🚀 go-pugleaf

Dorothy Marker (jwmarker@on-ramp.net) wrote:

: 	Sooo true!  Once a cat lover always a cat lover.  Without a cat, the
: cat lover is missing a major portion of his life.
: 	If your SO doesn't like the cat, dump her and search for a new SO at a
: cat show.  No one with Persians will claim allergies.
: 	The same goes for dogs, bunnies, snakes, lizards, fish, ect.

	Makes sense to me -- but let's not get *too* self-righteous about 
people who have different tastes being superior or inferior ... how about 
if we leave it at "different" until we get to know them better?
	
	Like pets:  Some people love them, some don't.  I happen to like 
dogs and lizards very much, am indifferent to fish and birds, and will 
tolerate cats.  Now, when it comes to friendships, I'm not sure what a 
person's pet has to do with anything -- until the friendship starts 
dealing with living together.  When two people live together, of course 
it's a bloody good idea to have major things in common (e.g. love of 
pets, style of transportation, *all* that stuff), because pretty much 
*anything* can conflict.

	So if I met a woman who I got interested in, who said, "Love me, 
love my cat,"  I'd tell her, "I will live with your cat.  I will always 
be nice to your cat, when I am required to be in contact.  Otherwise, the 
cat is yours to take care of and do with as you wish.  I may or may not 
grow to love it, and if it matters to you so much that you will not see 
me anymore because I don't love your cat enough, then I guess it's goodbye."

	Seem fair?  Same goes for dogs, chickens, cars, TV shows, 
computers, other friends, all that funky stuff.

								Oz