sarah...
i think they were generalizing...you seem to be a special, sweet,
responsible exception to the generalization...HUGS!!...i commend you for
that...
 
i think maybe what they meant was that alot of teens buy pets for "status"
symbols and others really don't know at that point where their life will be
in 5-10 years down the road...or even 2-3 years down the road...it is true
that some adults don't know that either... :)
 
also teens are 'soon to be going out on their own'...would the majority of
them be responsible about their ferret?...if i remember my "first out of
the nest" years...i barely made enought money to feed myself...and for the
most part, if it had not been for friends, i would not have been able to
eat at all...(it was not the best time of my life...but i also realize it
probably is towards the extreme side of the coin)
 
i admit i am an "old folk" and my not know teens nowadays...but i do know
they have to grow up and make it in the world on their own...and it is
usually a hard road...GENERALLY too hard for a pet that bonds so totally
with its person that it is traumatic, and many times fatal, for it to be
seperated from them.
 
no statement ever includes everybody, nor excludes everybody...there are
always exceptions...and it sounds like you are one of them...
 
i believe they meant the statements as a guide...a rule of thumb...and not
as a "cast in concrete" rule...at least i hope they did...
 
HUGS!!!
kat
 
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