"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Tue 25 Jul 2017 12:43:38p, Cheri told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue 25 Jul 2017 12:24:28p, Cheri told us...
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>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Mon 24 Jul 2017 10:45:24p, Cheri told us...
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>>>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in
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>>>>>>> On Mon 24 Jul 2017 10:38:25a, Cheri told us...
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>>>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There are many reasons I do not speak to this selfish
>>>>>>>>>> brother.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just reading what I snipped, I don't blame you. Just
>>>>>>>>> because he's your brother/blood doesn't mean he's worth
>>>>>>>>> dealing with. As Sheldon once said, "hell with humans,
>>>>>>>>> animals are the ones worth caring for. They love you
>>>>>>>>> unconditionally and don't try to screw you." Not an exact
>>>>>>>>> quote but the idea is there. I agree with him.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Because they're totally subservient, what's not to like? You
>>>>>>>> actually have to use some people skills to interact with
>>>>>>>> humans and some people are too selfish to bother.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many are not worth bothering with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know about *many* that I have been close to in my
>>>>>> life, but some for sure, which is why we are no longer close,
>>>>>> I shower my dog with all the time, love, and resources that
>>>>>> would have been wasted on them now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Over the years time and circumstance changes the relationships
>>>>> of people who have passed through our lives. One very dear and
>>>>> close friend of many years I lost through death. A couple with
>>>>> whom I had been very close for over a decade suddenly cast me
>>>>> aside for some unknown reason. Were they really friends? I
>>>>> don't know.
>>>>>
>>>>> In our present life David and I love and cherish our four fur
>>>>> babies over any humans I can think of.They ask for nothing but
>>>>> to be loved and give unqualified love in return. We do have
>>>>> four friends who we consider very close and we feel certain
>>>>> that they feel the same. All others are merely acquaintances,
>>>>> if that.
>>>>
>>>> I can't imagine cherishing any of my animals more than my loved
>>>> ones, especially you cherishing them more than David, but to
>>>> each his own.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I thought that putting David first was implicit. I should
>>> probably have said "over any other humans".
>>
>> I was hoping that was the case, but I would never choose my
>> animals over my siblings, children, friends that I love, etc. I
>> would choose them over *some* humans, especially humans that are
>> guilty of cruelty to animals.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
>
> I have no siblings or children, but I would still choose my pets over
> friends that I love. I've been too disappointed in even close
> friends. My pets don't disappoint. David has both siblings and
> chldren, and I know that he would choose our pets over them. He has
> said it many times. He had a very rough family life.
>
> People that are guily of cruelty to animals are not human and they
> should be put in those filthy cages that they put their animals in.

I've not been disappointed in friends that I love, I have been disappointed
in friends that are no longer friends, they have probably been disappointed
in me as well, but as far as family goes...never been anything that even
came close to lasting anger or unforgiveness, thankfully.

Cheri