Where once I felt very protective as a pet owner, I now felt it was necessary to protect my human baby from my cat baby. And I didn't expect how sad that would make me feel.
pets
cats
Every morning, at 4:30 am, like clockwork, my stupid effing cat starts mrowling and screeching like a banshee.
cats
FATTY MCBUTTERPANTS, you guys.
cats
While I hope everyone seriously considers adopting their next pet from a shelter, no one talks about how difficult it can be to raise a shelter pet or a pet that is the product of an abusive previous home life.
cats
You have your baby, and I have mine.
cats
He doesn’t adore me, unconditionally or otherwise, but that hasn’t stopped me from developing feelings for him. Feelings I’ve never felt for a cat before.
cat ladies
Friday morning I went to check on my cat Rufus, who had been fighting a serious illness for the past few months, but who we thought was getting better. He wasn't better.
cat acceptance
I have spent the past several days giving food to a cat that doesn’t want it, and on the scale of difficulty, this ranks somewhere between assembling a different IKEA desk once every hour or so all day long, and performing brain surgery on yourself.
pets
Once she ran across my entire apartment to claw my mother-in-law’s hand for no reason.
cats
Just so you know, this entire article is just an excuse to post gratuitous pictures of my cat wearing clothes.
panic attacks
Panic attacks aren't fun. But they can be funny.
motherhood
My family fantasy centered around me, a feminist dude partner, and two adopted daughters that I could call Mary and Margot after my favorite lady monarchs. Our home would ooze estrogen and empowered ladyhood.
cats
I think it’s reasonable to admit that things are Not Going Well.
pets
I don't live beyond my means, but my cats do.
babies
24 hours after we got the baby, I realized I had yet to feed/think about/look at/or talk to the previous vortex of our household's love and attention.
pets
I can reduce myself to tears simply by imagining any combination of my pets past or present bravely traversing the wilderness searching for me out of loyalty, love and devotion.
pets
I'm going to get all Crazy Cat Lady on your ass for a moment so just be cool.
animal death
My dead cat is more popular than cancer, but he deserves it.
adoption
When it’s been emotionally or financially taxing, I’ve still felt nothing but extraordinarily fortunate to share my home with such wonderful friends.
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Relationships,
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animal death,
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depression,
finding the hope in the sadness,
grief,
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loss,
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senior pets
May 8, 2012 at 11:00am | 86 comments
pets
How does one keep the pet stank out of the house, anyway?
cats
I do not cry into their fur at night about my single-woman status. I do not dress them up in bonnets.
cats
If I describe someone as a weird, old cat lady, it conjures up a specific image, but cat gentleman? Cat man? I’ve got nothing.
