I just wanted to say that I had sent a previous post in response to Rebecca's post to me. I gave BIG my permission to not post the response, as both he and I did not want the thread to continue. He in turn sent me what he felt was appropriate in my message - I want to say thanks to him for editing my post and being a fair and open-minded moderator. Kudos to you Bill for being so awesome! Can't wait to meet you in person at the symposium! : ) [Hope to see you there too! BIG] ********************************************************************* I had about a 1/2 dozen private responses to my original post. All were in support of my opinion. But that does not necessarily mean we are *right* - it just means we have the same principles. I want to thank Rebecca for pointing out that "life does take twists and turns" ~ I can say I'm very lucky in my 33 years that I haven't been forced to make a choice between my animals or a partner or an apartment or another animal or...or...or... --- some of us are not so fortunate. But the point of my original post was not to attack Phyllis personally, I just didn't like the CHOICES she made. To me it doesn't make a difference if my children have two legs vs. four with a permanent fur coat - in my eyes they are equal. They are both a responsibility I chose and I will follow thru to the end - sometimes at the sacrifice of my own self. I just hoped someone else who read the posts will know both sides of the story before making the decision that Phyllis did. I sincerely hope she finds a good home for the fuzzies. They deserve to be loved just like the dog. ~ TjG [Posted in FML issue 3527]