BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids Pulled aside at work b/c of my opinions!

Well, at least they don't hiss and puke at you -- worse they do is rub up against you. DW is semi-allergic to cats, so as always, when she is in a room with a cat, guess who gets the walk-to by the cat first. Me, who loves cats and likes to pet them, etc, or DW who has problems with cats?

Three guesses..and the first two don't count.

Bob, my boyfriend, has multiple claw marks all over his body right now because we've been treating our cat's chin with acne pads. Every time we wipe down his chin, Bob gets more claw marks. So they can be harmful somtimes

::looks at my mangled right hand:: Right now I look like I made a botched attempt at slitting my wrist because Mr. Psychopath kitty decided to FLIP OUT that the vacuume was sitting out in the living room. (And it wasn't even ON!) Also have two deep gouges in my palm and finger because I didn't realize I needed to clip his claws again. >_< Anyone have any good tips on de-sensitizing a cat to vacuumes?

Ok, ok -- under normal circumstances, the claws don't come out. I guess like any other person, they react to pain/loud sounds/reactions.

We have this joke that whenever the cat scratches one of us, bites us, or even pees or pukes in the house, we'll say to whoever is the brunt of her anger, "What'd you do wrong?"

So, Grey, that is just your cat telling you to neaten up and put that vacuum away, and my best advice is to obey.

Our cat successfully got my DH to not leave his clothes on the floor anymore by pissing on them. Now if she could just get him to cook dinner! And clean the shower!

The girl who complained is really out of line. What a nasty woman.

But on the subject of your friend letting you know about the "complaint" - without knowing the tone of the conversation - it sounds to me like he might have been trying to give you a heads up rather than agreeing with her? To prevent you having to go through that for real with the actual/eventual new manager, I mean, in case that person is another parent who sides with the others.

Or did it sound more like he felt he needed to "deal" with the complaint?

::looks at my mangled right hand:: Right now I look like I made a botched attempt at slitting my wrist because Mr. Psychopath kitty decided to FLIP OUT that the vacuume was sitting out in the living room. (

My dogs goes bonkers when I pull out the vacuum. He barks, growls and when I vacuum he attacks it. He has almost pulled off the rubber strip that is on the front of it. The little second dog I have (who is second in the pack) follows the leader and he sees Sammie mad at the vacuum so now he just stands back and barks over and over at it. B/t the vacuum running and the dogs barking..I feel like I am going to loose my mind.

Jzel...your coworker seems out of line there. Besides, she ASKED YOU. It wasn't like you were walking around throwing it in her face all day.

My officemate doesn't like cats and I adore them. She has told me multiple times that she doesn't like cats. It is fine with me. Everyone has an opinion as long as they don't try to force their ways on me.

As for working witha bunch of women - YES that can be VERY touchy at times. Although I have to say the group I currently work with are super great. No hassles and no tattling or trouble making! yay!

And as I mentioned in another thread...my cat loves to be vacuumed!! He lays on his back and spreads his legs to have his belly vacuumed!

My friend said it was a heads up; he laughed too. He is a Pagen and doesn't advertise it but was asked "what church do you go to?" So he understands being "different".

He and I had dinner last night and were talking and I told him I would NOT change who I am and will say what I want as others talk about their kids all the time. I don't just walk around saying I don't have kids but I will express myself in conversation and will not walk away and act like I am a second class citizen b/c I don't have kids. It is hard from women in the town to understand that a 37yr. old women does not want kids...but that is there problem not mine.

Jzel, that's awesome that you talked to him and that it was just a heads-up.

It's hard being different in a small town.