I disagree Cider. The husband was just trying to get his wife all defensive about the animals on the street to be silly. I grew up on a farm in RURAL Texas and men do this all the time. No one I knew ever had the intention of actually running over the animals and no one ever did. In fact a lot of animals were rescued as a result of this. Men just like to rile up woman. That is very normal.
I disagree Cider. The husband was just trying to get his wife all defensive about the animals on the street to be silly. I grew up on a farm in RURAL Texas and men do this all the time. No one I knew ever had the intention of actually running over the animals and no one ever did. In fact a lot of animals were rescued as a result of this. Men just like to rile up woman. That is very normal.
It’s funny to make 'em squeal.When men tease their wives, girlfriends, sisters, or mothers by showing off in how they drive in order to get a protest, that’s atypical?
)Speeding up is dangerous, not only for you but the cat. Animals can panic and run under the car. I hope he stops doing that with your encouragement, wives know how to do that, I sure do.
Amen Miss KimberlyCat! My husband loves to get me riled up because he thinks it is cute.I disagree Cider. The husband was just trying to get his wife all defensive about the animals on the street to be silly. I grew up on a farm in RURAL Texas and men do this all the time. No one I knew ever had the intention of actually running over the animals and no one ever did. In fact a lot of animals were rescued as a result of this. Men just like to rile up woman. That is very normal.
He is not originally from the USA but grew up on a farm and this is also typical male behavior in the presence of a female where he is from. He has only ever done it once or twice when it was a cat. We live in a semi-rural area and there are always critters crossing the road. He leaves the deer, dogs, racoons, possums, frogs, turtles and bunnies alone. He knows I have a soft spot in my heart for cats and likes to rile me up sometimes.You so do not get the described scenario. The only way to “discourage” the gambit’s continuation is to be unphased by it, because getting aSpeeding up is dangerous, not only for you but the cat. Animals can panic and run under the car. I hope he stops doing that with your encouragement, wives know how to do that, I sure do.
is the whole point! (A woman has to be a very good sport to be a farm wife, or else be the sport. C’est la vie; but it becomesclear long before there is a marriage.)This has been an entertaining thread. The “city folk” just don’t understand our “hillbilly ways”. God Bless You for rescuing “Francis” on this beautiful day. Enjoy!Amen Miss KimberlyCat! My husband loves to get me riled up because he thinks it is cute.
My “evil, animal hating” husband stops to not hit neighborhood animals (mostly dogs and the occasional cat) with the car. He takes care of my mom’s horses, chickens and CATS when my parents are out of town. He has taken our neighbor’s little dog home when he escaped from the neighbor’s backyard and ended up in ours. He stops to watch deer run through the neighborhood or cross the street. He looks forward to the day when we get our property fenced in and ready for more critters (outside, of course).
Nice try at stereotyping, but I’ve lived in the boonies as a kid and as an adult. As a kid, which was in rural east Texas, we drove 35 miles to town when we needed to go shopping, we ate the goats and other livestock we raised and if it wasn’t for hunting supplementing the dinner table we would have been lacking in food. Our address was a rural route and box number. So don’t play that city slicker stuff with me. The “boys” that acted like morons at least weren’t self described animal haters. Of course my family valued class and manners and acting like an idiot wasn’t condoned, and certainly wouldn’t have been tolerated as a married adult.This has been an entertaining thread. The “city folk” just don’t understand our “hillbilly ways”. God Bless You for rescuing “Francis” on this beautiful day. Enjoy!
You might have very well been called to look out for this kitty. I feel I was called to look out for two kitties this past summer. They are making wonderful barn cats
They regularly hang out in the hay barn, in the milking shed, under the back stairs, and laze on the front porch. They visit the goats in the front field, and visit the cows in the back. They are extremely well behaved when they do come inside the house, but they haven’t been in the house in weeks and seem to be just as happy I think your hubby is being very sweet to agree to spend money on the cat for food and other things. See if he won’t mind if you have the kitty spayed. They have such traveling vans named, “Fixed for life” and other names, to spay and neuter animals for very low cost or next to nothing. There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping them outside. If the weather gets too inclement, you can give them a dogloo — it’s a dog house of various sizes that is in the shape of an igloo and it keeps animals very warm, especially when lined with straw or pine shavings. Believe me, we have many feral cats in the area, and they keep warm all winter. There is no reasons to make your husband uncomfortable over brining a cat in the house, when they are just as suited (maybe even more) to being outside.I don’t think it’s unfair at all. I know people who intentionally speed up (and hit) cats AND dogs in the road. They’re sick.
Me either. But that’s something that should be discussed during the beginning of the relationship and before getting married. I have four large dogs, in addition to the two outside cats and dogs in the house is a non-negotiable.
I know about ignoring, I do it a lot with my hubby and his jokes. When it comes to hurting anything, even in jest, is when I get mad. Sometimes you just have to say STOP IT, I DON’T LIKE THAT!!!You so do not get the described scenario. The only way to “discourage” the gambit’s continuation is to be unphased by it, because getting a
And that’s my point!!! The OP knows her husband does not like cats (at least in the house) and others have suggested that she just bring the cat in – regardless of the husband’s wishes – and just let him deal with it. That is totally unfair. It is the husband’s home, too; and his wishes should be considered just as the wife’s should be. If they can’t agree, then the cat doesn’t come in!
yes, there are people who really try to kill pets who get close enough to them on the roadway, and yes they are sick.