Today, I shared the story of my younger brother's unexpected death with a friend. After telling him the story, I looked at him with teary eyes and he looked back into my eyes and said "I understand how you feel. That is almost as bad as when I lost my cat last spring term." FML
I agree, your life sucks (17579) - you totally deserved it (1405)
On 12/24/2009 at 12:31am - misc - by Beeh (woman) - United States
(0)I lol'd, but I doooo feel sorry for you. Maybe it was meant to cheer you up, but went wrong.
#2 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:09am by thecirclingskies
(0)I think her friend was trying to connect having not experienced a death that suddenly or close to the family.
or, some people are just REALLY attached to their pets...
#119 - On 07/06/2010 at 1:21pm by VolleyballSMASH
(+1)My dad can die better than your dad
BTW Who the hell clicked "You deserve it"? I hope you fucking die.
Condolences go out to the OP. Sorry for your loss.
#95 - On 12/26/2009 at 5:59pm by mastershinigami
(-1)I swear ive read this fml before..........oh well still FYL
#6 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:45am by EmilyClaire
(+2)Ya, sometimes people really try to say something to make u feel better, and it comes out really badly. I'm really sorry for your loss, that is terrible. Dont be mad at your buddy though, I'm sure he wants to kick himself!
#8 - On 12/24/2009 at 7:16am by afrikaaner
(-1)i'm sorry for you.
but seriously, if your friend had the cat since he was a small kid it will seriously have a deep impact on him too. any death is still a loss. of course losing a sibling is worse but if your friend is an only child/very attached to the cat it will be almost the same to him/her.
(-2) My one neighbour said the exact same thing to my other neighbour when her husband died. It is hurtful to put the same value on a pet as a human life. Perhaps the cat owner has never lost anyone close so just thinks it would feel the same.
In my neighbour's case, the (cat) one is a bit of a moron.
#10 - On 12/24/2009 at 8:04am by thatsthegirl
(-2)"It is hurtful to put the same value on a pet as a human life." No. They have equal value, one life, one death, and should be treated the same. Life is life dude.
(0)I agree. When my beloved dog died a few years ago, one of my great uncles was saying it was ridiculous how upset our family was when we lost her. I was like, ya know what? She was in our lives every day, and was a huge part of our lives and we loved her. We see you like maybe twice a year, so I'm pretty sure if there was a choice to be made between the two of you of who we'd rather be without.....
#14 - On 12/24/2009 at 9:15am by girlygirl666
(0)Pets are very valuable, I was very upset when I lost my dog who was part of the family before I was born, I personally don't put the same value on my dog that I put on my grandmother when she passed. I don't think equating a cats death to that of a brother/sister, husband/wife or father/mother is right. I am sure it is hurtful for the OP to have a cat compared to his brother.
I just think they are different types of love and different types of hurt and are not comparable. But that is just my opinion.
#16 - On 12/24/2009 at 9:34am by thatsthegirl
(-1)#13 i agree, life is life death is death, we should treat everyday death the same way, even if you didnt like someone who died, or if a pet died
#17 - On 12/24/2009 at 9:45am by mrfreak219
(0)look, i agree, deaths impacts are felt differently, and thus we perceive the amount of grief we feel to be the worth of their life, i know i would be sadder to see my mom die than i was to see my dog die, but in the end, one life is put on this earth, and one life shall later depart it. Each life was enormously valuable, yet most life goes widely unnoticed.
(0)@13 Yeah, sure, life is life and death is death. Would you be sobbing if your close friend's big sister died in a car accident? Why not? Life is life. What about if your close friend's sister's dog was in the car? Would you be bawling your eyes out? What if it was your close friend? That's when you'd be crying.
(0)I know I'm going to cry like hell when my dog dies. Its like a member of the family.
But no its very sad but not the samething as human dying. Comparing losing his cat to her brother dying is extremly insensitive.
