Reply to: Our cat died

[NotAllThere]

I dont think I will show that to Mrs BP!!!

I wouldn't.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat- our exhaustive research uncovered two.

I feel a bit nauseous - but it helps if you think of cat as just a bunny with sharp teeth, small ears, and a bad attitude.

[NotAllThere]

Of course cats should be let out. They're not pets, for heaven's sake. They need to roam, torture the local wildlife, crap on lawns etc. It's unnatural to keep them in.

[BrilloPad]

So sorry to hear this Brillo

We have 3 cats and me and the hubby would be utterly devastated if anything ever happened to any of them.


I dont mean to kick you when you're down, but I just can't understand why people let their cats out. We'd never let ours outside - anything could happen to them, and often does I would be pacing the floor until they came back!

Mrs BP thinks cats should be let out. Do you want me to argue with her?

I know my place......

[BrilloPad]

Sorry for your loss. This might give you some closure:

http://www.ooze.com/ooze13/cats.html

I dont think I will show that to Mrs BP!!!

[PRC1964]

I still miss my dog...

Keep practising. Your aim will improve eventually.

[dezze]

oh ffs. I like cats. But they don't live for ever, and they're not people. The way you're all going on here, you'd think you were a bunch of sentimental dog lovers.

I still miss my dog...

[NotAllThere]

This thread is making me so sad

I'm going to load my little Portia up as my avatar for a while to cheer all us cat lovers up x x x x

oh ffs. I like cats. But they don't live for ever, and they're not people. The way you're all going on here, you'd think you were a bunch of sentimental dog lovers.

[Ruprect]

Sorry for your loss. This might give you some closure:

http://www.ooze.com/ooze13/cats.html

[kookachoo]

Can't wait to get home and say hello to my cat... even though he's in his wooden box by the front door... he was my mate, I was devistated when he had to be put down.. I'm almost having a cry at my desk

[TykeMerc]

This thread is making me so sad

I'm going to load my little Portia up as my avatar for a while to cheer all us cat lovers up x x x x

Have you been putting your pussy in the nuclear reactor again? It appears to be luminescing.

[SallyAnne]

sympathies for your loss

my cat has run away - he occasionally comes back at about 9.00 in the evening

I think someone else is feeding him as he sometimes appears with a friend.

to be honest we have not got a cat flap and I think he got bored being either stuck in the house or locked out of the house while we were all at work.

I did lose 2 cats to the road when i was younger - was gutted for days.

This thread is making me so sad

I'm going to load my little Portia up as my avatar for a while to cheer all us cat lovers up x x x x

[original PM]

sympathies for your loss

my cat has run away - he occasionally comes back at about 9.00 in the evening

I think someone else is feeding him as he sometimes appears with a friend.

to be honest we have not got a cat flap and I think he got bored being either stuck in the house or locked out of the house while we were all at work.

I did lose 2 cats to the road when i was younger - was gutted for days.

[SallyAnne]

So sorry to hear this Brillo

We have 3 cats and me and the hubby would be utterly devastated if anything ever happened to any of them.


I dont mean to kick you when you're down, but I just can't understand why people let their cats out. We'd never let ours outside - anything could happen to them, and often does I would be pacing the floor until they came back!

[DaveB]

Very sorry about the cat BP.

Even the most anti-social ones get under your skin more than you realise.

Maybe Mostyn need the insurance payout to pay for his Catnip habit...

[expat]

At least it was you that was there first.

Funny thing, grief. It catches you unawares.

I saw some Whitby jet jewellery in a steam railway souvernier shop the other day. I've sort of been looking for some for my Mum for about 25 to 30 years, ever since she said she liked it. Not actively looking, just a mental Post-It note at the back of my mind.

I saw this tray of gems on the counter and instantly collapsed in floods of tears; I sobbed like a child for about five minutes and there was nothing I could do so stop it.

I'd found her jewellery five months too late.

Give Mrs BP another cuddle. Just in case.

I have had experiences like this, where a small trigger to a memory makes you dissolve in helpless tears. I can only think that it is a safety mechanism where you don't do all your grief at once, because it would be too much, but save some of it for later.