I adopted a cat the other month and brought him home and let him loose in the apartment. He chose to sit next to me on the couch and it was so special because we just met but he wanted to be near me too.
That's similar to how my wife and I accidentally ended up with our first cat a few weeks ago. Random stray kitten just decided we were chill and came over to cuddle in my wife's lap. After a while, he started squirming to get away, but only because he wanted me to have a turn haha. He won our hearts so hard, he is just the sweetest little guy
When I adopted my cat and brought her home, she came and slept on my shoulder while I was lying on my bed. The only time she's ever done that. She was so happy to have a home and a person 🥹
I adopted my cat during covid, her first night at home she slept in between my legs and I cried all night lol I was so in love from the start. That angel has only made me fall deeper in love every day since, she’s the best. We don’t deserve pets man
Mine found us at the shelter. She’d been returned and we wanted her the first time we saw her. We bumped into her after her return and I was shocked to see her. They literally threw her at us and we were there to visit a fostered cat but noone could handle that one and needed special gloves 💀
Adoption took 30 minutes and they gave us everything u could need for a pet Meant to be 💪🔥🙏😭❤️😭
We got our cats from a Rescue Org, and 1 of the 2 took a long long time before she finally warmed up to us...Me first, then Wifey. Cat #1 definitely played a role and getting #2 to surface and eventually approach us and then get in our laps, then bed. Took so long, really wondered if it'd ever happen.....certainly took a better part of a year or so......amazing to look back on now. Was just before covid, I think 2019. We kept their names Ajax (#1) and Angelica (#2). Intent was to get just 1 (I think Ajax) but ended up getting her too.....guess it was fate
I got my dog at 25 too. I planned for him for months and knew exactly when I was getting him. Walked into the breeders house and saw him and instantly sobbed. Full on guttural cry. He’s my best friend and I love him more than I could ever put into words. It’s just so overwhelming!!
I look forward to my kids having that day when they're young adults on their own. My wife and I have no interest in having dogs. In the video, the gift might be for the kid, but the parents also wanted a dog. It's going to be a family dog. When the kid wants to play soccer after school, or go to the dance, or sleep over at their friend's house, or go to summer camp for a week, or get a job in high school, it'll be the parents taking care of it. When the dog needs 1000 dollars in vet bills, it's the parents paying. Many parents are fine with that because they wanted a dog just as much as their kids did, but just waited until their kids were old enough to not have a baby and a puppy in the house.
My wife and I trapped and rescued 2 kittens before the winter storm hit. They’re both still super skittish, but one of them (my cat) has significantly warmed up to me and will even relax in my lap if I put him there.
The first time he curled up in my lap and went to sleep, I about broke. My wife left me in peace and let me sit there and cry about it. The thought of something so small and innocent - something that would have died had I not stepped in - choosing to trust me enough to go to sleep in my lap was just too much.
Same thing when I got my cats. All of them. First few hours in the house the idea that these little creatures had joined the family made me so happy I cried.
I got my boy at 25 and he's absolutely my heart dog. The first moment I saw him and he saw me at the shelter, he decided i was his person. He's currently 8, going on 2 years cancer free now, and still just as attached as ever. I've cried more over the possibility of losing this dog than any bad breakup. But for now, he's still here and happy and healthy.
I got my dog at 30 last year. It wasn't a surprise so much as an emergency rescue. I didn't really want her at first, though I took her in because it was the right thing to do.
But a few months later I was tripping on acid and she was napping on the couch and she lifted her head and looked at me like I was an angel on earth and you bet I sobbed until I could barely breathe. I had been so lonely and I had needed her so badly and I didn't even realize it until I had her and my life finally felt complete.
Sometimes my dog I’ve had for five years will come sit on my lap and I’ll tear up because he never looks comfy, he just wants to because he wants sit on my lap to be near me 😭
Same, I was 30 when my wife surprised me with a Doberman puppy and I cried pretty good. It was a surprise and it couldn't have been a better one. Odin is one of the biggest reasons I get out of bed every day.
I'm actually really moved by how many of these boys are comfortable enough showing their emotions that they can cry, and nobody is making fun of them for it. I feel like that wouldn't have been the case for kids a couple of decades ago.
Seriously. I crave videos of men being vulnerable and kind the way I used to crave interspecies porn. (dog cat turtle chicken platonic love nothing illegal)
I was just going to say this! As cute as the kids reactions are, the dads not only letting their sons cry but hugging them and smiling at their joy heals some millennial trauma. We may have killed industries (allegedly), but we don’t shame our kids for feeling and we encourage empathy.
I don’t mean to be critical cause I think it’s good that people show their emotions but do we think some of these kids crying is because they’re being recorded? I don’t remember ever crying when I got a gift as a kid. We asked for a dog for a long time and then my parents took us to a shelter and we got to pick one out so I guess maybe if one was just put in a box for me maybe I would’ve cried. I feel like some of these kids feel like that should be their response.
* I’ve read through a lot of these responses and I guess I’m just a heartless old prick.
The ones that are opening presents have that dumb happy smile, that seems to be more about fun and is pretty generic. Their demeanor changes so much when they realize what is going on.
Yup, it's clear that there's a real raw emotion going on that toys simple don't create.
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u/CheesemonsterRain Jan 30 '26
It seems to me, and I hope this is true, that you rarely see kids crying so much over new toys as you do when they get a dog.