Mid-thirties? She seems my age.

She makes me dread my office IM. Dude, don't use me as a proxy so that you don't ask everyone stupid questions. Ask them the stupid question, they won't think you're stupid as long as you only ask it once.

I swear though, every fucking morning it's shping Good Morning! shping Do I need to put in a request shping for the thing that is my fucking job? shping Or do you have it?

I could probably keep an indoor plant alive if it would scratch at the door for more sunlight and looking longingly at the faucet.

Ooh. That'd be nice.

Personally, I know I don't care enough for pets, societally (ie, I would not be spending $500 on surgery if they swallowed something they shouldn't have), so I don't have any. If/when I feel the need for that...well, maybe.

Timelies all!

I'm in the "love my cats, but know full well that they are cats" category. We may jokingly speak for the cats, but we hold no illusions that they are intelligent in the way humans are.

Matt, the segment where Larry the Cable Guy skated with a roller derby team was actually worth the 12 minutes to watch it. I wouldn't say that for the rest of his show.

I didn't want another dog while the kids were little. They really don't get enough attention when you have little kids. I'm glad we inherited Cody--especially since I found that Chihuahuas do NOT shed! And his messes, like him, are small.

Having kids changed the way I feel about pets. Not that I don't love them, but they slid down a few rungs on the family hierarchy.

They make lights to stick into a plant's soil, they blink when they need water.

1 cover letter and resume off! Now with a letter I am happy with, I should be able to get a few more out this evening.

I once inherited an office plant that thrived, and I'm convinced it's because I watered it like nature -- way too much sometimes, big gaps in between waterings, etc.....

GO MSBELLE, GO!!!

I love my two kitties, like Dan's cats fine, and am kind but annoyed by the dog.

I will be VERY sad when my cats die, but I have definite financial limits on how much I would spend and also would deeply consider quality of life.

I would post a picture of a cat on FB IF it were truly hilarious.

I have a friend who, while working a low-paying job, must have spent about 10,000 on her pets, including a homeopathic vet, acupuncture and special organic food. She also spent tons of money she didn't really have on vet bills for a cat that was clearly untreatable. It caused serious problems in her marriage. I had a real problem with this.

My cats sleep on my bed sometimes, but I kick them out whenever I feel like it, and if either of them were annoying in the room, I wouldn't allow it. The dog is not allowed upstairs. They all get the healthiest kind of cat chow under $10 with occasional cans of tuna, and the dog gets small dog breed food and meat table scraps once or twice a month, about a saucer full; my pets are not allowed to eat better than I do.

I cuddle my cats and call them ridiculous nicknames, but they are clearly my cats and not children or friends. I look as them as roommates I am responsible for feeding and caring for.

My dogs are definitely my friends. Definitely. Except they're worse conversationalists than some of my friends. Some.

Well, I address the dog as, "kid" sometimes. As in, "Kid, what have you done now?". And she's certainly had regular medical care when I have not. If there were some likelyhood of her outliving me some sort of plan would be in place.

I have end of life issues to deal with now and the vet and I are on the same "keep her comfortable" page. She's had seventeen years come May. But if I had the means? And she were younger and X meant saving her life? I'm not sure what I would and would not do. My one cousin has a monthly bill the equivalant of a car payment for surgery that saved her then-kitten's life. Gizmo is a happy cat and she's happy to drive a beater to have him -- pretty sure I'd do that.

But if I had the means? And she were younger and X meant saving her life?

See, I get this. But a 16 y.o. cat with pancreatic cancer and you are getting the electricity shut off but paying $1200 vet bills three and four times and year? Nope.

I paid for Solomon's insulin and needles, and paid $150 vets bills quite a few times and ate mac and cheese. But when he was 15ish (never certain of his age), losing teeth, pissing all over and clearly not loving life, I cried and put him to sleep. Took me a couple of weeks of wrestling with the decision, and he was very much a roommate cat.

I adore my present kitties, and would definitely spend for vet bills, but I simply would not take extraordinary measures. They are adored and loved, definitely, but faced with a $3000 bill, I would be VERY hesitant, unless it was a sure fix and they would have years more of a good life.