How you value your life.....a discussion

[slick]

I just got back from a really nice Christmas dinner with my family. Everything was humming along just fine until my niece asked me a question. She's 22 and has travelled the globe and is very up on current events and very intelligent. We were talking about the difference between Pet Parents and Pet Owners. (They have two cats BTW)

She said "If you had a choice of having a broken leg or seeing one of your pets die, which would you choose?"

I replied that it's an unfair question because no one would ever be in a situation that they would have a choice. She rephrased the question.

"Would you risk your life and run across the path of an oncoming car to save your cat's life?" Without hesitation I said "Absolutely!"

She then said "So your pet's life is worth more than yours?" I said that our lives were just as important but I would without a doubt choose to risk death in order to save the life of one of my pets. She said she didn't understand that logic.

When I told her that Max and Speckles were my children, she again said she just didn't understand.

Folks....this is why I don't talk about my relationship with my pets to anyone except you. I value my life but not as much as I value the lives of my pets. Am I wrong??