Comments on: Disappointment and Tension https://pagentsprogress.com/?p=394 Words Are My Favorite Toys Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:39:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Shiggy https://pagentsprogress.com/?p=394#comment-1454 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:47:46 +0000 https://pagentsprogress.com/?p=394#comment-1454 My cat came with the wife nine years ago, so I didn't have much say in the matter. The cat is sufficiently nice to our kids (i.e. when my daughter was a little bit younger and would want to lay lengthwise on top of him, the cat would be ok like that for a couple of minutes at a time). But to us, he's angry and ... uh ... catty, and honestly I have more than once considered opening the door and letting him leave. Said cat is 14 years old and presumably has a few more years in him but I don't think I can take him leaving us presents in the living room on a semi-weekly basis for much longer, even when his litterbox is totally fresh. A few months ago our veterinarian gave us Valium to feed to the cat. Once per day. Honestly, it just makes him unable to walk. It's cute for a little while but when it wears off he just poops in our living room again. Anyone want a grey persian cat? My cat came with the wife nine years ago, so I didn’t have much say in the matter.

The cat is sufficiently nice to our kids (i.e. when my daughter was a little bit younger and would want to lay lengthwise on top of him, the cat would be ok like that for a couple of minutes at a time). But to us, he’s angry and … uh … catty, and honestly I have more than once considered opening the door and letting him leave. Said cat is 14 years old and presumably has a few more years in him but I don’t think I can take him leaving us presents in the living room on a semi-weekly basis for much longer, even when his litterbox is totally fresh.

A few months ago our veterinarian gave us Valium to feed to the cat. Once per day. Honestly, it just makes him unable to walk. It’s cute for a little while but when it wears off he just poops in our living room again.

Anyone want a grey persian cat?

]]> by: Betsy https://pagentsprogress.com/?p=394#comment-1434 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:20:37 +0000 https://pagentsprogress.com/?p=394#comment-1434 Earlier this year, my kids were both pestering me non-stop about wanting a dog. Didn't matter that we rent, and aren't allowed to have pets. Didn't matter that I can't get them to help around the house, and was dubious that they'd actually care for the dog (I really didn't need to have 'care for dog' added to my to-do list.) Didn't matter that no one was home all day long. They had answers for everything; and pleas that never, ever stopped. Thankfully, my ex got a dog. Now, the kids extract money *from me* to buy gifts to lavish on the dog. Do I indulge them? Uh, yeah - while I may have put my foot down consistently re. NO DOG, I still feel guilt for stomping on their poor little hearts. So the organic dog bones from the bulk food bin go into the grocery cart at New Seasons, for example... I don't have enough guilt, though, to concede to the latest pet demand: a gerbil. And I do empathize with your desire to get a dog... Earlier this year, my kids were both pestering me non-stop about wanting a dog. Didn’t matter that we rent, and aren’t allowed to have pets. Didn’t matter that I can’t get them to help around the house, and was dubious that they’d actually care for the dog (I really didn’t need to have ‘care for dog’ added to my to-do list.) Didn’t matter that no one was home all day long. They had answers for everything; and pleas that never, ever stopped.

Thankfully, my ex got a dog. Now, the kids extract money *from me* to buy gifts to lavish on the dog. Do I indulge them? Uh, yeah - while I may have put my foot down consistently re. NO DOG, I still feel guilt for stomping on their poor little hearts. So the organic dog bones from the bulk food bin go into the grocery cart at New Seasons, for example…

I don’t have enough guilt, though, to concede to the latest pet demand: a gerbil.

And I do empathize with your desire to get a dog…

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