You're not over-reacting, and this woman isn't a 'friend'. I agree with the others who have said to block her from your fb page. We were unable to have kids until we adopted our daughter, so for 15 years our cats were our kids ( and they still are). Some people just don't get it.
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Hurt feelings.. gotta love FB (long)
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Facebook. There are just days that I'd like to delete my entire account. I have seen people hurt other people's feelings on there. Just because something was said out of context. Because you didn't "get" the context since it's written, not said and you can't see the person's facial expressions while they were saying it.
And don't even get me started on the whole "cyberbullying" thing. If I EVER caught one of my teenagers doing the crap that has been on the news- they wouldn't be seeing the light of day for weeks. And the computer would be GONE- the only thing it would be used for would be papers.
I'm sorry someone said that to you. If I got any kind of a snarky remark- that person would be removed from my "friend" list immediately. I've "hidden" a whole bunch of people that I'm just fed up with (work people) so I don't see any of their posts anymore. They still occasionally post on my stuff. I just didn't have the heart to "unfriend" them. That word just sounds so harsh.
And I have a zillion pictures of the cats on my facebook page too. Sometimes I've got more pictures of Holly than I do of my human children- just because she's more willing to be photographed than the kids are.
Cheryl
I post a lot of pictures of my baby cats...we have 7 but 3 of them are under 1yr and are always around/wanting love/doing cute things etc...so since we got each once we have posted a ton of pics of each. I add a lot of the cat pictures to facebook via my phone because i have horrible luck with phones and I find easy ways to break phones, or the screen goes out or something...and I don't want to lose any pictures of my babies as tiny babies because they were all so freaking adorable....
Anyways, one of my old friends who I rarely see/talk to anymore commented to one of my cat pictures, some random snotty comment like "oh look, surprise surprise, more cat pictures". I was offended although it wasn't as rude as the comment you got. I wrote back "LOL if it bothers you, don't look at them!" Because honestly, people use their facebooks in a lot of ways. I don't plan to have my own kids, my cats are my children and if I want to proudly display their pictures, I sure can. I absolutely adore my kitties, they are amazing animals and I love them so incredibly much, I will not let someone try to make me feel bad about it. People can be jerks, try not to let it bother you to much though...they probably just aren't lucky enough to have wonderful kitties in their life like you are!
Anyways, one of my old friends who I rarely see/talk to anymore commented to one of my cat pictures, some random snotty comment like "oh look, surprise surprise, more cat pictures". I was offended although it wasn't as rude as the comment you got. I wrote back "LOL if it bothers you, don't look at them!" Because honestly, people use their facebooks in a lot of ways. I don't plan to have my own kids, my cats are my children and if I want to proudly display their pictures, I sure can. I absolutely adore my kitties, they are amazing animals and I love them so incredibly much, I will not let someone try to make me feel bad about it. People can be jerks, try not to let it bother you to much though...they probably just aren't lucky enough to have wonderful kitties in their life like you are!
Originally Posted by BMW Kitty Cat
Aww Lauren dont feel bad! I have 2 full albums just of my cats. People don't understand how wonderful cats truly are! I love them as if they were my children too. Don't let comments like those hurt your feelings!
BTW find me in FB as CoolCat ...
I don't think you're being sensitive at all to react the way you did to her comment. She's clearly a negative person, one of those classic passive-aggressive people who sit around bitching and then claim they were only joking so they don't ever have to own up to what they said.
That's so rude! There are ways to say things without being offensive. Using the word "horrendous" is offensive and couldn't be further from the truth of your stunningly beautiful cats.Originally Posted by NorthernGlow
I actually got a bit offended when an old friend from school wrote "All of your cats have horrendously big eyes.".. It was the only thing she had commented on my pics. I just replied "the better to see you with..". I don't know why I even found it offensive, it is true after all. Maybe it was the blunt tone it was written with..
I'm sorry she said such a negative thing to you
. Some people dont understand, and it's unfair of her/them to assume that you have a lot of friends and family around. People get on my case all the time on FB when I talk about my furbabies. If I say they ARE my kids, people start giving me crud for not wanting babies or saying I'm obsessed with my cats, whatever.
I have a big album of cat pics (would have multiple ones if I posted every pic I take of them!), which usually generate positive comments because I remove all the negative people from my life. I don't have time for those types of people.
I have a big album of cat pics (would have multiple ones if I posted every pic I take of them!), which usually generate positive comments because I remove all the negative people from my life. I don't have time for those types of people.
I'm sorry to hear about your problem. Personally I would only use Facebook for contacting and staying in contact with immediate family. I don't want my personal information or thoughts out there in cyberspace.
Someone once said that behind every joke is a half truth. (Might not be quoting that exactly right.) But I think it's true that some people just don't get it when it comes to loving our furbabies. So maybe she didn't mean to come across insulting you; but she just doesn't understand your love for your animals.
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I wanted to thank everyone again. I really appreciate all of you! If anyone wants to friend me from TheCatSite just pm me and I'll send you the link to my page.
At least all of you understand me!
At least all of you understand me!
I think it's against the rules to post links to facebook pages. I think they have to be sent by Private Site Mail to individuals you want to add.
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Oh I didn't know! I'll remove the link.
Well, she wrote it in finnish (word is kauhea) and that's the closest translation I could think of. Now that I checked the translator it gives me these options to choose from:
abysmal, awful, dire, dreadful, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, impossible, odious, terrible
I don't think that made it sound any better..
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Your cats are beautiful... I can't believe someone would say something like that!
As an adjective, it could also mean "Terrific"Originally Posted by NorthernGlow
Well, she wrote it in finnish (word is kauhea) and that's the closest translation I could think of. Now that I checked the translator it gives me these options to choose from:
abysmal, awful, dire, dreadful, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, impossible, odious, terrible
I don't think that made it sound any better..
http://translate.google.com/#fi|en|kauhea
Maybe I should just convince myself that's what she meant (even though I know she didn't)..
