(Was originally going to post something completely different; oh well, maybe another time)..
So, I recently finished reading M C Beaton’s latest Hamish MacBeth book (Death of an Honest Man) – and, as usual, I flipped right through to the end to see if I really wished to read it all the way through; I know, I know – sad.
Mind you, this process does help to eliminate those books that are a complete waste of time (no matter how hard you persevere).. viz, there are most definitely some books that do NOT merit being read at all – while others make you realise that you really do need to read them; the twists and turns making them all so worthwhile. And then, you get to the end and possibly experience withdrawal symptoms – because the storyline was so good…
However, I digress…
At the end of the book, Elspeth decides not to marry Hamish – because of his cat..!!! (Although to be fair, it is a wild cat and maybe not quite as cuddly and cute as the usual domestic moggie). 🙂
Still.. I ask you..
A woman (or man) being threatened by their other half’s love for his / her animal. Really..??
Having said this, I do draw the line at snakes and other, slithery creatures – and I’m not that keen on tarantulas either..
Seriously? Jealous of a four-legged creature..?
I’d hypothesise that the person experiencing the jealousy (possibly a symptom of insecurity) is the one with the problem and who is therefore the one who needs to look within.
Unless you are allergic to or have a genuine phobia about animals (in this instance cats), if I were your fiancée / fiancé, I’d be the one taking a good, long hard look at you – and asking myself if I really wished to shack up with you for the duration..
Makes me ask the question: relationships. What are they actually all about? Strikes me that most of us don’t have a bloody clue.. We live in cloud-cuckoo fairy land and don’t like to have to deal with reality..
Yet, being an pragmatic romantic, I do still believe that there is such a thing as true, pure love..
If your essential core values don’t coincide, then why would you even contemplate being with this person..?? Not to mention little, itsy bitsy qualities like respect – and, actually LIKING your future partner..
Oh, silly me; I was forgetting.
A lot of people – even today in the Western World (I’m not even touching the subject of arranged scenarios) – regard marriage as a business proposition..