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snowgrouse

Cat and Questionnaire stuff

Sep 02, 2006 22:12

Wah. Am grumpy since 'rents are nagging about my stubborn plan to bring Noki to the UK with me. I've tried to reason with their complaints with "if you adopted a child, would you just take it back because you're moving?!?" and so on, but argh. Also, comments of "there's no-one here to take her but linda_joyce in Wales has offered, in case I can't keep her ( Read more... )

memery, the black beast of aaaaargh

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I got some of that ... quarryquest September 2 2006, 20:08:21 UTC

Whenever my hamsters die my mother is always on at me not to get another. Then it was "Why don't you wait until you've been on holiday to get one." etc.

They finally got the hint however and the small and furries have cages to stay in when I visit in all family member's households.

Keep at it, and I am sure you'll find somewhere that will allow you to keep cats when you get here.

Re: I got some of that ... snowgrouse September 2 2006, 20:11:17 UTC

The stupidest thing about it is that my parents won't have to deal with it *anyway*, and that Noki has a better chance of a good home in the UK than she does in here--nobody up here would take her. So to the UK she will go. She'll just have to learn British cat sounds...

Re: I got some of that ... linda_joyce September 2 2006, 20:56:15 UTC

Or I will have to learn to understand Finish . Noki will always be welcome here as will as will her human slave.%P

shimere277 September 2 2006, 21:43:56 UTC

Oh, I know. We're spending around $200/month to keep our cat alive. Everybody says "Why don't you put her down?" The answer is her quality of life is still pretty good as long as she gets saline injections every two days, and we've had her for 18 years, and she is family. Why don't they put their grandmothers down?

snowgrouse September 3 2006, 09:19:51 UTC

My point exactly. Pets are easier to get on with than humans, anyway...

daiseechain September 3 2006, 00:19:37 UTC

Yes, I had exactly the same argument with my parents, and then so did my sister. In the end my cat has moved countries with me twice now, and while it would have been much easier without him, he is a part of the family. You don't abandon family.

snowgrouse September 3 2006, 09:21:23 UTC

*nod* there are far too many homeless pets out there already, and for exactly the same "reasons" shallow people keep banging on about.

vilakins September 3 2006, 01:19:58 UTC

I am totally with you on Noki. She's a creature with brains, emotions, and a loving soul, and when people take animals as companions, its a commitment for life. I could never give mine away, even to a loving home.

You go, girl!

snowgrouse September 3 2006, 09:22:13 UTC

Thank you. Now to get that into my parents' heads. They're not the ones who have to cart the cat around, so it's not their problem anyway. Grr.

sallymn September 3 2006, 05:25:00 UTC

I'll be 37 omg. Tis a perfectly respectable age, I remember it... no I don't.

linda_joyce September 3 2006, 08:14:21 UTC

I have just realised that I have been in full time employment longer than Grousie has walked this Earth. Gods I'm old.

snowgrouse September 3 2006, 09:23:32 UTC

I can't wait to see what I'm like in twenty or thirty years, as I've already got the metabolism of a post-menopausal woman and the cynicism to match...