But yeh #14 that was really mean of your uncle :(
#54 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:46pm by Thunderbender
(0)You're right, a life is a life no matter what. That's why you're going to hell for every roach, spider and ant you've ever killed.
#115 - On 02/11/2010 at 9:47pm by intelligentperv
(0)lots of ppl say this kinda stuff to try n show some understanding- which means they care. however, 'almost as bad'? I think ur friend just doesn't understand. I cudnt comprehend losing my puppies, let alone my sisters. obviously uv shared this with him/her bcoz theyr a close friend. remember this.
(+1)i know how you feel. my younger brother died unexpectedly, and i've only ever told a few friends about it, and won't talk about it anymore due to an ex boyfriend telling me i was a whinger and my life wasn't as bad as his (he didn't get along with his parents).
(0)oh boohoo to your ex. my parents and I don't get along waaaah. he is obviously an only child, a sibling bond is super strong, and if my sister died- the words don't even make sense.
#120 - On 07/06/2010 at 1:28pm by VolleyballSMASH
(-1)Maybe you should learn how some people feel about their pets. My dog died after 17 years of living with my family (I'm 19 and my youngest [human] sister is 17, the same age as the dog). She was referred to as my furry sister, and she was treated like one of the family, and losing her was one of the worst things that happened to me, even though I knew she was old for a dog. I mean, seriously treated like family, we celebrated her birthday, sang to her when she was having her teeth brushed or being given a pill, and cooked eggs for her after she had had seizures and couldn't eat her food well. She lived three years after people said we should put her down, and she lived the happiest life we could give her. Pets, though not always, can to some feel like a family member, especially if they have been in the household long enough, and especially when it is an animal that is as involved in your life as a dog, cat, or other mammal (not that reptiles and birds can not be, but you do need to keep mammals engaged more to help give them their exercise, and I am not sure what you need to do for reptiles and birds, as I have never had one).
This guy was trying to comfort you, which is what matters, and maybe the actual FML is that your brother died, not that the only comparison this guy you talked to has is of his cat, who may have felt like a sibling to him.
#15 - On 12/24/2009 at 9:27am by drucillia09
(0)Are you saying, drucillia09, that you would have felt the same way had your sister died as you did when your dog died? Cos that's what it seems like.
(0)Yes. That is what I am saying. She has not died (my sister) but I imagine it would feel quite the same way, like someone who was very close and very important to you was ripped out of your life. She was exactly like a sibling to me; and I can promise you that I never fought with her, she never shared my secrets, her birthday presents/ christmas presents always made her happy, and she was always glad to come and chill with me (she was never too busy with boys or friends, never "too cool" to hang out with her big sister).
So yes, even though I have yet to lose my biological sister, I can promise you that I still cry every time I think about losing my furry sister, and she's been gone since this summer.
#92 - On 12/25/2009 at 11:44pm by drucillia09
(+1)I'm sorry about your loss.
At least he said your brother's death was "almost as bad" as losing his cat. He could have gone for the full-monty, top-shelf, all-time jerk move saying, "Aw, that's nothing compared to me losing my cat."
(-1)To all the people here trying to equate losing a HUMAN life to that of an animals life: You guys are seriously and deeply disturbed. Your cat doesn't give a sh*t about you, and your dog just loves you because you feed it. People love their dogs because it takes no effort. They never disagree with you, they will always do what you want them to. It's pathetic.
(0)You're an asshole.
When my boyfriend's great-grandmother went to the hospital and died in short order, her dog refused to eat. He either sat at the door and whined, or sat on her favourite chair and whined. He was being given food, and attention, but he wasn't interested and in the end had to be put down. And that sort of thing is far from unusual. Cats are frequently more distant, but not always. You're ignorant if you think that animals aren't capable of actually caring for their owners.
What I think should be considered here is that each individual is that people will mourn the deaths of those close to them, be them human or otherwise. Level of importance is placed based on precisely how close to them they were, and the species shouldn't matter in those regards.
