If your house pet was human would you still love them?

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I just discovered part of another animal’s trachea under my bed pillow otherwise I would vote yes, YANBU, dog people are go. But it’s a YABU here, some dog skills don’t transfer well to the domestic environment. 😞

Irrelevant but I was having the worst stressy depression day and reading this thread has made me laugh so much I cried. So thank you all

@Sexnotgender I don’t ever think I’ve read a post that resonated so deeply. We have a girl greyhound and a whippet x Italian greyhound. The pair of them would be such needy, judgemental bitches if they were human that I’d have to move out of my own home.

My cat would almost certainly be a lady who lunches. She'd go through life in her own sweet little bubble.

Our family cats who live with my parents...

One would make a good Matron, particularly the old fashioned sort and would give short shrift to any hoodlums and poor quality service in shops and restaurants.

The middle one would probably be running some sort of cartel. Immaculate dresser, aloof and quietly terrifying. In absolute private he'd be very soft with a select few but even then don't cross him.

The little one would be like Peter Pan (but less creepy). Mischievous and never grows up.

Lemme see.....

Follows me around like a shadow, even sits outside the bathroom while I shower, basically can't bear not being in the same room with me.

Has to be touching me, at all times.

If anyone else tries to touch or hug me, he body blocks and moves them away.

Would be quite happy if I never worked, never went out and just stayed in the house with him.

Struts about like cock of the walk.

Red flags all over that one 🚩

I think my cat is me. In cat form. So if she was a human, I'd be living with myself.

My dogs on the other hand... They constantly state at me and when out on a walk, run off. I wouldn't find that very endearing tbh.

*stare

@Susu49

My cat would almost certainly be a lady who lunches. She'd go through life in her own sweet little bubble.

Our family cats who live with my parents...

One would make a good Matron, particularly the old fashioned sort and would give short shrift to any hoodlums and poor quality service in shops and restaurants.

The middle one would probably be running some sort of cartel. Immaculate dresser, aloof and quietly terrifying. In absolute private he'd be very soft with a select few but even then don't cross him.

The little one would be like Peter Pan (but less creepy). Mischievous and never grows up.

I am exhausted. Which explains why I completely missed the point of this thread!

To sum up, yes I probably could but it would be eventful!

I'm not sure I'd live with my cats if they were human - but as it is they are small and fluffy and trigger my maternal instinct.

I am basically in an abusive relationship with my cat - I show him nothing but love, and in return he relentlessly and persistently attacks me.

So no, I would not love him if he were human!

Well my dcat likes to have a bath whilst we're eating dinner so maybe not. But then she sits on me which is very comfy although if she was human probably wouldn't be. However I do admire her talent for not giving a crap what anyone thinks about her

I'd [probably] still love them, but I'd also have wanted to murder them. I've got a kingsize bed, with a kingsize duvet, so why am I clinging on to the edge of the bed and feeling the cold. Oh, it's because my giant greyhound has jumped on the bed; landed on me, and tucked the duvet under himself.

@feelsobadfeltsogood

Pets on beds are totally unhygienic 🤢

Have you tried to keep a cat off a bed? Also she has her very own blanket so no it's not.

Awww yes we have the loveliest little cat he was neglected previously and found us, then when he nearly died in the summer his owner signed him and his vets bill over to us. He asks for nothing apart from breakfast and dinner and he’s just wonderful!

Yes. My mum said the cat reminded her of herself. And I would agree!
A bit soft, a bit too trusting, a bit laid back and others could manipulate her.

Cat 1 - an introvert like me. The human version of her would read a lot of books. She’s not a big eater so I picture her as a smoker. We’d get along, except for the smoking.

Cat 2 - life and soul of the party. She’s definitely be the one ringing me at 10pm on a Friday night and twisting my arm to go dancing.
Her habit of nibbling my toes while I sleep may need to be tackled, though.

The pup - still a baby so would be a baby human, I suppose? Needy and shits a lot. Very cute, though.

Well my dp and my ddog have both pissed the bed at various times. My ddog is more affectionate so she wins my heart 😘

Not a house pet, but I think I’d get on famously with my horse if he were human. I’m certain he has a very dry sense of humour. He’d be darkly witty, grumpy and very sweary. A bit of slightly misplaced overconfidence and swashbuckling charisma paired with a tendency to trip over his own feet when showing off, and a dash of existential angst. A kind of Dylan Moran/Bernard Black character, I think.

No I would not tolerate them-one’s a demanding little sod and the other is neurotic. 😆

I stare with adoration at my dog snoring like a train on my bed. If my husband snores I want to murder him. How does that work? 🤷‍♀️ I smile with tolerant affection when the dog farts. Husband? Hmm...

Yes but it wouldn’t be reciprocated. He would be all over me one day and wouldn’t come home for days then. I’d still cook his dinner though cause ‘it’s just what he’s like’, tell everyone he loves me deep down. Plus It’s ok when he is off galavanting I give the one next door a tickle.

Yes - with the proviso that she makes me at least one cup of tea a day - until that day comes, she can just go feck ersel'.

She knows this, meanwhile, she still does her snuggly, barky, guess what I want now doggy bs - i still loves her.

My late ddog was bloody adorable, but had a liver issue meaning he didn't tolerate anaesthetic well so vet advised against, ahem, having his "pleasures" removed. Snip snip. So he left little yellow jizzy splats all over any upholstery his dinkle came into contact with. Sofa, cushions, clothes and most gross of all, the bedding on the occasions he managed to sneak upstairs for an illicit snooze.

He also had a penchant for trying to shag other dogs, but only big boys. Your dobermans, rotties etc. My dad watched him at it in the park once as I tried to drag him off an embarrased looking St bernard and murmured "if he was human he'd definitely be on some sort of register".

So the ridiculous creature would probably not translate well to human form. Was still best boy though, never to be replaced.

Absolutely not. I already refer to him as 'my needy boyfriend' He follows me round the house, always insists on going everywhere with me in the car - just for the journey, jumps up on my knee everytime DP looks like he's going to sit next to me and won't eat or do fuck all for anybody else in the family!

The boy cat headbutts me so hard my nose bleeds and that's with a cat-size head - he means it with love but I'd have him arrested if he was a person. He also bites, shouts all day long, and eats anything you leave unattended, so he's out.

And the girl cat? VERY rude, very unfriendly, and incapable of cleaning her arse properly. So she's out too.

Haha all the responses to this thread have tickled me quite hard, so glad I asked. Really nice to see some of your reprobates too.