What's Your Memory Like?

My in-laws, at one time, had two male cats. After many years they finally had to put one of them down because he was, shall we say, acting inappropriately with the other cat to the point of really hurting him.

Sometime after that they also had to finally have an aging dog of theirs put down because of Alzheimer's. If you closed a door to a room he would become anxious. Any change in routine upset him.

My husband was visiting his parent's house one day and as he was sitting at the table talking to his mother, he remarked, "You know this really sets a really bad precedent for you..."

"Why?" asked his mother.

"Well, you have put down an old gay cat and an old dog with Alzheimers. The minute you start picking out new drapes or acting confused, us kids will think it's time to look into euthanasia for you."

(Sometimes I honestly don't know how that man made it to adulthood!)

QOTD: "The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a mother must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child."  Erma Bombeck (1927-1996)