Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
Soledad...I will admit that one of the reasons I did not get a pet until my husband psuhed so hard was the fear of the inevitable loss. I have cried for every loss on Pettalk.

An age old question in any case...."tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all..."
With us it was the same. After the death of my beloved Meo (after a bad story of accident and surgeries and finally having to put her to sleep) 25 years ago I made up my mind never to have a pet anymore. My husband pushed -and so we got Tigris and Filou whom we love both as if they were children.

Now after seeing here how much support comes from all the others, I think I am a little less afraid of the moment. Here there will be people who don't say it was just a pet. I had never known how close the communication between the cats and us could get and here are many people who have that experience.

On the other hand it is true that in days like these in which so many kitties have been going to RB I cry my eyes out for them and for their purrents whose feelings I can understand too well.