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People with loads of pets = in need of love and affection - discuss

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TheVillageIdiot · 26/04/2005 18:20

People who acquire pet after pet, is it because they have some unfulfilled need in them to be loved and/or wanted/needed. Do they gther pets sub-consciously because they don't feel adequately love from else where

That's it really - open to the floor...

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CountessDracula · 26/04/2005 20:25

I have a large dog.

Not too keen on cats (make me itch) or ponies (make me sneeze, rather bitey). Would quite like a rabbit tho.

elastamum · 26/04/2005 20:22

2 horses (one geriatirc one baby one) and a cat here, was pony mad as a girl but family couldnt afford one. Unfortunately?? DS1 & 2 more interested in football but at least it means I can sneak off riding and get some peace and quiet sometime. Suspect I will probably turn into some mad old country woman when the kids have all grown up

iota · 26/04/2005 20:00

my mum and her siblings had ponies when they were growing up -in fact my grandfather had a horse and cart.

they also had a donkey, a cow, some pigs and some chickens, not to mention various dogs and cats.

they did live in a village though and there was a war on.

TheVillageIdiot · 26/04/2005 19:51

Oh c'mon, I can't be the only person in the world who knows someone with about 20 cats!!!

Or a couple of in their mid 30's with house full of stupid soft toys. 'uck

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Titania · 26/04/2005 19:39

its never too late misdee!! go for it girl!

TheVillageIdiot · 26/04/2005 19:33

Actually I had a horse whn growing up, very defining. I'd def. get dd one. Hopefully without the 8 years of begging that I did first

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misdee · 26/04/2005 19:31

i was given the chance by the school of having clarinet lessons (the school only had 2 clarinets and they rarely became available), but my parents couldnt afford the lessons. i still want to learn, is it too late?

nutcracker · 26/04/2005 19:29

I agree with T about wanting you kids to have what you weren't allowed to have.

We had a coupole of cats but my mom got bored of them and gave them away. We weren't allowed anything else.

I begged and begged for clarniet lessons and a clarinet but never got one, or dance lessons etc.

Dd1 already does ballet even though i struggle to afford it sometimes, and if she wanted to learn a musical instrument too then i would let her.

Titania · 26/04/2005 19:25

i was never allowed anything as a child either. i would have loved to have ballet/piano lessons etc/ my mum did get me a puppy once but took it away after 2 weeks cos she couldnt be nothered with it So if i can afford it and manage it i would like my kids to have things i could never have.

misdee · 26/04/2005 19:22

can i havwe one as well please?

as i wasnt allowed ballet/horse riding/gym lessons as a child, i have decided my kids can if they want.

tho i cant quite stretch to allowing them to have their own pony.

justonce · 26/04/2005 19:21

not chippy hippy

Titania · 26/04/2005 19:19

yes even I thought that was a bit too much!! lol

HRHDuchessofPeahead · 26/04/2005 19:18

feeling a little chippy justonce? maybe you should join the "eating in the street" thread then

compo · 26/04/2005 19:18

Did you watch Mums On Strike today? 16 pets - the mess was grim!!

justonce · 26/04/2005 19:16

ahhhh indeed fgs

Titania · 26/04/2005 19:15

can you buy me one PPH???pretty pretty pretty pleeeeeease????

HRHDuchessofPeahead · 26/04/2005 19:14

well my dd kept asking and I kept saying "no no no" then I thought "god, I would have LOVED a pony at her age, it would have been the defining event of my life, why am I being such a cow?" so there you go.

as my dd said to a friend of mine "mummy always wanted a pony to play with when she was little, and now she's got one" ahhhhhhh

PinkFluffPudding · 26/04/2005 19:06

PPH I wish you'd been my mummy. I was never allowed one. (Flounces off in big hrrummphing sulk)

noddyholder · 26/04/2005 19:05

I don't think it is sad to love your pets I adore my 2 cats and would have a housefull but we don't have the room .I don't think it means I am odd though....

Titania · 26/04/2005 19:03

good for you PPH!

HRHDuchessofPeahead · 26/04/2005 19:01

listen, I live in the middle of absolutely bloody nowhere, surrounded by fields as far as the eye can see. If a pony living at the bottom of the garden saves me a few hundred trips in the car to find entertainment elsewhere then that is a GOOD thing methinks. For the environment and my sanity.

Anyway the manure is FABULOUS for my roses

justonce · 26/04/2005 18:58

ponies start a new thread pah!

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Titania · 26/04/2005 18:56

i have 8 fish, 2 gerbils, a rabbit, a dog and a cockatiel. love them all to bits. better now DH helps with them more, the responsibility isnt on me so much. but im the one who loves them the most

TheVillageIdiot · 26/04/2005 18:55

sorry meant wouldn't count ponies or chickens as pets

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misdee · 26/04/2005 18:54

i know someone with about 10 rabbits, 4 cats, gerbils, hamsters, mice, rats. she also had quails and chickens at one point.

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