Help me with a comeback...

[Catty1]

Here's an oldie and perfect one: "What about the way to a man's heart is through his stomach???" (get in line, buddy! lol)

[katladyd]

If all they love me for is food, explain this to me; why is Mac sitting in the window every night when I come home? Not sometimes, EVERY night! My son does most of the feeding in our house, so it's not food. Both of my cats will lay by your side when you are really sick and refuse to move until they know you are better. How many times have they sensed I was sad and came over and sat in my lap and purrred and purred. We need pets, and they need us. It's about food sometimes, but there is also a lot of love being shared.

[bleupurrs]

"When ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise"

This also is true when people argue about religion or politics...

[aTailOf2Kitties]

there have been numerous studies on this very subject, believe it or not. I remember at one point it was determined that a cat wasn't being affectionate unless it rubbed against you with certain parts of its body (I can't remember which). Other parts were just scent marking.

....so I do see where the guy is coming from. He probably saw the same show about it that I did. That was years and years ago though. The whole show pretty much said that the cats were manipulating us for their own personal gain.

[RICHARD]

hehehehe,
I have a rude comeback but will not post it....

Ignore him, when it comes to defending yourself?

When he says something say, "O.K." then drop the subject.

He'll get the idea one way or another-should he try to bait you into answering? Don't give him an inch.

People that do not want to let a subject die are very passionate (or mean) about the topic. This dude sounds like he's a bobo and does it to get under your skin.

Don't even patronize him wth a smart arse answer.

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If Ed is manipulating me to get food?

I would love to see him open his own cans! Seriously?

It's a nice 'give and take' situation here.


He gets fed, I clean up his box and hairballs.


Plus, I have someone to talk to that isn't a smart arse.

[Queen of Poop]

Maybe he needs a cat of his own to find out for sure!

[Freedom]

A priest at one church I attended followed the religious teaching, and insisted to all of us pet owners in the pews that our pets were animals acting on instinct, nothing more.

So we pet owners stopped attending Mass when he was scheduled, as it was just instinct not to attend to someone we didn't like.

The other priest, as well as the pastor, would always clarify, "the official church teaching is . . . "

So of the 3, guess which one had never owned a pet in his life? Yup, the first one.

But you say your guy HAS owned pets. Um . . . I don't get it! It should be obvious at that point!