Cats & Dogs

I've had it with "Cats and Dogs People."

You know the ones, the ones who have cats or dogs and treat them like they are really their children. The ones who bitch and moan all the time about how people with kids are constantly talking about their kids and then, in the next instant, go on a thirty minute rant about how their sweet little kitty "Mr. Boogiedown" won't lie on the window sill near the garage yet ALWAYS lies on the sill near the kitchen and how it's so weird and it affects his mood and he won't eat in the early AM, blah, blah, blah.

The same people who claim that owning an animal is just as hard and as challenging as raising a child.

Enough.

Now, if you cannot have children of your own, then I completely understand. I have no problem with people who substitute their love for a child they cannot have with the love of a pet. Godspeed...I will even attend your loved one's birthday party.

But if you CHOOSE to not have children and then CHOOSE to pour all of your available love into an animal that shits in a box or licks his or her own genitalia, then, I mock thee.

I had dogs and cats growing up and , as much as I loved them I never, ever mistook them for "little humans" or as my "little babies." They were animals and they were cool, but they were only animals.

Children are more interesting, challenging, time consuming, loving, rewarding, delightful, and life-affirming. Not even fucking Rin Tin Tin or Lassie could compete with the joy and challenge of raising a child.

Please, Cats and Dogs People, stop pretending they're the same...Stop pretending there's no difference...Stop pretending owning a pet is the same thing as being a parent.

It's not.