Toro still likes the old cat perch which he has outgrown...If he can read the article he would say..."Oh puhleese! "
An interesting article sent to me by my sister.
To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/14/relationships.animalbehaviour
Pets can wreck relationships
Ian Sample, science correspondent
Tuesday August 14 2007
The Guardian
Over-indulging pets can spell disaster for singletons hoping to attract a new partner, according to a nationwide survey of attitudes to pet ownership.Questionnaires completed online by more than 200,000 people revealed that the type of pet a person owned, the way they treated it and the number they owned had a dramatic impact on how appealing they were as a future partner. [This is true I guess. I once met a man in Nepal who said he wanted to keep a little tiger as a pet! I thought he was blindingly insane and kept away from him. A tiger is an endangered animal, not to mention a wild cat, and he wants it for a pet??!!)
Women were particularly unimpressed with men who owned spiders, with 48% admitting to being repelled at the prospect. Men were turned off by partners who pampered pets, spending more than £100 a week on accessories and upkeep. One in four men said they would not date a woman with two or more cats and a third of women said they would avoid men who let cats sleep on their pillows.One quarter of men and women questioned said that if push came to shove, for example if a new partner was unbearably allergic to their pet, they would still choose to keep the pet. [Yes when push comes to shove, I would keep my cats - all of them. I must admit though I am guilty of spending quite bit on the amigos]
The survey was conducted between YouGov and a dating agency, Parship, to investigate the potential pitfalls of having pets as surrogate partners. Victoria Lukats, a psychiatrist at Sussex Partnership NHS trust in Brighton, who was involved in the survey, said: "The image of Paris Hilton and her pampered pets is one that seems to send most men running for the hills."
[Since I am not Paris Hilton, then this means it doesn't really matter]
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited 2007
What do you think eh?
Puhleese, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI will stay away from folks who have no affinity with animals. Folks who like ONLY one particular type of pet animal and dislike or hate other animals would also not be regarded as interesting by moi. Then again, that's just me. :)