Psycho babble BS?Alexithymialy
Sad thing is, now she lives with her son in this area but still pays rent (divorce money) on the house because she does not want the cats to not have a home. My wife was even prepared to have a cleaning crew come in after she was gone and the cats were at the pound to clean the place up. About 8 to 10 thousand dollars to do it. That woman is crazy me thinks.
I can't imagine living with 35 cats. 35 cats? If I was in a house with 35 cats I would not last till suppertime
I don't remember how many cats she had, but 'Aunt Bee' of The Andy Griffith Show did the same thing. Retired to N. Carolina....became a recluse....two story house full of cats....got to the point that she didn't go out and no one was allowed in. Believe when she died the house was a mess.
My ex-MIL (RIP) was a good Christian lady but we didn't get along at all. Like oil and water. And like @warrior-cat , everything was my fault.
Current MIL is a good lady...and we get along great. She's the type that lets everything roll off her back and is agreeable with most things. Doesn't like to make waves. But like warrior's MIL and Aunt Bee she's a hoarder....hence the reason she comes over here. The Mrs, who is very neat/clean, hardly ever goes over to her Mom's house because it's such a mess and it saddens/infuriates her. We dread the day when she passes (she's 86 or 87). We have seriously talked of just contracting out an excavation company (got a buddy who owns one) and just bulldozing the house with everything in it.
Not being allergic to cats. I like them for what they are, magnificent feline predators. They are also fine companion animals as pets. They enjoy it, and lots people enjoy having them. Aside from the paltry problems of unhealthy domiciles for the weird little old ladies hording them, the massive ecological gorilla with cat colonies lies within the false narratives used to justify their existence at all and communities enactment of cat protection community policies penalizing people who choose not to harbor nuisance animals or subsidize them on their private property by kitty do-gooders. Many communities now refuse to accept feral cats without exorbitant charges to spay and neuter the animals that act to restrict community access to humane community animal management. Facts ignored that predation from all subsidized cats can and do act to threaten vulnerable and endangered species because of high unnatural predator densities and spread of communicable diseases thru unvaccinated populations. It can be managed but it's not. Like everything these days, management has been highjacked by deceivers leading the deceived.
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