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People who think that having a cat is the same thing as having kids.
How is it any different though, in the natural cycle of things? It's differently emotionaly but that's all. We are all, in reality, just animals..
Are you seriously asking how having a kid and having a cat are different? If you honestly believe there is no difference, there is nothing left to be said.
People who think it is ok to just walk up and rub your belly. I am talking about people you know and even complete strangers.
Probably it's a good thing old women can't get pregnant. If someone even looked like they were going to try this, they'd lose a hand.
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Originally Posted by num1baby
People who think that having a cat is the same thing as having kids.
I don't mind so much the people who truly believe this because...well, delusional people are just so flippin' cute. It's the people who say junk like that just to be confrontational that get the eyes to rolling. It's just neither cute nor necessary.
Method of conception? Why would anyone EVER ask that? What kind of moron do you have to be? Seriously. Do they need a video? That's just a whole new level of stupidity and rudeness.
Oh honey. Have twins sometime. "Are they natural?" "Did you use drugs?" "Did you use that frozen sperminator thing?" "Do twins mean you did it twice in one night?"
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Originally Posted by maciesmom
That actually happens pretty regularly. It's usually said something like this: "Wow! You sure it's not twins? Or more?" "Really? Are you SURE???? It sure looks like there's more than one in there to me..."
But it's so much fun when it's a stranger and you can say "well, yeah, there are two in there, actually." Because they thought they were being supremely snarkwitty, and you've just demoted them to Captain Obvious.
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"Haven't you had that baby YET?" is always a fun one. Just what you want to hear when it already feels like you're 14 months pregnant, can't wear shoes because your feet are so swollen and your back hurts all the time. Yes, thanks for noticing that, no, I have NOT yet had this baby.
Just once, I wish I had said "why, yes, in fact, I have. I'm just fat now."
How is it any different though, in the natural cycle of things? It's differently emotionaly but that's all. We are all, in reality, just animals.
I have had cats and dogs, but currently have cats. I adore my cats. But (just for a start, and because it keeps boredom at bay to occasionally play along with silly games)...
My children do not leave me feathered and furred presents on the doorstep. If they did, I would have to check our insurance coverage for therapy coverage.
My cat does not require a nutritious range of selected food, sometimes packed into travel-sized portions. He supplements the rodents and bluejays with kibble.
I cannot leave my children home with a dish of food and a big bowl of water if we go out of town overnight.
If the cats desire to leave the house at 3AM, it means they have to pee or hear an interesting citrus rat in the yard. Should the local teenagers desire to exit the house at 3AM, I doubt it would involve the same reasoning.
My cat does not require an education. And though he's pretty bright, I have never gotten into discussions with others about whether homeschooling gifted felines provides adequate stimulus for them.
My cats will not be in charge of picking out my nursing home.
My cats do not require careful moral and ethical guidance, in hopes that they will not end up being serial killers, welfare cheats, or just garden variety a**hats.
Acquiring my cats involved writing a check for seventy bucks to a rescue. Acquiring my children, while initially far more pleasant, took a whole lot longer, a lot more money, and for awhile, mirrored a nice vacation in the tenth ring of Hell-- a place of which Dante never dreamed, but with which Mrs. Alighieri was no doubt passing familiar.
I have had cats and dogs, but currently have cats. I adore my cats. But (just for a start, and because it keeps boredom at bay to occasionally play along with silly games)...
My children do not leave me feathered and furred presents on the doorstep. If they did, I would have to check our insurance coverage for therapy coverage.
My cat does not require a nutritious range of selected food, sometimes packed into travel-sized portions. He supplements the rodents and bluejays with kibble.
I cannot leave my children home with a dish of food and a big bowl of water if we go out of town overnight.
If the cats desire to leave the house at 3AM, it means they have to pee or hear an interesting citrus rat in the yard. Should the local teenagers desire to exit the house at 3AM, I doubt it would involve the same reasoning.
My cat does not require an education. And though he's pretty bright, I have never gotten into discussions with others about whether homeschooling gifted felines provides adequate stimulus for them.
My cats will not be in charge of picking out my nursing home.
My cats do not require careful moral and ethical guidance, in hopes that they will not end up being serial killers, welfare cheats, or just garden variety a**hats.
Acquiring my cats involved writing a check for seventy bucks to a rescue. Acquiring my children, while initially far more pleasant, took a whole lot longer, a lot more money, and for awhile, mirrored a nice vacation in the tenth ring of Hell-- a place of which Dante never dreamed, but with which Mrs. Alighieri was no doubt passing familiar.
Oh honey. Have twins sometime. "Are they natural?" "Did you use drugs?" "Did you use that frozen sperminator thing?" "Do twins mean you did it twice in one night?"
Best thing on this thread:
"Do twins mean you did it twice in one night?"
That's just a whole new level of stupid!
And a frozen sperminator thing? LOL Yup, right after I got my turkey baster out at Thanksgiving.
Natural? Natural what? Humans? Nope, only aliens are born as twins.
Just once, I wish I had said "why, yes, in fact, I have. I'm just fat now."
I told some lady at the grocery store who was annoying me that I wasn't pregnant and pretended to get super offended. So sick of people thinking just because you are pregnant you suddenly want everyone to tell you how pregnant you look and ask you questions that are none of their business. If I wasn't pregnant these people would never even say hi but, because I'm pregnant they want to interrupt my day and start trying to play 20 questions. Go have your own baby shoo shoo.
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