My uncle kept pushing and pushing and finally I just snapped and said We did . It died . I ' m really sorry for your loss and am kind of an airhead , but were you talking about the ferret or a miscarriage ? <| sep |> I don ' t celebrate Thanksgiving but I ' m having a Pizza today . <| sep |> I ' ve had to take care of my much younger sisters for 8 years . One of my best friends was in what sounds like a broadly similar situation , her dad died when she was young and then her mom met a new guy and essentially abandoned them , leaving her to take care of her sister and brother so mom could focus on the new family . That ' s probably the most unfair thing you can push on a kid , essentially parenting their siblings . She absolutely refuses to consider the possibility of having kids of her own and I don ' t blame her at all . Sorry you hadhave to go through that .