HOWEVER. In this case, OP, your friend clearly misspoke. Regardless of however they may view the severity of the situation, there is something known as TACT, and they shouldn't be putting down the loss of your sibling, clearly important to you, by trying to make the whole thing a competition. They very likely had the best intentions, but that's no excuse. I'm sorry for your loss.
#27 - On 12/24/2009 at 11:44am by Lawlipop
(+1)I agree with 21. A dog's emotions amount to, "You take care of me. I love you." A cat's emotions are pretty much, "You take care of me. I love you/tolerate you" (depending on the cat). If you stopped taking care of your pet and threw them out on the street, they would stop loving you. A human's love is much more complex and it can be unconditional. A human will forgive your mistakes and love you in spite of your flaws, and that is a much richer and more valuable love. I'm willing to bet that most of the people saying "A life is a life" have never lost a close relative.
(-1)I have lost many, many relatives. I think it's stupid to assume that just because we have a view in opposition with yours that we haven't experienced similar things.
#33 - On 12/24/2009 at 12:47pm by Lawlipop
(-1)If a dog only loves because of being fed and cared for, explain to me how and why a dog will get excited at seeing certain people (that do not feed them, do not care for them, barely give them attention), and be sad when they leave?
#40 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:12pm by BLNovelist
(0)I have seen dogs follow homeless people around just for the love - homeless people can't afford to give food to the dog, but still the dog remains. That's true love. Dogs don't just stick with you for the food; they actually do love you.
My dogs are like my sisters - I'm at college now, and my dogs are at home, and yet they still love me, even though I'm not feeding them, and my younger dog only listens to me, even though my mom taught her all the stuff she knows.
The FML isn't the comparison of cat to human, it's that the OP's friend said it was "almost" as bad.
That's just rude.
#41 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:18pm by dancingdoggy
(-1)Though I agree equating losing an animal life to a human life is ignorant #21 your comment was almost just as ignorant.
#56 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:49pm by Thunderbender
(-1)# 30: You have it wrong... Unconditional love doesn't come from humans. It comes from dogs.
If you believe otherwise, you'll have to look up your definition of 'unconditional'.
Yes, I've lost close relatives...
But the 'almost' part in this FML.... pretty... NOT tactful.
(-1)#21 youre a complete idiot...it may be easy to love and animal but that isnt the reason people love them. You can speak for yourself, but dont speak for others.
(0)my dog is slot harder to walk without my mom, and panics if we have suitcases out. she loves us, and we love her. we've had her. so long I can't remember life without her.
#121 - On 07/06/2010 at 1:33pm by VolleyballSMASH
(+1)I love my animals a lot, but they're not worth nearly as much to me as my family. The people who support me, help me, and love me in return with no conditions. If anyone compared me losing my twin sister to their losing a pet (she's still alive, but it's the thought), I'd probably hurt them. I can't even comprehend losing her when I just think of it.
#22 - On 12/24/2009 at 10:24am by McCarthyBros
(-1)Lol I don't get why people even care about cats.
Doubt they give a fuck about their owner either.
#23 - On 12/24/2009 at 10:33am by xCharlotte
(0)Losing anyone or anything is awful, it doesn't matter who or what it is. Yes, death happens, blah blah, but it's still sad and one persons emotions over their cat may be the same as your emotions for your brother. In fact some people have less emotions for their family than they do for their cat.
(0)Unconditional love in humans is called stalking.
Oops, this is a reply to .. whoever replied to 21 up there.
(0)Maybe the person meant "My Cat" as in Catherine, a person...? That just seems unbelievably callous.
#34 - On 12/24/2009 at 12:51pm by Morokea
(0)Because it's ridiculous for a person to think of a pet as a member of the family.
I'm putting the insensitive label on you.
