to still be crying over my cat 3 days after it was run over.

[DollysDrawers]

I know it's just a cat. I know that, thank God, it wasn't a child. I know I'm 'being a bit pathetic' as my very nice friend tells me. BUT he was my little pal and I loved him and I'm gutted that the kids and I saw him being run over and that the car didn't even stop. The children are devastated beyond words and a bit traumatised too. I had to go and pick him off the road. Thank God it was instant but we loved him and I miss him.

Oh God, poor you and your poor kids. We all still get misty-eyed about our Old Black Beast and he died three years ago!

Pets are part of your family and their loss leaves a hole. Your friend is a hard-hearted twat.

Un-MN-hugs.

Dolly, not unreasonable at all, grief has no time limit. My Mog died of heart failure on Sunday night, she crawled under a bed to die and we found her on Monday morning. I miss her lovely soft fur and loud meow, we had a funeral too. She was poorly and on a lot of pills, but we thought she was getting better. It's so strange without her.

Yanbu, I lost my baby boy cat nearly a year ago & still cry a lot.
Its very hard, I was a complete wreck the week it happened.
Take care.

(((Hugs))) Big Big ((HUGS))

YADNBU Out beloved cat disappeared over 6 months ago. We never did find out what happened to her but we assume she was run over. We did move on and rehomed two new cats because our children missed having a feline friend but I still expect to look out the window and see her scratching to come in one day.

I can't imagine how devastating it must be for you and the children to have seen what happened. A pet is a member of the family and it's like losing any family member.

Oh how terribly sad! Especially after 18 years and in such a traumatic way. No wonder you're so devastated and no YANBU.

I lost my lovely hairy fluff puss on the road two years ago and I still miss him dreadfully. I was in the car when I saw the verge clearing men holding him by the tail. He hadn't even been missing so it was only just done. I'm lucky I was there at the time as I'd never have found him otherwise.

Of course it had to be my beautiful hairy fluff puss who got run over not the dribbly, pissing, shitting turd cat (who has cost us £100's by shitting and pissing on things in the house and destroying them) who has regularly played frogger on the road DAILY.

You do have my sympathy though it's horribly upsetting but at least you were there at the time and know what happened to the poor chap.

And I know exactly what you say about the child thing...that was same first thought after discovering the cat. It actually shakes you up pretty badly.