wrote:
Wow, Phillip. You're really kinda bonkers, aren't you?

Silly woman. Husband leaving the cap off the toothpaste, or leaving a

towel on the floor, or vomiting from your cooking equates to feline
spraying outside the box?

The lovely man vomited from food poisoning from a cheap chinese
restaurant. He and I are both *ahem* phenomenal cooks, but sometimes
ya gotta grab a quick bite.

I was equating behavior that is annoying to me and messes up my house.

followed up by ..."but he's still here." Probably
because he still keeps a roof over your head.

He's getting a Ph.D. We split expenses proportionately. And we're
madly in love with each other.

You better keep faking it., LOL

Guess I'm a lucky girl. Don't have to :

I'm sure he loves being equated with a cat. IMO, that's
disrespectful, but you're entitled to equate him with whatever you
want - he's yours.

He couldn't care less. There's four occupants in our home - 2 human
and 2 feline. They all have needs and they all ocaisionally do
annoying stuff. They're all loved.

You women. "He's yours" until ... a younger replacement comes along
and gives him "the eye." Then for a moment ... maybe longer, he
AIN'T yours. LOL

Six years and counting. And ummmm... he's younger than me and dumped
a younger girlfriend FOR me. Some people have actual relationships
instead of trophy souvenirs.

Since you like human anologies - Would you choose to marry an
alcoholic just because he's a "hard case" or an "underdog"? Many
women do, and would argue that you need to "help those less
fortunate". I don't get the logic, personally.

I'm not helping an alcholic by marrying them. What they need is help
to stop drinking destructively. Marrying them isn't providing that.
What a scared homeless cat needs is a home. That IS helping them and
giving them what they need.

"tracyrose" is spouting feel good gibberish. Let's say two men have
extraordinarily attractive personalities. But one is a well built
man with
a good income while the other walks with a cane and is on permanent
Disability.

Depends which one I'm in love with and which one makes me happy and
fills my soul and brings me joy and acts like a true partner to me.
Being well-built with a good income doesn't make someone right for me.
It's nice for them and a heck of a lot easier and gives them more
choices in their life, that's all.

Oh ... and did I mention that our "tracyrose" wants to start a
family. I expect to hear a lot of lip service to an ideal but
looking around the first candidate wins the right to breed. Do you
like that word ..."breed"!? LOL (sorry ... could not resist)

Nope. If I wanted to start a family, I have lovely human breeding
stock right here at home, no need to look. But he and I love our
lives and work and don't feel the need for children. We have a passel
of nieces and nephews and friends and kitties and that's enough.
There's overpopulation on the human front, too and humans use up alot
more resources than animals do and are far more destructive. So we're
going to *not* add to the problem.

You're attitude is young, idealistic, and making me nauseous. ;^) We've
got almost 40 yrs marriage and two kids raised and on their own. If you
don't want children, get separate beds or one of you get sterilized. Kids
change evvvvvvverything.