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How is a fella supposed to react to the death of a family pet?

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Tibley Bobley

Today someone asked me why my brother is walking around with a face as long as a fiddle. They all know his oldest cat died last Thursday. Here's the puzzle: If one of my dogs had died within the last few days, everyone would expect me to be 100% miserable, as though I didn't expect the sun ever to shine again. Nobody would be surprised if I burst into tears every half hour or so, or hit the bottle for a couple of days. So I wonder why blokes aren't expected to form such close attachments to the companion animals that live with them; to the extent that they might be extremely upset when one dies. When the old cat was a bit younger, he used to jump up onto my brother's shoulder and refuse to budge. He'd ride the shoulder round the garden, looking down imperiously from his privileged vantage point on the other cats and dogs, while my brother checked, pruned and tidied round the trees and shrubs. He was a character, a rascal, a member of the family - and now my brother misses him and every now and then, people notice he looks sad. Quite understandably.


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