Would you be annoyed??

Okay...
so my mom and Grandma I really do love but for some reason I feel like they don't make long term commitments to cats.
The last cats my mom had she suddenly became allergic to them (i'm not buying it) when they got old and had medical problems. Some of you may remember Tigger and Cuddles. She was going to put them to sleep because she didn't want them anymore so I took them in, cared for them, and helped them to the bridge when their natural time came.
My Grandma has cats and she was telling my mom the other day she worries where they'll go when she dies. So my mom just automatically volunteers me saying I will take them in.
Even my aunt had a red eared slider turtle that she impulse bought that I ended up taking from her who is still with me to this day.
I'm sorry but I really like my crew how it is right now and I'm just not going to continue taking on their disposables.
My mom just doesn't get it. She thinks because I have 7 ferrets and 3 cats that I just automatically want to take in whatever animal is in need. I told her I would foster and help them find a home but really I like things the way they are right now and I'm at my limit for animals. She just kind of laughed and said "Yeah right, you wouldn't turn it down if it was in front of you".
I am tired of being the grown up here.
Is it just me or is this incredibly annoying??

You know your limits, you know how many cats you can care for. I'm glad you'll take them in and foster them though, otherwise your mother probably would put them to sleep.

Mother's can be very big pains:
I had thought that Lynxx had changed my mother's views on cats, because she really did love him. But I think she's just a Lynxx lover, not a cat lover. I would have trusted her to take care of him. But I wouldn't trust her to take care of Luna and Midnight. She wouldn't hurt them, but she doesn't really like them, and doesn't want to even try. She's beginning to claim she's allergic to them. Yeah right she wasn't allergic to Lynxx , and she wants a Ragdoll with all that fur

Yeah. I think it is really something with my mom's side of the family or something. My Grandma even adopted an older dog with medical problems because she wanted to do something nice and then she found out it was more work than she thought, she had him put to sleep. A few weeks later she went out and bought a puppy. Luckily nothing has happened to that puppy yet but I am skeptical.
They all are also the type that think they can walk into the pet store and an employee there will tell them all they need to know and not do any research on their own....yet they will spend thousands of dollars on fancy new gadgets or a weekend trip Like really, how hard is it to look up something online or buy a book or two??
In a way I feel like they're not having to live with their decision if I keep taking on their animals..they can just forget about it and not see about following through on their responsibility.
I can't believe we're even related

They view their pets as pets only. They don't realize their true value, and don't care to take the time to realize it. It's to bad they keep going out and getting cats and dogs.

My brother is like this. Albeit, he is much younger than I am. 20 vs 15. When he was oh, about 13 or so, he adopted a mated pair of bearded dragons. Loved them for a few days and then forgot to feed them, never cleaned their cage, and never handled them. My other sister resented that they were brought into the home without her blessing and my parents do NOT like reptiles. Period. So guess who took care of them until he finally decided to give them away? On top of my boa constrictor I loved dearly and baby bunnies I was fostering. (Love for all creatures, right? lol)

It just seems that some people are so excitable about animals, and then novelty wears off. They never bond to them. :/

I don't understand people who keep getting animals only to get rid of them because they get tired of them. I can understand finding out that a certain animal isn't right for someone. That happened with me with birds. I got a cockatiel and after I got her I figured out I really wasn't a bird person. It took a while but I found a good home for her and I didn't get another bird. I admire them when they belong to someone else but I am simply not a bird person.

Yeah, I know what you mean, Denice.
My mom hasn't gotten any more cats..she seems bonded to her dogs so that is good at least..what irks me is she is of the school of thought a handicapped animal should just be put down. Like if one of them lost vision in one eye or something she'd think it was cruel for them to live. That makes me mad. Handicapped animals can have fantastic lives. It's like as soon as it gets hard she bails. With Tigger she wanted to put him down because the sinus tumor disfigured his face and she thought he'd feel bad about himself. He felt fine about himself, she just didn't want to look at his face like that..
My Grandma has done this with dogs over and over..I fear if the puppy will have an accident..one of the reasons she put that old dog down is because "he took too long to go potty and it's too cold for an old woman like me to stand outside". My Aunt likes things that are cute and an easy sell at the pet store. If an employee tells her she can get everything the animal will ever need for under $50 and she thinks it's cute, she will buy it. At least she knows her budget but she fails to see an animal will need care after you buy it besides food and bedding.
I don't know maybe it is a generational thing. I don't understand it. What really gets me mad is they rationalize it and talk about how it was "the kindest thing to do", they really think they are being great people because "it could have been worse".
I don't measure quality of life on whether it could have been worse or not..I check myself in how I'm providing by asking myself "could they be missing out on a better home if i take them in? would they have everything they ever needed or would someone else do a better job?"
I didn't talk about it much at the time but the whole Tigger and Cuddles thing..I feel like I had to do her dirty work. She is over twenty years older than me..I just don't get it. They don't even stay with the animal when it gets put down because it'd be "too painful". Maybe if they looked into their eyes and stopped feeding themselves all these excuses they would learn.
Sorry, just needed to vent. We have been growing farther apart and this is just another factor in the whole thing. If I say something she cries and plays victim and if I don't then i'm biting my tongue and being utterly frustrated.
I love my Mom, I just don't understand her.

It's funny, my Mom is the exact same way with her cats, however she would do ANYTHING for her dog. One of her cats, Oliver, gets very matted. You can't brush him because he freaks, and he is old. It always takes TONS of nagging from me before she'll take him in to be shaved, but she had no problem forking out over $1200 for her dog to have surgery on her leg. Go figure.

My Grandmother on the other hand ADORES her 3 cats. She would do anything for them IF she could, but her and her husband being seniors on a very fixed budget, it is hard for them, so if they ever need help with vet bills, I DO step up to help them, but that is my choice, and they never try to guilt me into it.