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@~Pebbles~ wrote:
@johnboy25 wrote:
@~Pebbles~ wrote:
@johnboy25 wrote:
Like Rosepetal, I couldn’t go through it again so I wouldn’t get another dog. I had a black and white lab/spaniel for 16 years and up until the age of 15 she was still fit and healthy, running around the park and going for walks. Towards the end though, she was really struggling and had very little if any quality of life. Actually – hellish as this will sound – she was so bad that I actually hoped she would die in her sleep so I wouldn’t have to take her to the vets.
Wasn’t to be so had to take her, she was struggling to stand let alone walk. Even when she lay down she’d whine. The kindest thing would have been to take her sooner than I did but I didn’t even want to entertain the idea.
jesus christ jon im welling up here.
Ive been through the same with pets of mine. Its the worst thing ever.
Ive had more animals since though as I’d like to think I make a difference to their lives. My 2 cats were rescued kittens and probably would’nt of had much of a life until I took them home.
You’re like my neighbour, he was more upset than I was. Well, that’s not strictly true – I just hide my emotions, always have, whereas he was in tears. Literally, I saw him the following day and his eyes were still bloodshot.
A guy I work with does a lot of work for rescue centres, fundraising and such like so I always give to that. They do some good work and if I was to get another that’s probably where I’d go but it’s doubtful.
Jon, to be honest, Ive always wanted to work with animals, but im not sure i could hack it. Its like you said, Id be in tears daily because im not tough enough to deal with seeing animals in pain or dying.
You should consider another pet, its worth it just knowing you are rescuing them from a life of misery – seems to me youve got a good home waiting.
The thing about having animals as part of your family – is that inevitably they will die before you and the grief on losing a furbaby is devastating. It reminds me of one of Shakespeare’s sonnets where he suffers the grief in advance of loss in regards to a love affair – that he cannot immerse himself in the present love for the knowledge that one day it will be dead.
If we were to go through life in that manner, we would never allow ourselves to experience the joys and passions of caring for another being.
I have never been without animals to love – from family pets as a child to those as an adult – and I have wept tears enough for an ocean, but I have laughed more and loved more and been licked and slobbered and adored more (but enough of my husband) than any one person deserves in a lifetime.
My little cat Speedie was my best friend for 17 years, and when she died four years ago I wanted to go with her – in fact when it’s my turn I intend to be buried in the garden alongside her. I was anguished at her loss then – and I still am now, but it hasn’t stopped me from going on to have more animal family to love and cherish ( my new puppy actually saved my life at one point but that’s another story) and if I could I would have every broken, sad, abandoned creature here with me to be nurtured and protected from the vagaries of a cruel and thoughtless world which treats animals like shyte, there to be used and abused for sport, food and hapless amusement.
If you can give love, warmth, food and protection to the tiniest or the largest of creatures, then please don’t allow the fear of grief to prevent you from doing so – we all have to live with loss at some time or another in our lives – it’s the grown-up and responsible thing to do, to learn to live with dying as with living.
Take a risk and don’t be afraid to really love.@dare-it! wrote:
something to keep me awake…… drum & bass!
You’re on JC..better off falling asleep and pretending it’s all a big bad dream. :twisted:
@jewel* wrote:
personally i think maybe a picture thread could be created that like the spit the dummy thread , members can only view it when they are logged in and have registered :?
Now THAT part makes sense. I feel an unease at seeing pictures of babies and children on an open forum when there are numerous sick creeps out there getting kicks from them.
There are instances where we should publish and be damned, and I guess that showing photos of ourselves are risks we take, but when it comes to exposing our children..it’s another matter. I am proud as punch of my beautiful nieces and handsome nephews.. and my drop-dead gorgeous godsons (or goddess-sons to be more accurate) but until and unless we have a closed and private forum, their identities will never be shown here – hell – I feel queasy about showing my furbabies.
Which brings it back to Johnboy’s original sensible suggestion..that we have a separate Mum’s Forum. Maybe simply a closed ‘Pictures Forum’ How about it PB?I don’t know why you’re apologising, Johnboy. You made a suggestion – in the suggestion thread – if folks didn’t like it then tough titty.
The rank hypocrisy of those who said that this is a place where we should post what we want, wherever we want to (before going on to elucidate that YOU shouldn’t have posted what YOU wanted to) would make me smile if I wasn’t snarling.
I passed comment on that same thread, but I see the JC sense of humour bypass was working en masse, as the mammies gathered at the school gates waving placards and jostling their progeny to the front of the melee.
Johnboy suggested a forum for the proud parents and kiddiwinks – he is not JC’s answer to Herod – no firstborns were taken in the making of this film. Now for pity’s sake stfu and leave the lad alone – ya wanna take further issue – then have a go at me.@toybulldog wrote:
Rubber Duck ?
You always go for the obvious answers..try thinking off the wall, TB! :wink:
SPIN-OFF?
Another one for the lovely Esmeralda..
@pete wrote:
Cause i know Diane have done for a while met her too.. next set of questions please ?
you’re better off bracing yaself for the best 20 seconds you’ve ever had around the back of the Blue Oyster :wink:
Huh!! You only gave me fifteen! :twisted:
@johnboy25 wrote:
@*Sian wrote:
Maybe you should try to fill your lives with something to talk about, me, I’m never at a loose end for a bit of convo :lol:
Grrr, now I am sounding like I have a great intresting life, it isn’t what I meant, that’s before the pitbulls come out to play :lol:
Problem is, people don’t often appreciate what I have to say. I got a feckin lecture once just cos my theory on why we have easter wasn’t deemed appropriate for a Sunday. I thought it was funny so I don’t see why they didn’t :lol:
Hey, Johnboy, I go out of my way to make sure that folks don’t appreciate what i say..it’s an art form y’know! :wink:
@dee wrote:
@esmeralda wrote:
I don’t believe in the honours system..load of old scallops! :twisted: [/quote
Had a colleauge who thought like that…anti it all, how could anyone every accept blah blah, til he got nominated and accepted his OBE :lol:
Rest assured I’ll be turning mine down, Dee.
An OBE is a little beneath the Empress Esme anyway. 8)
