.