It's easy to see from your post how much you love Ocular already! And he seems to be happy that he found you as a friend he can trust!

It's so wonderful that you're going to bring him home and hopefully everything work out fine with him and your furry gang.

As far as your current step-dad goes... Hard to believe that people can see it that way, it's that kind of ignorance that upsets me, too. But we can't do anything else but not to listen to this kind of people, because they will never change, and arguing with them is only wasted energy (I know how you feel because I have to deal with people like that myself).

However, a speedy recovery to Ocular!!

Kirsten