Are pets becoming a substitute for human love?
Published 1 year, 2 months ago in My life.Here is a real story I have come across - ‘We used to stick together because of the children; now perhaps it will be because of our pets. One year, our Jack Russell pounced on our neighbour’s dad’s canary, which had a hert attack and died. I did all I could to make amendsbut he wept for days, saying, “This is far far worse than when Ettie died.” Ettie was his wife.’
What do you think Nookers?
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Possibly. I’ve just lost my ” boy” And am heartbroken !
I hear the Japanese are propping up a multi-million dollar pet clothes industry. And we’re not just talking about Carlton North-style winter jackets here, we’re talking full costumes with hats, jewellery and designer labels.
Check out this article if you want to know more: http://features.us.reuters.com/cover/news/T334969.html?src=082707_0904_FEATURES_lifestyle
I don’t think pets are becoming a substitute for human love… someone’s love is not finite… there’s enough for pets and people. Although a guy being more sad about his pet canary dying than his wife is a little strange…
Here’s my theories: maybe the canary was young and his wife’s death was just natural and gradual from old age… maybe when his wife died, he still had the canary, but now he has no wife or canary… maybe he has projected the sadness from his wife’s death onto the canary’s death… maybe the canary was better company than his wife… people are complex.
Yapping little balls of fluff have become the “child” of choice of the yuppie brigade. We have a whole new sub-set of absentee pet lovers who go off to work and leave their hounds to howl all day long. My sympathies are with the so-called pets - and with those who have to put up with their howls, yapping and barking.
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