#35 - On 12/24/2009 at 1:07pm by capthavoc123
(-1)your story is worse, but this reminds me of my best friend saying that not being allowed to have her boyfriends dads dog in her new apartment is one of the worst 3 things thats ever happened to her the day after someone tried to murder me, and not for the first time.
#36 - On 12/24/2009 at 1:29pm by hawkloverr
(0)I sorry for your loss, my really goood friend lost her brother when he was 3. But sometimes like every one said pets are like family, for example my aunt and uncle could never have kids the got a dog tht lived to be almost 18. They were devestated we she died but it was like losing a child to them. So maybe it was like losing a sibling to him.
(0)Sorry for your loss :'-( I lost my brother-in-law last summer and i know how hard it is, my thoughts go out to you.
#38 - On 12/24/2009 at 1:53pm by Flymeister
(-2)Have you ever lost a pet? You're trying to call someone else insensitive?
#39 - On 12/24/2009 at 1:55pm by AndreaHatesYou1
(+1)You're calling the person who lost her little brother last year insensitive for not feeling the guy losing is cat is the same thing :|
You need to euthanized.
#59 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:55pm by Thunderbender
(+2)wow I can't believe people are actually agreeing that losing a pet is almost equal to losing a sibling if not the same. Unless anyone else has lost a sibling you can not equate the two! My boyfriend lost his brother a year ago unexpectedly and I have never seen a family suffer so much pain. You can never replace a family member. More than half the people who lose animals replace them.
We have also both lost pets who were considered family members and treated like royalty and you can never compare the pain you suffer losing a family member to an animal.
All of you really need to wake up and see that losing an animal is not the same as losing a human being!
OP I am sorry for your loss and sorry that if you read these comments there's stupid people who agree with this ignorant person who said it was almost as bad as losing their cat.
(-2)Maybe I'm new to this whole humanity thing but it's called perspective? I don't have any siblings and I care heavily for my cats and when one dies I feel awful. I would've said the same thing and if you get sad about then tough luck not everyone's the same. Deal with it.
#43 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:34pm by RyanKaufman
(+1)Yeah I think you're new to this whole humanity thing too because even if you dont have any siblings you'd think you'd have that little thing called empathy to tell you that losing a sibling is NOT the same thing as losing a pet, no matter how much you loved that pet.
#60 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:58pm by Thunderbender
(+1)Your a dick dude. Have fun with the only pussies you will ever see in life.....oh and they die much quicker than humans
#84 - On 12/25/2009 at 3:34am by LongJohnnie5
(0)"ALMOST as bad?" FYL!!
Sorry for your loss by the way :(
#44 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:48pm by Snickerdoodlez
(0)Sympathy for the death of your brother, but it is not am FML that your friend is an idiot. Choose better friends.
(0)While I get the pain of losing family and a pet... They are equal. They're both awful to feel... But the FML is that the guy said OP's loss of his brother was ALMOST as bad as him losing the cat. =/ That's wrong...
#47 - On 12/24/2009 at 2:59pm by CheshireHalli
(0)That sucks, but I'm not surprised. I got the same sort of responses when my sister died. People can be major assholes.
To those of you saying a life is a life: having lost a cat (after it being in my life over a decade) and a sibling, the cat was nothing. I was sad for a few weeks about the cat. I was severely depressed for about 21 months over my sister. I still miss her very much. I cannot understand how anyone could equate the two.
#49 - On 12/24/2009 at 3:54pm by slightlyoff
(0)I'm very sorry for your loss, my brother is my best friend I can't imagine losing him. Kick the guy in the balls.
#57 - On 12/24/2009 at 6:51pm by sammyRachelle
(0)no offence but you haven't got a clue how much the cat meant to them. everyone is saying FYL but her brothers death is no more saddening to him than his cats death! they're still tragic... just becomes it is a human doesn't mean 'oh well, fuck the cat. my BROTHER died' people get close to pets
#62 - On 12/24/2009 at 7:10pm by musicislife1995
(0)Well, even if the cat meant a lot to them, they shouldn't tell the friend who lost the brother "It's ALMOST as bad as me losing my cat." Maybe "I felt that way when I lost my cat" would be better.
