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Kitty Nicknames
On 4/5/2017 6:32 PM, Joy wrote:
On 4/5/2017 3:17 PM, Bastette wrote: jmcquown wrote: That's cute! My father didn't like cats at all. He always felt there was something sneaky about them. No cats allowed! Mom & Dad's neighbor (now my neighbor) had two black cats, Fedders and Schwartzie. I used to cat sit them. When Dad was still alive he would see the cats walking around behind the house he'd say, sotto voce, "Those cats listen to everything we do." Need I mention Dad suffered from dementia? But even before that he never liked cats. He always thought they were sneaky. Wow, it's horrible when someone's dementia makes them paranoid. I've heard about people who became very delusional in that way, and their life was miserable. On the other hand, I've also heard of people who were really unhappy and nasty throughout their lives, but when they got dementia, their personality totally changed and they became calmer, warmer, and just plain nicer. Maybe their dementia destroyed the memories that made them miserable, so they didn't have those feelings anymore. That's a mercy! It was a mercy for their kids, too, who had terrible relationships with their parent until the change in personality. These were all parents of my friends, btw. That's how I know about them. Back to cats: I don't understand how someone can't like cats. They're so cute. They're pretty. They're soft! They purr! I said this once to a friend. We were talking about how some people have a phobia about cats. I didn't understand why. Being afraid of big, mean dogs I do understand, but housecats aren't very dangerous, except in rare cases. She said it wasn't a rational fear like that, it was more a sense of revulsion. She likened it to how a lot of people feel about bugs - a "don't let that thing get near me!" kind of feeling, even toward harmless bugs. There isn't any real danger, and you can't reason people out of it because it's an irrational phobia. I understand about those, even if it's hard to imagine feeling that way about cats. I've been a cat-lover since I was a year old! Joyce You can't reason someone out of a phobia, because phobias aren't reasonable. They just are. Joy You can't reason someone out of dementia, either. I have no idea why my dad thought the cats were spies. He told me the neighbor cats were spying on us. Oh dear. Really? They were just walking around out back. Jill |
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