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To think you shouldn't scare little children with cats?

10 replies

FishCanFly · 05/08/2019 14:51

I'm upset with my neighbour. She told her little niece that if she misbehaves, the cats from next door will come and get her. My cats. Now the little girl is properly frightened and afraid of a cat sculpture in the garden.

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Youvegotafriendinme · 05/08/2019 14:53

YDNBU!

I hate it when people say things like that. My neighbour told my DS that if he didn’t stop going near my pond a giant shark would come out and eat him! Confused

Was the comment said in front of you? If it was, I would definitely have said “no, that’s not true. You don’t have to be afraid of the cats.”

FishCanFly · 05/08/2019 14:58

Yes, I said to the little girl that cats are to be loved. They are soft and cuddly. And I told the neighbour that's a shitty thing to scare a child like that

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Celebelly · 05/08/2019 15:02

To be fair, cats are psychopaths.

Piglet89 · 05/08/2019 15:03

@Celebelly true dat. LOL!

MissMarple0203 · 05/08/2019 15:19

I prefer my cat to most people I meet... (Obviously not including my family)

CatInADoghouse · 05/08/2019 16:18

YANBU, it was a dick move and a shitty thing to say.

wanderings · 05/08/2019 16:40

I think children need to be warned about cats' claws though - I remember the shock when I was first scratched by a cat! (I'd tried to pick the cat up, as I'd seen other people do.)

flouncyfanny · 05/08/2019 16:45

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six5four3two1 · 05/08/2019 16:52

Oh gosh, my friend tells her kids that if they don’t stay close to her then a big dog will come and get them.
Both petrified of dogs at 4 and 7.

cava14una · 05/08/2019 17:24

Some people do really awful things to their kids!
All my animals dogs cats and rats were good with kids. I have a photo of my friends 2 granddaughters bathing one of my rats then drying and brushing him

Another photo taken when they came round guising at Hallowe'en with my youngest Beardie on a chair with the girls and my 2 kittens sitting in front of him.

Kids and animals can have such a great relationship if they are introduced and supervised properly. So sad that people spoil things. Same as frightening kids with Police is just mad

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