My Children
November 21st 2007 20:58
Unlike most women, I’m not a marriage and babies person. A few of the women are my workplace are currently engaged and they talk about weddings non-stop. I find it so boring to listen to, day in, day out. They also seem to not worry about what happens after the wedding. Maybe they assume they will live happily ever after but they seem to forget that marriage takes a lot of work, or so my married friends tell me. So I don’t crave marriage. One colleague said that’s because I’ve never been proposed to but that’s not so. I’m just not interested in all this girly stuff. And I certainly don’t crave babies.
But I do crave the company of animals, especially cats. I call my friends’ cats my children. While others will coo over other people’s babies, I go ga-ga over other people’s animals. I’m constantly stopping to pat other people’s dogs or stroke other people’s cats whenever I walk down the street. If it wasn’t for the fact I would also have to stop and chat with the owners, I would do this more often. But I find I’m uncomfortable around people and social situations. Small talk doesn’t come easily to me as I find it inane. But with animals, the communication is non-verbal and more real. Animals will let you know straight away how they feel about you instead of wasting time crapping about the weather and asking stupid questions such as “how are you?”. This honest and open communication style holds greater significance to me.
But I do crave the company of animals, especially cats. I call my friends’ cats my children. While others will coo over other people’s babies, I go ga-ga over other people’s animals. I’m constantly stopping to pat other people’s dogs or stroke other people’s cats whenever I walk down the street. If it wasn’t for the fact I would also have to stop and chat with the owners, I would do this more often. But I find I’m uncomfortable around people and social situations. Small talk doesn’t come easily to me as I find it inane. But with animals, the communication is non-verbal and more real. Animals will let you know straight away how they feel about you instead of wasting time crapping about the weather and asking stupid questions such as “how are you?”. This honest and open communication style holds greater significance to me.
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