Sadness

[tamidon]

So many of us have lost our cats lately it's getting really depressing, but I figured out why it all seems to be happening at once. We all got our cats soon after getting our own places. We were out of the dorm/our parents house/whatever, and for some of us the most potent symbol of that was getting a pet. Being single and out alot meant we got cats. Cats live 15-20 years, and now we are collectively hitting that point.
How rational, yet not nearly as comforting as could be hoped for.

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[catya.livejournal.com]

i got my first on-my-own cat in fall 92, she died at ten years old though. :-/

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

And for those of us a bit younger, we may have gotten our cats while still in college. Collectively, all still around the same time.

No more for me, not right now, anyway.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Thank you, btw, for the call the other day. I'm sorry I could barely talk.

[skreeky]

*nods* It's true. Nathan and I did a few things promptly upon getting the Purple Tub place. His first act, as I recall (before I showed up on the doorstep) was to spend several minutes skipping up and down the hall singing "Mine, mine, mine!"

Shortly after that, we both said "We need cats." It was not a question.

The cats were the first thing in my adult life that I did not think of as a transient thing. We never intended to stay in the apartment forever, I didn't intend to stay at my job long, I never dreamed that I might actually marry someone just because we were dating.

But the cats, those I was sticking by. Hell or high water or allergic roommates or added difficulty in finding a lease, it didn't matter. This was commitment.

I do think of getting Charlie and Charcoal as being my first real adult act. Losing Charlie changed a lot of things about the dynamic of that life. And I have trouble visualizing what my adult life will be like when I don't have Charcoal either.

[gayathri.livejournal.com]

both my cats are getting creaky and old. They are the first and only real pets I owned (who own me?), in general and as an adult. I was thinking about this very same thing, and then decided I didnt want to think about it much more. I'm glad they are still happy and seem comfortable, and yes, this is the longest commitment I have ever had, and I'm glad for it.

[tcb.livejournal.com]

I got mine two days after my first cat was put to sleep.. I spent two days curled up in a ball, and my parents got them for me.. then again, I'm just those few years younger..

thank you for your good wishes..

[keyne.livejournal.com]

Yes.