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Mommy's widdle fwuffiekins cwosses the "Rainbow Bridge"
One of the reasons I created this group is because "Rainbow Bridge" pap leaves me in sugar overload, and every cat discussion board I've ever visited is saturated with it.
I fully understand loss and bereavement when a beloved cat companion dies, which is why I would never, ever rain on some Rainbow Bridge believing person's parade when their friend has died. However, if there were a Rainbow Bridge, I find it hard to believe that only animal companions who were well-loved by some smelly upright ape would be there, or that all the cats waiting there for me would magically get along, and all 50 or so (however many I end up having lived with before I die) would enjoy being one of 50.
Then, there's the whole issue of people calling me my cats' "mother". I don't remember pushing any kittens through my vagina. If I'd wanted offspring, I would have born children. I get to be a doting auntie to my nephews, which is what I always wanted to be. That, and a couple of cats have chosen to live with me. I think of them as companions rather than children.
I fully understand loss and bereavement when a beloved cat companion dies, which is why I would never, ever rain on some Rainbow Bridge believing person's parade when their friend has died. However, if there were a Rainbow Bridge, I find it hard to believe that only animal companions who were well-loved by some smelly upright ape would be there, or that all the cats waiting there for me would magically get along, and all 50 or so (however many I end up having lived with before I die) would enjoy being one of 50.
Then, there's the whole issue of people calling me my cats' "mother". I don't remember pushing any kittens through my vagina. If I'd wanted offspring, I would have born children. I get to be a doting auntie to my nephews, which is what I always wanted to be. That, and a couple of cats have chosen to live with me. I think of them as companions rather than children.
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Permalink Reply by Nils R. Bull Young on -
Reminds me of Lev Vygotsky's socialization meme. Despite the Sapir/Whorf hypotheses or maybe because of 'em, we are born into societies where imaginary friends get called plenty. It's hard not to let fly a "goddammit!" or "Jesus Christ!" in moments of anger or surprise. I usually end up at some point with "For flyin' Frank's sake," but it's taken me some time to train the old dog that trick.
All the cats I've buried or seen die are still stuck in memory, and because of the society in which I was raised -- with all its memes -- I still mourn their losses as if they had gone from one world into the next, even though I know that the cats I mourn ceased to be cats when the last gasp of air departed their lungs. At which point I have to actively disengage myself from that association and face the stark reality of what death really means.
The bridge people (rainbow or $cientologists or Vikings or nerds) have their own socially-derived delusions to contend with. Doesn't mean I don't have to point that out sometimes, especially with non-human deaths. Humans can get a bit testy if I face 'em off with that truth. Most of the time I just let 'em be and shake my little primate haid. (He said as he prepared to go off to a visitation for a former co-worker who died way the hell too young, dammit.)
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Permalink Reply by Kit Ann Kaboodle on -
I will have to look up Lev Vygotsky's socialization meme, as well as the Sapir/Worf hypothesis. Thanks!
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