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GreenStormCloud

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36. Having a loving pet helps old people to be more healthy and live longer.

Reply to galileoreloaded (Reply #9)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 01:54 AM

Jul 2013

I am 67, and as I type this, my cat is asleep on my printer. He often seeks out the room I am in and curls up close to me. He doesn't cost much, just a few dollars a month for food. The benefit I get, and the lowered health care costs for me, are well worth it.

For many old people, our pets are our children.

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Oh fuck this. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #1

"cognitive problems" L0oniX Jul 2013 #3

Being Loony you mean? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #4

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Theyre just cat haters. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #7

And opossums and cattle exboyfil Jul 2013 #8

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Exactly! gvstn Jul 2013 #17

+1million darkangel218 Jul 2013 #18

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Pets in America. The ultimate sunk costs fallacy. Nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #9

Excuse me? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #12

We spend galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #15

Who are you to decide who or what people spend their money on?? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #16

You should responsible decide galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #19

I have no obligation to save the human first. unless i work as a first responder. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #21

So your cat is more important. Got it. Nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #23

Yah, it is. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #25

hey, that takes real guts. much respect for just admitting it. seriously. galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #26

What part dont you get it?? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #31

lol. you misunderstood. nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #32

Mine too. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #40

You know what I think is fucked up, sick and twisted? The money we spend on the fucking military Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #20

Totally agree. Nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #24

We have a lot of issues in this country. TDale313 Jul 2013 #28

i dont want to lol. galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #30

Not an either/or. But whatever. TDale313 Jul 2013 #35

Having a loving pet helps old people to be more healthy and live longer. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #36

I agree naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #11

No, you do. if thats how you feel about kittehs. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #13

Back atcha. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #22

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