Have to vent sorry!!
I just recieved a phone call from mother in law went like this
M-I-L Hi hows the kittens
Me - lovely thankyou
M-I-L good cos i've brought them a cat flap!!!!! they have to go out you know, especially at night.
Me- (trying to not use the F off word) Yes but i like to be in control of when they go out because of the school traffic and they will never go out at night
M-I-L well i think your cruel and they need to go out at night
Me - thank you for that information but i dont need your cat flap thanks
M-I-L you should really think about letting them out look what happened to you last cats
Me- yes one died of cancer the other fell to sleep under his bush and didnt wake up, they wasnt scraped off the road!
M-I-L well i dont think you should have cats to keep them in
Me- ok thanks BYE reciever down and oh yes (f off)

Cant interfere with the kids cos there 20 and 18 now lol
Back off from my babies

Rant over calm again

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M-I-L's - Impossible to live with, get a prison sentence if you shoot them!!!!


Well done for sticking to your guns hun!!!

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**puts gun away**

Im not sure i would have been so calm.

You tell her!!! She sounds like a witch hehe! xxx

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Cheeky Cow!!!!

It's your choice if your cats are indoor or outdoor.... but we won't get everyone started on that debate as everyone feels differently and we have debated it many times on here

I think if she was my MIL i'd currently be digging a large hole in the garden and planning a new patio!

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Ha Ha I have mellowed with age... I've had the same one for 22 years I would of swapped her but i quite like her Son

The digging of hole has been thought about many times but i'm figuring it would be to quick

I shall just torture her slowly for years by making her watch my cats live without a cat flap

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Don't start me on cat flaps. I just finished posting this elsewhere but it fits here too!
Yes before we got Cleo from the RSPCA, we went to another rescue. It has a number of cats that have been there six or seven months. all craving attention and a home. I bonded with one and applied but missed out as she had two potential homes. At the time, getting a third cat was about her as we fell for her rather than any cat. Anyway her homes "fell through" so we applied again. We were turned down for not having a cat flap.

Now the two cats I have I prefer them to be in when I am out and I do not want them out at night. When I have had a cat flap before if I chose to lock it, I found it caused my previous cats stress. So for my current cats I just haven't wanted a cat flap. However our cats cannot be more loved but we were turned down flat, without even a home check. Just turned down for ticking the box "no on "willing to install a catflap"


What made us more angry was this cat was an indoor cat and their website says she would need slow introduction to the outside world???


Now it meant that we ended up with Cleo as we decided we could offer another rescue cat a home and I would not be without her. But I still feel sad that the other cat is in her pen. That is she potential homes that have fallen through.

All we were told is "That's out policy"

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lol..... maybe the tormenting route is better... least you get the pleasure of the "bulldog chewing wasp" expression everytime she visits and see the catflapless house

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monster in law?

just ignore her

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Ignore i do well!!!! I am the same i want to know when they are in and when they are out. If I can get away with them staying in then bonus for me!! my Little Mo sat under the car on the drive for max 10 minutes in the summer she would drop off hidden under her bush. This suited me. She would on occasion dart out when the door opened but this was more about look at me I am in control because all you had to do was shout her and in she ran.

None of my cats have ever been out at night just not allowed I wouldnt sleep, they need to be on my bed with me why else would I let them rule me

I will do what i have to do when the time comes they are 11 weeks plenty of time before i worry about that

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