farm upstate
Where pets retire
Farm upstate is a euphemism for killing a pet, from the story parents tell children that a sick or unwanted animal has gone to live on a farm in the country: We told the kids the dog went to a farm upstate.
The phrase acknowledges the lie while softening the reality of euthanasia.
Sometimes used more broadly for any convenient fiction about an unpleasant outcome.
- red barnScarlet agricultural outbuilding
- cowFemale bovine
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- agritourismTourism centered on farming
- tractor rideFarm vehicle outing
pig · field · rolling hills · agriculture · secluded area · family retreat · Catskills · maple syrup · fence · rustic charm · Hudson Valley · small towns · rural · corn · crop rotation · northern region · hay · fresh air
farm upstatestraight talk
Honest, direct communication
harsh reality · unvarnished truth · brutal honesty · no sugarcoating · telling it like it is
farm upstateeuthanized
Killed to end suffering
died · dead · put to sleep · killed · put down
farm, farms, farmed, farming, farmer, farmers, farmland, farmhouse, farmyard