I love your avatar. Where can I find more pix like that?
I wanted to change mine to something spring-like. With COPD, I'm home bound a lot. When it's at it's worst, I may go days, weeks, or even a month without being able to go out. Even most of my work is stuff people drop off for me to work on or fix at home. Most of my friends & relatives are either dead, or retired & live too far away. I get little of no human contact for days to months except through the internet or phone. So my cats play a large role for companionship, company, & entertainment... as pets do for many homebound disabled & elderly. Without the kitties & the internet, it would be like being in prison in solitary confinement. The kids are usually at my side or nearby all day, & sleep on top or against me most of night.
Most of my surviving family & friends are involved with pet rescue organizations, foster pet care people, & have several pets of their own. I got my first dog for my 5th birthday, who lived to be 17. So it's a normal & typical way of life for me to have pets.
A cute kitten celebrating springtime as an avatar seemed suitable for me. Often my avatar is a real picture of my actual cats. Too many unwanted pets are put down or left stray to fend for themselves. So if a cute picture of kitties makes just a few people want to adopt one, it's good thing. Studies have shown it's healthier physically & mentally to have an intelligent interactive pet like a cat, dog, or bird.
Back when the place I lived didn't allow dogs or cats (long, long ago), I had several birds instead. More places allow cats than dogs, so I stick with cats now. When I was looking for a smaller cheaper place a few years ago, 95% of the affordable nice places wouldn't allow any pets. So many said to just get rid of the cats. To ask me to give up my kitties is like asking me to give up a family member, brother, sister, or kid. I couldn't do that. Unlike many other people's cats, mine love me, cuddle, & play with me all the time. They follow me all over the house all day.
When my old cats passed away, I missed them dearly, & was going nuts coming home to an empty silent house every day. It wasn't long before I adopted 2 new ones. When I found my babies at 1 week old at a pet foster home, it seemed like an eternity to wait 5 more weeks for them to be old enough to take home. Made a good choice with this couple too. From the first day home, they loved their new home, me, & each other. They already knew me a little though because I was visiting them until they were old enough. But a lot can be said for the owner (me). I don't have an pet horrors I see so many others have. Even my birds learned to cuddle & play with me, each other (different species), & loved it.
When I first started Betty's I had a cat for years that was originally the cat from hell. She was a big mean, vicious, violent cat, who would chase dogs & people & tear them to shreds. One couldn't get near her without her cutting you up. I adopted her BECAUSE nobody wanted her. It was a rough first year, but after that she was as sweet & cuddly as any pet I owned.
I have some pix of myself, but just about everybody has already seen the ones I'd be willing to put on the internet. I've been considering taking more sissy pix of me soon, while I'm still able to, & still look good at it. I still look about the same as I did 20 years ago, except I've gotten even skinnier. Comparing holiday pix of me taken this past year (as a boy) with holiday pix around 20 years ago, several have commented I look older in the ones from 20 years ago. I think working 60-70 hours a week back then wore me down a lot.
If I'm clean shaven & buy beer or liquor from a clerk that don't know me, they would ask me for identification to prove I'm 21 (ex GF & I split the cost of some liquor last Christmas). I turn 59 June 30th! No cover gray yet. My hair is light brown with just a few strands of gray hair. But if I grow a goatee, it's pure white. Must take new cool sissy pictures someday while I still can!
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