Ok. Someone tell me that going and playing with the kids is a good idea. It's just so ick out. I feel like getting myself a bowl of ice cream and plopping in front of the tv for the rest of my life.

Congratulations, Sparky! Lovely news of impending sparkylet!

Here are some cool photos of a model made to look 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 through lighting and mke-up alone. [link]

Also--she'll put the animal down but she won't release it to a sanctuary? This doesn't sound very rational.

I know, right??? She can be so maddening. She did call rescue organizations and the breeder she bought the cat from and all sorts of other places, but found nothing but the one sanctuary where she "couldn't leave her." Apparently not many people want to deal with an animal that attacks.

DW is saying she doesn't want me to come to dinner with her and her mom because, "I don't want you getting stressed out right now." Sweet, but I am already stressed and feel badly about not going. I don't think she'll let me though.

(didn't need to be said twice)

GC, I had a Maine Coon cat once. He was a great cat to us, possibly because he picked us. (When we lived out in the country, he appeared one day and continued to sit on our porch until we went from feeding him outside to bringing him inside and, over the years, paying hundreds of dollars in vet bills to patch him up after he went after other cats, dogs and, in one spectacular piece of stitching up, a raccoon.) Anyway, they are very powerful cats and can do a lot of damage. He certainly needs to get out of her house, but they really are good cats and I'd hate to see him put down.

eta: Maine Coon cats have very distinct personalities. It's quite possible that there are many people out there who would get along fine with the cat.

I knew a Maine Coon that savagely attacked one of her owners- technically the GF of the primary owner. They had to dose her with kitty Xanax or Prozac or something for a while.

It was freaking rough though, the night it happened.

vw, go play with the kidlets, the get yourself a fancy coffee drink, and go home to post funny kidlet stories to us.

(((GC))) I'm sorry your m-i-l is stressing you out.

I knew a Maine Coon that savagely attacked one of her owners- technically the GF of the primary owner. They had to dose her with kitty Xanax or Prozac or something for a while.

My brother an his wife never had to deal with being attacked personally, but there have been times when there cats suddenly start going after each other. Sometimes it's been bad enough that they put up temporary screen doors INSIDE the house. Weirdly, though, everytime this happened they got a new cat and the attacking would stop (although twice the problem just transferred so the former attackee was now going after the new cat while the former attacker just suddenly chilled out).

vw, sj is wise.

((GC)) Since your MIL is causing you stress, graciously accept DW's offer to go to dinner without you and think of a nice way to thank her for being so thoughtful.

They had to dose her with kitty Xanax or Prozac or something for a while.

This cat has been on kitty Prozac since the ER incident, which was around 6 months or so ago.