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A Story About LOVE, Pets And RELATIONSHIPS
Most of us have pets in our homes.
Some care more about them, some less. But in each case, there is at least some love shown from the human towards the pet.
The very fact that these animals are in our homes means that we are having very active relationships with them.
Certain kind of rules are established in those relationships. Similar judgments from the human's side get usually put on the animals. Or projections.
This is what happened to me and one of my cats.
Me and my partner have two of them and we have different relationships with each of them.
I’m usually physically very affectionate in my relationships. With humans and animals alike. This is the case with my two cats as well.
But one of those cats is a bit different. She likes other things in the relationship.
Every time I show my affection for her by petting her (and think I’m doing my part in the relationship) she gets pissed at me.
Because she wants something else entirely. She wants me to take her outside and show her the birds singing outside our windows.
For some time I couldn’t understand why she was rejecting my love so to speak. But then I understood the difference in our needs.