#64 - On 12/24/2009 at 7:15pm by CheshireHalli
(0)i love the responses that present "human and animal" as separate entities, for those comments completely lack intelligence. the human, an ANIMAL, generally lacks any respect for other species (with few exceptions, of course). but then, it's just human nature!
#63 - On 12/24/2009 at 7:13pm by monny
(0)Holy shit on a fork. People are seriously equating the death of a human being to the death of an animal.
Thank you, Internet, for once again crushing my faith in humanity.
#66 - On 12/24/2009 at 7:43pm by The__Redneck
(0)Yes, yes, yes. I agree wholeheartedly. A resounding FAIL to every idiot on here crying like a little bitch over the loss of a PET. OP, I'm sorry. Your friend is a moron.
(0)#66= my point. this is the kind of apathy that drives the destruction of this planet and life. our response to death is species-specific, and that is more than expected, but that does not mean that other animals have any less worth than humans.
#71 - On 12/24/2009 at 8:33pm by monny
(0)On the one hand, it was very disrespectful for the OP's friend to compare the death of his cat to her brother, since that turned death into a competition. On the other, human life is not worth more than an animal's. Sure, we've got those good ol' opposable thumbs and know how to build cute little buildings and such, but we're still not that much better than animals. We kill others of our own kind because we disagree on who God is, or because they angered us politically and "pose a threat to our nation." We also, as a majority, don't respect other animals. Just 'cause we're smarter doesn't mean we're better. How much the death of a creature impacts someone should be based solely on how much that creature meant to the person, not on their species.
(+1)These are getting really annoying now. If I stepped on a fucking lizard its not the end of the world and its not the end of the world if I run over my neighbor's cat. If I however ran over my neighbors son I'd be in magnitudes deeper shit.
#69 - On 12/24/2009 at 8:17pm by Thunderbender
(+1)listen, i love animals. i have two cats and a dog, and i donate to the SPCA every month. if any of my pets died, i would be very sad. but comparing that to a human dying? comparing that to my sister dying, or my dad dying? that's fucked up. people are people and animals are animals. you need to get your priorities straight. human lives are not comparable to animal lives. and if you truly believe they are, then start having a relationship with your dog and explain to everyone "No, it's the same as a person, you see!"
(0)Losing a pet is a sad and horrible thing to have to go through. Its basically losing a member of the family if they are loved very much.
But everyone equating losing a cat to losing a sibling. Most of you probably dont have any brother or sisters so you have no idea what its like and sound extremely ignorant and down right crazy when you say things like that.
And if you do have a brother or sister than that is just fucked up. I dont know what kind of fucked up relationship you have with your siblings but if you think losing your cat is the same thing as losing your sibling I just don't know what to tell you. Especially a younger sibling, someone your generally supposed to be looking out for.
#72 - On 12/24/2009 at 9:11pm by Thunderbender
(0)I agree with you, pets can be and quite often are like members of the family. They love you unconditionally and know how to cheer you up when you're sad. When they die it's very sad, but it's even worse if a sibling or other family member dies, especially if you were close with them. I have no siblings, but my 2 best friends might as well be sisters to me and I'd be absolutely devastated if anything happened to either of them.
I can understand, however, people who have animals to love and care for if they have no other family, or for couples who cannot conceive children, but when someone is grieving over the loss of a family member/close friend, no matter how much you mean well, it's never good to say "that's almost as bad as me losing my dog/cat/whatever". And the same goes for the opposite; if someone is grieving over the loss of a beloved pet, it's not a good thing to equate it to your personal loss of a family member/close friend. Either way it's putting an underlying competition on the deaths that shouldn't be there. Let people grieve for whomever/whatever they want to without giving your own anecdotes of similar experiences.
