how do you choose just one cat??

[TsPoet]

Boo's just plain lovely. Who knows, he may change once he's adopted and turn out to be a pain, but I'll take full responsibility and take him if worse comes to worst.

There are just so many homeless cats, it's oh so depressing.

Your first description of Boo, you said you couldn't get him out of your mind - I thought right away that was the cat that had chosen you!
Murphy (dog) chose me in an odd way, and he's my heart dog. Finn (dog) didn't choose me and it took months for the two of us to decide we liked each other. I almost brought her back to the shelter.
Boo will be good right off the bat. Good choice.

[badger]

this is what happened with Morley, too. I saw him at the hospital, all full of staples after being hit by a car, unable to see or move, but was purring (I didn't realize then he was probably purring because he was in a lot of pain) and I just couldn't get him out of my mind. 10 years later he's giving ME pain, but I love him to bits.

I'm just having really bad guilt trips not choosing Yang, but it's wrong to choose her simply on the reverse logic of black cats being overlooked, no? Don't get me wrong, she's lovely, too, but something about Boo just really got me.

[Crankin]

Thanks for understanding my point. We didn't get another cat (although we missed our cat who died at age 14) because we know we don't want the responsibility and that wouldn't be fair. I come from a family of animal haters and just having a pet was a really big deal for me... it was great for my kids and I really came to love her. But, the kids are gone and I knew my limits.
I guess some people don't. But both of my kids have cats (one has 2) which at this point, are their children.

[jessmarimba]

I'm sure Yang will find someone...you did what you could do! Thank you for helping Boo find a home

[redrhodie]

Yay for Boo! It's such a hard decision, but you've helped all of them by making it one less for the next person to choose from.

[Eden]

Thanks for understanding my point. We didn't get another cat (although we missed our cat who died at age 14) because we know we don't want the responsibility and that wouldn't be fair. I come from a family of animal haters and just having a pet was a really big deal for me... it was great for my kids and I really came to love her. But, the kids are gone and I knew my limits.
I guess some people don't. But both of my kids have cats (one has 2) which at this point, are their children.

Nobody thinks you should get another cat..... you did the right thing. You knew you didn't want to commit to a pet and you didn't, rather than getting one and throwing it away when you tired of it....

I know some of the pets there do end up in the shelter for legitimate reasons, but so many of them are there because their owners have lost interest. It's sad.