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Mental Health Support

Ocelot II

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1. That's a very sad story, and I hope this woman keeps getting the care she needs.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:41 PM

Jul 25

But many of us are happily childless and unmarried by choice and have cats as pets by choice, and do not have mental health issues. "Childless cat lady" was intended as an insult because it implies that women who do not have children are lonely, unable to get husbands, and have cats only as child substitutes, which is false. Your friend doesn't even fit this false stereotype; her mental health problems aren't likely to be related in any respect to her child-free, cat-ful lifestyle choice.

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I take great offense at the term "childless unmarried cat ladies". [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 25 OP

That's a very sad story, and I hope this woman keeps getting the care she needs. Ocelot II Jul 25 #1