#75 - On 12/24/2009 at 11:38pm by XOfiestypixie
(0)I'm sorry for your loss. That's terrible. But your friend probably felt awkward and didn't know how to respond to that.
(0)Losing a cat could actually suck even more than losing a brother, especially if the former happened to be your best and/or only friend. Try being empathetic rather than taking it as an offense; there's really no sane reason for doing the latter. At least he tried. You're not the only one that can get hurt, you know.
#77 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:07am by blastvortex
(0)you've lost your grip on reality if you consider a cat to be your best friend. cats are not people.
(0)I hope you are just trying to be a troll. If not, fuck yo cats
#86 - On 12/25/2009 at 3:41am by LongJohnnie5
(0)ok...some of you people have some SERIOUS issues if you think that losing a cat is the same, if not a greater, loss as an actual person. you can't replace a person, but you can replace a cat. sorry for your loss OP!
#78 - On 12/25/2009 at 12:29am by ole_and_lena
(0)You need to be respectful too, who are you to judge whose death is more important? Maybe that cat was their best or only friend. You don't have the right to think your brother's death is more important because you haven't experienced the kind of love your friend has with their cat.
#80 - On 12/25/2009 at 2:02am by emmaemmaemma
(0)Actually I do swear on here a lot, but mostly when people are stupid. There seem to be a lot of stupid people on here today. I have lost a dog I had for sixteen years, and I have lost friends and relatives. I know what hurt me the most, and the dog did not come anywhere near to the pain of losing people close to me.
(0)/: People can be so very annoying.
I had a dog that died in a house fire 6 months ago. I had her for some time and loved her. Also, I know someone that had a cat for 21 years and was crushed when he died last year, although when her brother died she just didn't really care. It depends on the person, and I suppose whether or not they loved who ever died. I would not care if any of my family died, but I haven't even been able to get a puppy after mine died. So, who knows?
(0)Listen, you PETA dumbasses: 'That is almost as bad as when I lost my cat last spring term.' The key phrase here is 'almost as bad.' Death of cat > Death of brother. And you're bitching at OP because she isn't being sensitive enough?
#82 - On 12/25/2009 at 2:28am by Pez_on_a_stick
(0)i think people who lost pets they were close to can also feel as sad as you, but i am so sorry :( my dad lost his brother 27yrs ago and it still hurts a lot
(0)hey peoples I have a little story. Well my faturnal twin died 2 years ago and we were so close and it was terrible I still feel it. Well last year I decidedi would try to move on and I went to the shelter to get a dog. And I spoiled it rotten and I felt better because dogs are the real unconditional love they don't give a damn if your ugly or fat or weird because to them it doesent matter about outside. Anyway well a couple months ago bryson died (the dog) died of heart problems and it hurt. I would say the same amount of my twin maybe cause I had lost both of them it was hard the second time but honestly a life is a life but we choose how we view it whether your higher then all other beings or we are equals opinion is opinion
#93 - On 12/26/2009 at 12:37am by Brit120684
(0)Well honestly your situation is different. If your dog died only two years after losing your twin and the reason you got the dog was because of that hole left by you twin then yeh feeling the same amount of pain is perfectly justified. Since you've had to deal with both lossess your probably one of the few people who can actually compare the two.
But unless the guy in the Original Post or any of these other ignorant assholes have felt both the loss of their pet AND a loved one they have no buissness saying they are the same thing.
And I may be biased but losing a dog is different from a cat >_>
#98 - On 12/26/2009 at 10:27pm by Thunderbender
(0)honestly i love my pets more than alot of people i know so its depends how his friend said it imo
#96 - On 12/26/2009 at 7:07pm by gamerboy13666
(0)What you must understand is that pets can take up a lot of one person's emotions. They may only be animals, but they're a member of the family either way. Personally humans are worth less to me than my cats. So not FYL, but most definitely not YDI.
(0)The fact that there are people equating losing a cat and losing a younger sibling makes my brain hurt already but then the fact that some people are actually calling the OP insensitve... thats gonna give me an aneurysm.
