#catsplaining

GENERAL nicknames? Alley, Al, outofmylegelykwo, the chick with the giant boobs relationship status? in a relationship zodiac sign? virgo pronouns? She/her blood type? I passed spectacularly! (A+) height? 5′7″ hair color? dark brown (is that how someone would describe it? Let me know artist friends!) long hair or short hair? long  righty or lefty? Righty tattoos? None yet, I’m thinking of getting one but I don’t know what I want to get/what would be meaningful do you want to change your name? Nope do you have a crush on anyone? My datemate what were you doing at midnight last night? Laying in bed, attempting to sleep what time did you wake up this morning? 5:30am what are you listening to rn? The television what’s one thing you like about yourself? Hm...  I guess I’m a fast learner what did you do for your last birthday party? Went to Boomers then out to eat with friends and played some card games.  Idk what I’m going to do in 2 weeks though haha what’s one thing you wish you could change about your life? I guess I’d like a stable job in a field I want to work in what’s one thing you can’t wait for? Um...  I don’t know.. I guess getting my own place.  how many people on your fb list do you know? I keep my list around 100, usually people I talk to or used to talk to or some work people have you ever talked to a person named Tom? I think I had a conversation with my uncle once? last time you saw your mother? Ugh like 5 minutes ago.  I hate living here.

FIRST… first surgery? Uh...  Wisdom teeth I guess. first piercing? Ears when I was in kindergarten first best friend? Sarah first sport you joined? Gymnastics first vacation? Uh...  I think a trip to Sea World when I was 5? first pair of sneakers? Probably whatever my mom bought me to look like her.

WHAT WAS YOUR… last drink? Tea: Orange and Spice Herbal last phone call? Uh... I don’t remember. last text message? Abby (number86)!! last song you listened to? Fall Out Boy’s American Beauty/American Psycho last time you cried? A few days ago at the pointlessness of life and how much of a failure I am.

RIGHT NOW… what are you eating? Nothing, I’m drinking tea what are you drinking? Tea. what are you about to do? Write some of my story, drink some tea, shower in a bit are you waiting for something? Nah, unless you’re talking about waiting for my life to get better what is your dream job? I want to be a Student Affairs professional-- either an Academic Advisor or doing something else in the field would you ever want to get married? I guess.  I still haven’t totally decided would you ever want kids? No.  A billion times no.  Never.  Unless you’re talking cats.

HAVE YOU EVER… kissed a stranger? Nope fallen for a friend? Yes dated someone twice? Ugh, unfortunately.  I learned from that. turned someone down? A few, and they didn’t take it well. broken someone’s heart? Apparently. kissed someone and regretted it? A little. lost someone special? Hm...  Yes..? been depressed? Yes. drank hard liquor? Nope. been drunk and threw up? Nope. been arrested? Nope lost glasses/contacts? Sunglasses

IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE YOU… made a new friend? Yes fallen out of love? No? laughed until you cried? Yes met someone who changed you? Erm...  Sort of? found out who your true friends are? Yes kissed someone on your fb list? Yes, because the datemate is on my facebook list.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN… yourself? I try to, but I have terribly low self esteem miracles? Nope love at first sight? Nope.  Lust at first sight, sure. kissing on a first date? Yeah, if I like them. heaven? Nope, atheist here. angels? Atheist~ santa claus? My mom tried to convince me that he was real up until last year...I’m 23.

Let me see if I can paraphrase some of what I’m reading in the comments…

Original post: Indoor cats have an easier time of it than cats who live their whole lives outside.

Commenter A: As an indoor cat, I get my tail pulled by the three-year-old. How dare you say my life is easy!

Commenter B: Why do you hate indoor cats?

Commenter C: That might have been true in the past, but now all of the indoor cats are choosing to give up and get themselves fixed. Why do you keep marking your own kind with a pungent spray of guilt and loathing?

Commenter D: I know this one dude who taped bacon to his cat. You see? Indoor cats have it just as rough as the outdoor cats…

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Catsplaining aside, it’s been pointed out many times that the fact that you belong to a group that, statistically speaking, has certain advantages over other groups does not mean that your life is therefore easy or wonderful or completely without struggle. Likewise, the fact that your life has been challenging doesn’t mean you do not have certain unearned advantages over people in other groups.