Pet or Potential Spouse?
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Oh good. I'm not the only one who noticed that.
You could have saved a lot of trouble by just including a disclaimer in your first post. "Be aware that only pro feline responses will be considered valid. Any post indicating any reluctance at all to live in the same house with a cat will be roundly scrutinized and criticized."
I mean... If you didn't want any answer except your preferred answer, why did you bother asking the question?
You could have saved a lot of trouble by just including a disclaimer in your first post. "Be aware that only pro feline responses will be considered valid. Any post indicating any reluctance at all to live in the same house with a cat will be roundly scrutinized and criticized."
I mean... If you didn't want any answer except your preferred answer, why did you bother asking the question?
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I have had 4 different breeds of Cat and 2 mixed-breed cats; people would constantly tell me things they think are true of all cats and as soon as I calmly tell them what they are saying is not true of any of any the cats I've had, they get very angry. I have had people tell me they dislike cats and then they get a dog with several big personality traits similar to the cats I have/dad. Many people 
who have never owned cats and don't know much about cats as a whole tend to like to tell cat owners what all cats do and don't do.
who have never owned cats and don't know much about cats as a whole tend to like to tell cat owners what all cats do and don't do.
Stay with me here...
I love cats myself. Grew up with them all my life, always had at least one cat in the house. But some people just don't like cats, the way some people don't like meatloaf or daffodils or any other beautiful thing. Personally I don't like fruit cake, which some people find as incomprehensible as I find not liking cats. But some people just do not like cats.
If they could be left alone in their dislike of cats, all would be well and good. But cat lovers can't leave them alone. They get a lot of crap about... Well...
Yeah, this. They get a lot of junk like this from cat lovers. So they compile a litany of every bad cat experience they ever had or heard about, so they can defend their choice to not like cats against cat lovers.
It is because some people's dislike seems beyond normal and paranoid. For example, cat owners may say they prefer cats to dogs but cat haters/some dog owners will say that cats are the spawn of Satan. This actually goes back to medieval times but we are way past that now. Without doubt cats get more hate and many times this turns to abuse of cats (especially by boys shooting bb guns at them, poisoning cats, drowning cats in bags, and other abuse). If dislike of cats didnt have this edge, these people would be left alone.
I actually have allergic reactions to cats - and, that is enough to not want one...
However, there are other "practical" reasons also for not wanting a cat in the house. And, most of them have something to do with the fact that cats will walk, sit, lay, etc. all over every surface they can reach to climb on - and shed fur/hair all over it. And, my question is - why would anyone not care if a cat (or any other animal) walked all over their tables, kitchen counters, etc. (especially where food was prepared) ?????
"Holy Crap - No Thanks!"
I "get along" with cats okay - just have to limit exposure - and, in-the-house is a no-no...
I agree with @Lynx on the animals-should-be-outdoors thing.
However, there are other "practical" reasons also for not wanting a cat in the house. And, most of them have something to do with the fact that cats will walk, sit, lay, etc. all over every surface they can reach to climb on - and shed fur/hair all over it. And, my question is - why would anyone not care if a cat (or any other animal) walked all over their tables, kitchen counters, etc. (especially where food was prepared) ?????
"Holy Crap - No Thanks!"
I "get along" with cats okay - just have to limit exposure - and, in-the-house is a no-no...
I agree with @Lynx on the animals-should-be-outdoors thing.
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I can in no way understand a pet being more important than human companionship/intimacy. Can't see it biblically either. When people place animals (note: animals) above human beings I think something is seriously amiss. Potentially even idolatry.
I'm not even including intercourse in the above statement. It's a different species. It has its place and that varies for each person but it's a side quest rather than our mission here in this life.
Not to say that a person couldn't choose a pet over being married but I don't get it.
I'm not even including intercourse in the above statement. It's a different species. It has its place and that varies for each person but it's a side quest rather than our mission here in this life.
Not to say that a person couldn't choose a pet over being married but I don't get it.
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That's for sure.
I owned them all..
Often a lady liked me and asked how old my pet ________ was. Then they'd ask how long they live. (Interpretation to females......."When is your strange animal going to die?")
This question was mostly posed towards my friendly alligator. He's gone and all the rest, except my recently rehab marsupial, so it's not an issue )
Recently a Persian grad student said she liked dogs and cats best. She asked what pets I like best. I said children.
I owned them all..
Often a lady liked me and asked how old my pet ________ was. Then they'd ask how long they live. (Interpretation to females......."When is your strange animal going to die?")
This question was mostly posed towards my friendly alligator. He's gone and all the rest, except my recently rehab marsupial, so it's not an issue )
Recently a Persian grad student said she liked dogs and cats best. She asked what pets I like best. I said children.