#99 - On 12/26/2009 at 10:31pm by Thunderbender
(0)I'm coming to the defense of your friend.
While I'm sorry for your loss, as a cat person, I must say that you can't possibly imagine how one can become so attached to pets. If either of my cats died, none of my friends nor immediate family would hear the end of it.
What you need to understand is that your friend wasn't trying to be hurtful. Heck, I still miss my dog.
#100 - On 12/27/2009 at 12:04am by Calculate900
(0)I get that you would miss your cats. I'm sure that their loss might hurt very much.
But would that seriously hurt as much or more than the loss of your immediate family or friends? If your mom died would that hurt less than if your cat did? If you had to choose for one of them to live would you choose your cat? Because if you would, you are truly a fucking idiot.
#101 - On 12/28/2009 at 1:42am by the_advantages
(0)It can be ... I love my cats more than my sister. Maybe his pain was real!
#102 - On 12/28/2009 at 9:11am by Raytestrak
(0)In my opinion, you can't really compare the death of a sibling to a death of a pet.
Losing either one has a different type of pain to it.
#103 - On 12/28/2009 at 8:04pm by iCandyFreak
(0)men SUCK with this kind of stuff. we're not trying to be assholes, we just don't know how to handle it :/
(+1)I wasnt at all saying that this guy wasnt hurt by it.. i am saying I dont care who it is you dont tell me that your cat is almost as bad as my little brother dying.. an 18 year old boy who was 8 days from his 19th brithday and in his senoir year in high school who has a rare defect in his brain but was perfectly healthy up until the point that he died. He was healthy always so they never knu he had the defect in his brain.. he goes off to school and drops dead when he was perfectly fine and im crying to u about it and u tell me that its almost mine u ALMOST as bad as your cat dying!!! NO FML!! U cant tell me that i shuddnt be pissed.. i dnt care how much u love pets.. even if ur a pet person and u have a dog that youve had since u were 3 and he got shot by ur neighbor and someone comes to you and says.. well thats almost as bad as when i lost my gunnie pig 5 years ago!! you would be pissed.. thats how i felt.. so thanks very much .. and i see he inst crazy there are plenty of people out here who are just like him. you dont tell someone that... especially when it jus happened!
(+1)Exactly. People can love their pets all they want, just dont say stupid shit like its as bad as a siblings death.
#110 - On 12/31/2009 at 7:24pm by Thunderbender
(+1)there are obviously many people here contradicting the op and bringing their own stories from experience, demonstrating that this is clearly a subjective subject. individuals grieve in different ways and to different degrees, and we do not have the right or ability to judge the pain of others.
#109 - On 12/31/2009 at 6:03pm by monny
(0)I fail to see how people can grow to love animals more than certain people, sure you can grow fond of an animal and the way it acts, but you will never have a conversation with it. It is beyond me.
(0)Its no surprise when people love animals more than certain people. I love my cat a hell of a lot more than my abusive ex-step-father. It's when people love their animals more than ALL people that it becomes puzzling.
#112 - On 01/16/2010 at 3:29pm by boatkicker
(0)Tbh, if you see someone EVERY day and EVERY night, you become very...attached. now, he said "lost", which can either mean it died or it was just...lost. Like, running off or something. When my cat died, it had a greater impact then my great-gran who died the week after. I really didn't like that Christmas. Actually, it was the Christmas just gone.
(0)But I still support the OP here. Any sane person would choose to keep a sibling, someone you live with, and someone that does more than eats and craps, and someone that is flesh and blood, not just something she can get a new one of from the local pound.
(0)people on here are just like your friend- wrong. Death is way too touchy to be exposing on fml to b prodded at. Perhaps your friend meant his empathy for you is almost as strong as the feelings he had about his cat's death.
#118 - On 05/12/2010 at 7:44pm by hassenpfeffermmm
