My LEAST favorite comment

[jenluckenbach]

There has been a lot of people mentioning what they DON'T like to hear from their less than caring friends, relatives and aquaintances when it comes to their cats.
my personal least favorite is:
"THAT'S what happens when you have TOO many!"
(they seem to say this no matter what I say about the kitties)

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

Yeah...
I hate it when people refuse to understand that having many pets is good... (not for all people) but for me... and they should be accepting....

My family however is o.k.... with my only two...

[kimlovescats]

Oh, Jen ... I hear you loud and clear!!!! People are always just too happy to share their "genuine concern and insight" on your life!!! One of the many reasons why I prefer the company of my cats over the company of alot of people I've met!

[Logan]

Jen, I get it all the time too over my menagerie, especially from my own mother!! Where does she think I got my love for animals??? Her, of course!!!

[NoahsMommy]

I personally LOVE the look I get when I say how many we have.

I'm sorry Jen! You are a wonderful meowmee to your sweeties....just ignore their ignorance.

[Barbara]

It definitely depends on how much you care about them. The lady from whom I got Filou -she is an animal photographer and breeds only a little had at that time 5 cats (most of them neutered) and ca. 6 bunnies (and she was writing a book about them). Her house was purrfect for the animals and very tidy and clean. For me this would have been too much work.
Here at PT there are some wonderful pet mommies like you Jen and I think everybody who saw your pictures and even more people who know you personally must see how well you take care.
And under these circumstances -if you have enough room, food, time, emotional energy -12 or even 13 will have a very good life.

I know exactly what you mean !!
I hated and still hate this comment. I got it several times after Sydnye's death:
"oh, it's only a cat!!"

This is still getting me sooooo mad!!!

[Nomilynn]

I got a lot of comments about Bassett when she was sick. Mostly people said things like, "with those kinds of costs, I would have put her down"

A couple other people said I was selfish because I was doing it for me rather than her

But to them I say, LOOK AT HER NOW!!! It was all worth it, and I would do it again. I asked the vet if her quality of life was at risk, and I made sure that I made informed decisions about what to do. I hate when people make snap judgements without knowing the whole story.

[catlady1945]

Gee, you like them more than you like people. (Note: I like them more than I like SOME people)

[ScantyNebula]

It's only a cat???? What a selfish thing to say!!

Yea I mentioned to my dad that we were thinking about getting another cat soon, he's like "what do you want that for?? one not enough??" Geesh...ppl just don't get it ...

[rosethecopycat]

It's not really a comment, and I've never heard it personally, but it's a mindset:

Baby coming.

Cat going.

[K & L]

Mine is: "you must be crazy to spend all this money on cats"!

[HayleyRosie]

Originally posted by K & L
Mine is: "you must be crazy to spend all this money on cats"!

I've heard that one before as well. I have learned to let it go in one ear and out the other. My cats mean the world to be. They are my babies!

[gini]

The only explanation I have is that some people are true animal people and some people are not - and have never had a pet.

I have some dear friends in Mass. and when I visited them they apologized for their carpeting. They had just lost a beautiful Wheaton Terrier that had been very ill. The carpeting had taken a beating. But in a flash it gave me an even greater insight into their characters. They loved that dog so much and took care of him until the very end - and be damned the carpet.


And then they came to visit me and I said "let me apologize for my carpeting" I had just lost in a one year time my beautiful Magic to cancer and my calico to kidney failure. They just looked at me and smiled..............carpet is carpet........

But a well loved animal is your heart - which is never soiled!

[catmandu]

I get odd looks all the time when I tell people that I would rather have Cats than all the CDS , DVDS , Cell Phones and prefer to use the Library computer for free instead of buying one . I tell them that machines dont return the love , but that my Cats Do!I love my Cats!