DD1 found our kitten dead on the road this morning.

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Crap.

Poor little thing.

I hate myself right now for getting cats.

And for calling the 3 of them associated names. So there will always be a gap when we talk about the other two. I am so stupid.

To make matters worse, we decided not to tell the youngest 2, but DD2 told her BF via text who told her sister and she's DD3's BF so I had to rush into school and grab her out of class to tell her myself before she could be told by a 9yo who thought she knew. So nwo school thinks I'm an utter weirdo fir turning up at 9.25 to tell her of the cat's death. (sorry that's probably incomprehensible)

Ffs.

Shit day all round.

He's buried now.

Oh chaos.

Are you worried about Chaotic boy's reaction? PLEASE don't worry

Kids reactions are as individual as the child. Some are terribly upset others just don't process it particularly deeply. They just take it on face value.

Big ((( ))) to you all x

There's some really saddening stories on here. We get so attached to these animals don't we?

Shirls, I am a bit worried about CBoy's dispassionate attitude sometimes. This went beyond pragmatic.

Thanks very much for hugs. Really needed today.

Oh I'm so sorry! Cats become part of the family. Hope you are all ok this evening. .

I remember my dad coming to school when I was 9 to tell me the cat had died.

Horrible thing Chaos....

One of our cats got chopped up in a combine harvester.

i am hoping current Rubbishcat has a more peaceful end.

Poor kitty.

One of ours followed me up the road and danced out and under a car. I felt (and still feel) guilty. And DD2 (whos kitty he was) wailed a bit and said 'thats not fair I want a new one' which made me feel even worse as it was do dispassionate and kind of mercenary.

She was just too small and immature to process it. And hadn't put adult values on having a pet. Just didn't feel it like i did.

Oh no. How sad; the baby chaotics will be fine but you need to replace the cat for them. Our three boys are v precious and the dc (teenagers now) adore them. When one almost died due to poisoning it was v. distressing. He was OK in the end but it was a fight and dd was v v upset.

So so sorry - poor baby kitten and poor baby chaotics. All will be well though.

oh no chaos

was just thinking the other day about you and your kittens'...about the wee wee problem you had..remember?

I'm so sorry.

all my love to your dcs'. It is very hard when we lose pets'...our friends' x

I'm so sorry about Control. Very hard to deal with the loss of a cat. I have kittens and do plan to let them out when all vacs completed but I do worry about the roads. People do indeed drive like idiots.

married, I don't think I could replace him. We still have his 2 brothers and I'm going to get on tenterhooks always now about the road.

I am so sorry chaos. What a horrible thing to happen. Poor you, and poor kitt.=y.

Thanks all.

I really did shake my head after I pressed Create Thread, questioning "Why did I write it down?".

But your kind words have really helped.

You are all kind.

You can't replace him chaos but you have to replace the kitten for the children. Our dog died when I was 12 and I cried myself to sleep for a year - all I wanted was another dog but my mum said it was too heartbreaking to lose the old one and she didn't want to ever go throught it again. It was honestly worse than my parents separating.

We lost our year old furry feline baby. She was found dead a week later, it was awful. The DSs were upset but seemed to accept it. They were 8 and 11.

We now have lovely Sparkling Cat. But I do fret terribly if she doesn't come in on time and worry that something has happened to her. I can't help it.

You'll never be "replacing him"

There is a kitten filled hole that will be filled at some point. It will never stop you missing him.

Please stop worrying about chaoticBoy's reaction. He's still very young and not emotionally mature enough to understand in the way that you and your girls do.

I still miss Ebony and Paris- even though it's unlikely they would still be alive now had they not been hit.