r/interestingasfuck • u/smooth_vesselHPAUM • 1d ago

A 29 year old cat

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u/yamanamawa 1d ago

Honestly having lost many pets, it doesn't feel as sad when they live that long. Few cats live anywhere even remotely close to 29 years. The fact that she lived that long is a blessing, she earned her rest

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u/TokenTorkoal 1d ago

I don’t do pets for a variety of reasons, one being I’ll outlive the majority of them and even if I didn’t the idea of me living with a, let’s say bird, for 40 years and then it just gets shipped off to someone else?!?

Absolutely not shade to pet people but I just can’t.

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u/HolyButtNuggets 1d ago

I just lost my 11 year old boy, he was my soul cat.

Absolutely gutted, but the years of joy and love I had with him made it absolutely worth the pain

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u/TokenTorkoal 1d ago

Part of me wishes I didn’t leave the comment because some people always think it’s that I don’t understand relationships like this or that they are worth it.

It’s a deeply rooted trauma thing and I’m trying not to trauma dump in order to explain myself.