On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 07:19:17PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Sat, 19 Dec 2015, Curt wrote: > > >My cat died and I don't want another because of the heartbreak I > >went through. > > I am so sorry for your loss, which very clearly was a *major* one. > Try to give yourself enough time to grieve; there's no telling how > long that will take. There's no FAQ for grief, and loss of a pet for > many people is a more severe blow than the demise of some of the > people in their life. We give our animals unconditional love and > they return it, with interest on account.
When I had to put down my old guy and best friend "Num Nutz" I cried more than I did at my mother's funeral....so I know the feeling. > > >So you like people who are like you. Yet another thing that > >distinguishes us. > > In many ways we are not a very admirable species. I don't really > like people, as a group. Some of them, taken individually are just > dandy. but as a group -- feh. Which makes it all the more difficult > to do justice to them, which they need, and which we need to > attempt. > > Best regards, > > -- > Bob Bernstein -- Bob Holtzman A fair fight is the result of poor planning.