Ok, maybe I don't read enough, but I'm confused.
Why wouldn't anyone want you to get a new horse, and what business is it of anyone else?? Your parents are always involved, right?!
I absolutely think your baby needs a buddy. I had to get my new, first owned mare a rescue sheep! Sometimes my mare acts like she hates the sheep, but I catch them taking naps together all the time. So I'm glad I took the sheep in until I can build more stalls and purchase another mare. (by the way, I believe the sheep thinks she is a horse, I never dreamed she would stall up and steal hay from the wheelbarrow just like the mini's!)