catnapper
02-25-2006, 07:06 AM
Oh boy, I was ready to kill a couple teenagers last night. I worked til 9:00 last night, and hubby was out of town taking a class. It was just going to be me and the girls. So imagine my surprise when I walked in at 9:15 to a house full of BOYS I didn't know!
I was incredibly polite and didn't freak out and demand to know who these kids were and why they were in our home when neither my husband nor I were there. I simply fed the cats their nightly wet food. Things got MUCH worse at that point. The boys were amazed at all the cats that came running out to get their food, and the noise they were making as they impatiently waited for me to get that precious food into their bowls. The boys were making a lot of noise and scaring the cats. Treat time is their favorite time of day and is supposed to be stress free and enjoyable - last night was anything but for them.
Flutter is shy around strangers to start with. These boys were AMAZED at my 3-legged cat and were laughing at her. She KNEW it. She tried to slink away from the food and tried to find a hiding spot, and all these boys did was laugh and stare at her. She at one point was frozen in fear on my work table - in the back corner. I had to get a step stool out to "save her" and I tried to carry her out of the room and up to the safety of the bedroom. The boys REFUSED to move out of our way as I passed, and she took off out of my arms (scratching me up badly - which she's NEVER done) They laughed even harder to see her frantic struggle out of my arms and up the steps :mad: :mad:
She hid under the bed and wouldn't come out all night. Not even for treats :(
When I got to speak with hubby afterwards, he was furious, and screamed at the girls over the phone (go hubby!) To which they both denied inviting the boys over (they appeared outta thin air!) and they SWORE that nobody teased poor Flutter. Hubby was more upset over their treatment of Flutter than them being here (which coincidentally was I since we DO typically trust the girls.... notice I said "typically"). We trust the girls and are are very lenient with them based on that trust. For the most part they are very trustable, especially the youngest. If they had called either one of us and ASKED if their magically appearing friends could stay and watch tv, we'd have said "sure" but the fact is they didn't and they are in trouble for that.
Now if you knew the family dynamic here, I'm typically the bad guy who yells at the girls while hubby never does. Last night was very backwards around here, and I think I learned a lesson to try to ignore more events and see if hubby steps up and acts his part more often.
Whew - I feel better now. I just had to vent! Sorry this was so long :o
I was incredibly polite and didn't freak out and demand to know who these kids were and why they were in our home when neither my husband nor I were there. I simply fed the cats their nightly wet food. Things got MUCH worse at that point. The boys were amazed at all the cats that came running out to get their food, and the noise they were making as they impatiently waited for me to get that precious food into their bowls. The boys were making a lot of noise and scaring the cats. Treat time is their favorite time of day and is supposed to be stress free and enjoyable - last night was anything but for them.
Flutter is shy around strangers to start with. These boys were AMAZED at my 3-legged cat and were laughing at her. She KNEW it. She tried to slink away from the food and tried to find a hiding spot, and all these boys did was laugh and stare at her. She at one point was frozen in fear on my work table - in the back corner. I had to get a step stool out to "save her" and I tried to carry her out of the room and up to the safety of the bedroom. The boys REFUSED to move out of our way as I passed, and she took off out of my arms (scratching me up badly - which she's NEVER done) They laughed even harder to see her frantic struggle out of my arms and up the steps :mad: :mad:
She hid under the bed and wouldn't come out all night. Not even for treats :(
When I got to speak with hubby afterwards, he was furious, and screamed at the girls over the phone (go hubby!) To which they both denied inviting the boys over (they appeared outta thin air!) and they SWORE that nobody teased poor Flutter. Hubby was more upset over their treatment of Flutter than them being here (which coincidentally was I since we DO typically trust the girls.... notice I said "typically"). We trust the girls and are are very lenient with them based on that trust. For the most part they are very trustable, especially the youngest. If they had called either one of us and ASKED if their magically appearing friends could stay and watch tv, we'd have said "sure" but the fact is they didn't and they are in trouble for that.
Now if you knew the family dynamic here, I'm typically the bad guy who yells at the girls while hubby never does. Last night was very backwards around here, and I think I learned a lesson to try to ignore more events and see if hubby steps up and acts his part more often.
Whew - I feel better now. I just had to vent! Sorry this was so long :o