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  1. 12-15-2006, 03:46 PM #1
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    Aren't we a little old for this?

    Just curious if anyone else has had this sort of reaction. I was being introduced to a group of students more or less my age, when my introducer mentioned that I was 'animal crazy' and totally into my pets, and one of them asked "Aren't you a little old for that stuff?"

    This isn't the first time someone has tried to make me feel really loving animals and being very devoted to pets is something one should outgrow, and that things like dogs are not appropriate adult interests. Has anyone else come across this?


    It's beside the point, but my favorite part was that the person who said it was wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants shirt.
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  2. 12-15-2006, 03:53 PM #2
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    Exactly! I completely understand.

    Those are the kind of people that make me giggle on the inside and it takes a lot not to laugh right then and there.
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    I totally understand...

    Loving pets is not just for a childhood thing- and those of us older, it turns into a passion that lasts our entire lifetime!!!!
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    borzoimomLoving pets is not just for a childhood thing- and those of us older, it turns into a passion that lasts our entire lifetime!!!!

    My thoughts exactly Michelle!!!!! To tell you all the truth I would rather spend time with my Collies than some of the people I know around me.
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    Aren't we a little old for this?

    Thank you I know I love my time with my babies way more than I with Two Legged Idiots.. Getting to old My &%*#@..
    Quote Originally Posted by MajesticCollies
    My thoughts exactly Michelle!!!!! To tell you all the truth I would rather spend time with my Collies than some of the people I know around me.

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    Some people don't know what they're missing. Why on earth would having pets have anything to do with age.
    Today in Walmart I heard one lady say to another, "do you think it would be dumb if I get my cat a Christmas present?" I heard this as I was loading up my cart with yet more presents for the furkids and fish. Then I came home and called Foster and Smith.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MajesticCollies

    To tell you all the truth,
    I would rather spend time with my Collies than some of the people I know around me.




    Oh, MY thoughts, exactly!!
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    My response would be, "You say I'm animal crazy like it's a BAD thing."

    Some people just don't get it. I have absolutely NO time for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MajesticCollies
    To tell you all the truth I would rather spend time with my Collies than some of the people I know around me.
    OMG, I think this every day when I come home from work

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    Stupid, stupid people who will never understand our "childish passion for pets"
    I'm so tired of them.

    If being "animal crazy" is childish, then I want to be a child forever.
    Lola, the mutt, 2 years old

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    "CRAZY" hey?? Well, tell them I am happily crazy!!
    I miss you enormously Sydney, Maya, Inka & Zazou Be happy there at the Rainbow Bridge
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophist

    It's beside the point, but my favorite part was that the person who said it was wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants shirt.
    *bursts out laughing*!!!!!

    Eh, if someone hasn't got time for animals, I haven't got time for them. Our lives as PTers would be better if they just stayed at home watching SpongeBob Squarepants all alone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anita Cholaine

    If being "animal crazy" is childish, then I want to be a child forever.
    (claps loudly)
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