Cats are merely kid replacements...

I guess the reason I have...we have...all our cats is somewhat of a kid replacement...for now. We've only been married for two years and we're nowhere near ready to even think about the two-legged variety.

As far as other people are concerned, I don't care what they think. I assume you have to have that opinion if you have eight cats though. ;)

It is really no one's business whether anyone has kids or not. Its a personal decision. I'm a bit bitter regarding this issue because if we do have children, we want to adopt. I can't tell you how many people are negative towards that...so they can all go away and mind their own business for all I care. Becides, is there some rule that says you have to have kids once married???

hee hee....OK, rant over!! ;)

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Originally posted by Lizz
:) Our 22 cats/kittens, 2 boys at the bridge and 2 dogs are not 2 footed replacements for children they are our family,

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Welcome to Pet Talk :D

Are you the same Liz who is looking her furkids, Salem and Bandit ?

I ask as there can not be many people, who are able to open their hearts and homes to 22 kitties and you live in Scotland too ;)

I don't really know how to answer that except to say I have 3 kids, and 4 grandchildren. I have my cats, dogs, bird, monkey, and horse.

My Grover is one of my children! No replacement, the fact is Grover is my baby and I am her mom. Simple as that! She is with me all the time, she gives me love. What more could I ask for? I don't have to worry about her getting married and moving out, now do I? She is here to stay, if she goes..I go. So if hubby says she gotta go, I say bye bye hubby, see you never! Love me, Love my Grover! Hate Grover, hate me.

So are cats a mere kid replacement for me? What do you think?

Willie

This is so interesting to me! I know I have already posted once but why is it that people tend to look down on you if you choose not have children and pity you if can't???
With my second marriage I got 3 grown kids and now I get the pleasure of being a grandma when I want to be. I'm very happy with the way my life turned out!
I love my cats! Not only do I get the pleasure of their love in return but I also have the satisfaction of knowing that I have saved the lives of 9 kitties that had they been left alone and lived, would have gone on to create hundreds more kitties. It is a small dent in comparison to the huge overall problem, but it does make a difference. Just because I don't have kids does not mean that I haven't done something very important in my life! I'm not done yet either!
PEOPLE...DON'T PITY ME BECAUSE MY KIDS HAVE FUR INSTEAD OF SKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LIKE IT THIS WAY!!!!!!!!

Sorry but I had to unload that.

I heard that so offen but, let them think what they want about me, I know the truth.

The first year I was with my now husband, his mother tried to tell him that because I had so many pets it meant I wanted children. It took me months to get it through his thick head that was not the case at all. Deep down I thinks he belive it, a little. Of course sense he been in my life he has added 20 more pets to the mix, maybe he's the one who wants children. LOL ;) ;)

I have my babies because I love them and have always had a pet, even in college I had cats, so for me not having a fur-baby is just not normal. There was a time for about 2 years I had no pets and I hated it, it just didn't seem right to me. My home was not a home then, just a empty house where I lived.

Yes they filll a empty spot in my life but not as a child but as what makes my life whole and normal. A house is not a HOME without a pet in it, at Least for me. I don't want to live in just a house again.....I want to live in a HOME!:D

Since I've never married and haven't ever had children, I think of my cats as my furry children. I even tell this to people.:) My family has finally accepted the fact that the only children in my life will be cats.
Some people at work have said that I'm still young enough to have a child. I tell them no thank you. If I had wanted to have a child, I would have had one when I was in my twenties. I also don't believe in having children out of wedlock.

I'm very proud to be a cat mother and to know that I've rescued 5 cats so far. I can't even picture my life without at least one cat in it.:)

Fox-Gal, you said it! They are not mere replacements. I, like you have always had pets from the time I can remember. They complete my life and fill a place in my heart that would otherwise be empty. Like you said they make a house a home. What is in a home? Love...What make a home? Love...They warm our heats, and they warm our souls. What a beautiful life they have given us. People who don't have pets, I feel sorry for them. They are missing out on so much.

So drat to all the people who don't understand!!!!!

Willie

well I opted for the full package deal, the kids, the husband and the furkids, and I would not have it any other way, all are very special and unique in their own way, and all feature my life very much, my cats never answer back, are always there for me, so they have a very special place in my life, when I am feeling down or low, they are always there for me, they don't suffer the same stresses as we humans, so my furbabies have that magic quality, that helps make me feel better.,that really no human can do.

I would not be without any one of my family, I love them all unconditonally, and they mean the world to me, furbabies and all.:)

Just my opinion but whether cats are a substitute for children, it does not matter, whatever gives you pleasure and happiness in life is all that really matters.;)

All my friends from Highschool all have a kid or 2, when They ask if Im having a baby soon I say I already have 3, with kittys they clean themselfs, and you can go 2 the store without having either a babysitter or packing them with you. My kitties are my babies, when people ask my mom is she is a grandma she says, yes to 3 fur balls lol :D

Well, no one accuses me of that since I have a child...but I am referred to as the crazy cat lady. lol. My family always lectures me that I'm out of hand with the "whole animal thing".

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Originally posted by trayi52
So drat to all the people who don't understand!!!!!

Willie

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:D :D :D so right :D :D :D

I don't undrstand it my self, about my love for my cat or dog! But a woman said I should not own a cat here at PetTalk and I hate her with a passion! The same as I felt when my ex- mother -in law that attacked me about my skin child! I love my Sunny as I love my daughter that has no fur. I'm really quite easily upset when somone says any thing bad about my cat and me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never knew this about my self.

No one has suggested that my cat is a substitute for a child except my boyfriend. He is not my boyfriend anymore. :p

However, most of the people in my VERY LARGE family who have cats also have children. Me, I'm doing a lot better as an aunt than I would as a mother.

Liz :cool:

WOW!!! I really loved reading each and every post...how very interesting and emotional...

No doubt, our cats are important members of our homes and hearts and we love them for what they are: CATS!!! (And we don't want it any other way!!!)

No matter how someone else is looking at us and judging us they can never change that special bond we have with our furkids!!! And it's true, they make our lives complete...

At first, I just wanted animals because that's what a house WAS to me. My parents have always had animals. I couldn't imagine getting into bed without a kitty at my feet. (or side, or face, or hogging my pillow... :D )

But I keep getting more pets. I want a baby... WE want a baby. So we have other babies to baby until we are blessed with a human... I won't stop loving my other babies, but I think the constant little additions will stop. (except for a dog... as SOON as we have a house we're getting one!)