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Poll: 1 in 3 women say pets listen better than husbands
Christina Holmdahl, 40, talks all the time to her cat, two dogs or three horses about her husband, naturally.
"Whoever happens to be with me when I'm rambling," said Holmdahl, who's stationed with her husband at Fort Stewart in Georgia. "A lot of times, I'm just venting about work or complaining about the husband."
She thinks everyone should have a pet to talk to like her horse, Whistle, who's been with her since she was 19.
"We all say things we don't mean when we are upset about stuff," she said. "When we have time to talk it out and rationalize it, we can think about it better and we can calm down and see both sides better."
It would be a toss-up whether Bill Rothschild would take a problem to his wife of 19 years or the animal he considers a pet a palm-sized crayfish named Cray Aiken. His daughter brought it home four years ago at the end of a second grade science project.
Rothschild, 44, of Granite Springs, New York, considers Cray a better listener than his wife, "absolutely. She doesn't listen worth anything." He doesn't get much feedback from the crustacean, but it's been a different story over the years with family dogs and cats.
"You definitely feel much more comfortable sharing your problems with them," he said. "A little lick from a big dog can go a long way."
Overall, about one in 10 pet owners said they would talk their troubles over with their pets.
The title of the article is misleading because men do it too. I think it's good for both the pet and the owner because pets get the attention and the owner gets a non interrupting ear and they both get to know each other better.
I had a cat once that I know understood 90% of what was being said in a room. He was a little *advertiser censored* too. Whenever you'd try to command him he'd pretend he no speak-da-human.
IMO, if a cat is pretending to care about your problems they probably want to be fed. JMO (That's just a joke. I had a cat that would always nestle with me when I was sick or depressed)
Poll: 1 in 3 women say pets listen better than husbands
Christina Holmdahl, 40, talks all the time to her cat, two dogs or three horses about her husband, naturally.
"Whoever happens to be with me when I'm rambling," said Holmdahl, who's stationed with her husband at Fort Stewart in Georgia. "A lot of times, I'm just venting about work or complaining about the husband."
She thinks everyone should have a pet to talk to like her horse, Whistle, who's been with her since she was 19.
"We all say things we don't mean when we are upset about stuff," she said. "When we have time to talk it out and rationalize it, we can think about it better and we can calm down and see both sides better."
It would be a toss-up whether Bill Rothschild would take a problem to his wife of 19 years or the animal he considers a pet a palm-sized crayfish named Cray Aiken. His daughter brought it home four years ago at the end of a second grade science project.
Rothschild, 44, of Granite Springs, New York, considers Cray a better listener than his wife, "absolutely. She doesn't listen worth anything." He doesn't get much feedback from the crustacean, but it's been a different story over the years with family dogs and cats.
"You definitely feel much more comfortable sharing your problems with them," he said. "A little lick from a big dog can go a long way."
Overall, about one in 10 pet owners said they would talk their troubles over with their pets.
The title of the article is misleading because men do it too. I think it's good for both the pet and the owner because pets get the attention and the owner gets a non interrupting ear and they both get to know each other better.
I had a cat once that I know understood 90% of what was being said in a room. He was a little *advertiser censored* too. Whenever you'd try to command him he'd pretend he no speak-da-human.
IMO, if a cat is pretending to care about your problems they probably want to be fed. JMO (That's just a joke. I had a cat that would always nestle with me when I was sick or depressed)
