Originally posted by Cataholic


Do you really think disliking snakes is the same thing as disliking children? I am one of the first to admit I am over the top with my love for cats. I **could** talk cats all day long, if I found someone to listen to me But, I do recognize a difference between children and cats. To say, "I dislike cats" is really not on the level with "I dislike children". Is it just a different value system? I don't know. But, without my armchair psychology book here at work, I imagine there is more to your dislike of children then the status of the world's population.

I totally agree with that. I too, know that I go overboard with my love for birds.......even cats. I talk about them all the time. I know some of my friends share my love for animals and enjoy my stories about them, but I also have friends who don't share my love for animals. I may not talk to them *as much* about my birds, but I *still* do, and they appreciate it, and say nice things, even though they don't feel the same about animals as I do.

I have a friend who has a 2 year old brother that she just ADORES. She talks about him ALL the time, and there are times when I wish she would stop, but I still respond respectfully, and say nice things about her brother. That is just how I feel friends should be. I could never imagine having a friend who would break up with me whenever I get children, because she didn't want my children to have a part in the friendship. I would hate to have a friend that would eventually break the friendship by letting me know my kids weren't welcome around them, whenever I have kids. That is just so harsh and mean in my opinion.

Not everyone likes the same things. Still, like Johanna, I don't believe you can compare dislike for an animal to disliking kids. Disliking an animal is something everyone does. Most people have animals they truely, do not like. Disliking children, however, can equate to disliking yourself. You were a child once.........and Wolfchan, you, were VERY recently, a child. Do you dislike your entire life now because you were a child during most of it? Again, I can understand not loving kids, but really disliking them, or having a grudge against them just for the fact that they are young humans is sad.