I never got that. When I was born, my parents had cats; it was awesome, I had two feline buddies I grew up with.
My kids have grown up with animals and for my oldest, his interactions with the budgie were amazing: he hardly spoke to people and flipped out when stressed, but he and the bird had this trust for one another and she'd sit on his finger.
And my youngest? I have never known a little guy who adores cats like he does. It's the coolest thing ever.
And both of them know about going to rescue operations and not petshops, and that "Santa doesn't give live animals as presents because animals and people aren't things" and in turn, the animals really like the kids. We're living with my Mum at the moment, and her dog and my oldest have this spooky connection and they're just really relaxed with one another.
Honestly, if people have the time and the interest, I'd recommend having pets in the house as well as small people.
I still remember this LJ drive where this poor dude was getting harassed by his horrible pregnant wife about how he had to ditch their cats by a certain time period or she would have them euthanised because she was having a baby and apparently she couldn't do that with cats around, so we were signal boosting in the hope that the cats would find a home.
Though frankly, I'd have ditched any partner who made threats in earnest to kill my pets if I didn't get rid of them. Not just disturbing on the animals-are-not-disposable level, but in terms of control-freakism and all the rest of it, I dunno, I find that sort of behaviour really disturbing.
I agree. I'm so excited for our (in constant need of attention) cats to have another person to love and care for them, and for our child to learn how to be gentle and all of that good stuff.
That's horrible. And frankly, emotionally abusive. Ugh.
My kids have grown up with animals and for my oldest, his interactions with the budgie were amazing: he hardly spoke to people and flipped out when stressed, but he and the bird had this trust for one another and she'd sit on his finger.
And my youngest? I have never known a little guy who adores cats like he does. It's the coolest thing ever.
And both of them know about going to rescue operations and not petshops, and that "Santa doesn't give live animals as presents because animals and people aren't things" and in turn, the animals really like the kids. We're living with my Mum at the moment, and her dog and my oldest have this spooky connection and they're just really relaxed with one another.
Honestly, if people have the time and the interest, I'd recommend having pets in the house as well as small people.
I still remember this LJ drive where this poor dude was getting harassed by his horrible pregnant wife about how he had to ditch their cats by a certain time period or she would have them euthanised because she was having a baby and apparently she couldn't do that with cats around, so we were signal boosting in the hope that the cats would find a home.
Though frankly, I'd have ditched any partner who made threats in earnest to kill my pets if I didn't get rid of them. Not just disturbing on the animals-are-not-disposable level, but in terms of control-freakism and all the rest of it, I dunno, I find that sort of behaviour really disturbing.
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That's horrible. And frankly, emotionally abusive. Ugh.
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