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SheilaT

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7. I have had cats in my past and I will have them again.

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 08:18 PM

Jan 2015

Right now I'm doing too much travelling to have animals.

I have also told my sons that if I eventually need to go into a home, they must promise to put me in one that has resident cats.

I do very much hope that this woman is planning ahead just in case her cat outlives her. When I did volunteer work at an animal shelter, the saddest situations were the ones where a person had had a cat (and all the cases I recall there were two cats) and then died or went into a nursing home and there was no one willing or able to take them in.

When I do resume being a crazy cat lady, I am going to adopt the oldest cats they have, because so many prefer a young cat, or worse yet kittens.

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I have had cats in my past and I will have them again. SheilaT Jan 2015 #7

I adopted two older cats hifiguy Jan 2015 #8

I understand why you might feel that way. SheilaT Jan 2015 #10

From the article... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #11

But, um, how old is her son? bluedigger Jan 2015 #21

I am too, and I'm sure her son, who could feasibly be as young as 60 ;) ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #23

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