Good to talk to people who feel the same way!

I think it's true that he wants to tease me in the first place, and then he finds it funny when I get mad (which I did, of course). It's disrespectful to me, that's one thing, but when my cats are used respectively misused for these stupid jokes, I'm getting really mad.

catcrazylady, I know exactly what you mean, my mother and Reinhold are the same! They're like "well, nothing has happened to the cat" and then they try to make me feel like an idiot to get mad over that.

My mother knows how much I love my girls, and she knows they mean the world to me, and she likes animals as well, but she never accepted the way I chose to live (rather with cats than with husband and kids). She'll never really respect my decision (and "decision" doesn't mean that I say consequently "no" to a boyfriend, it's just that I'm not looking and that I'm content to live on my own). But my mother is different, she cannot be alone, so I guess I'll always be a mystery to her. LOL I think being so "different" has a lot to do with the problems we have with each other.

Anyway, thanks for the get well wishes for my back! I've dislocated it big time yesterday when I was sneezing (!!). I saw the physiotherapist this morning but the treatment wasn't really successful. I'll go back to her on Wednesday, that's when I have my next appointment. Unfortunately, I don't have a real bathing tub, only a small one in which you can sit, and that's not very comfortable.
As long as I can sit or lie on the bed, it's not too painful, it's just that I can't stand or walk. Doing my housework these days is a bit problematic...

Thanks for listering,
Kirsten