So basically her parents just let her have whatever pet she wanted, without learning anything about said pet and whether a child would be capable of caring for it. Fucking gross.
What's really horrifying is I think she thought this was supposed to be funny or something? Like "Ha ha, look at the silly things I did as a child." But there's nothing funny about animal abuse.
10 years ago
There's definitely something wrong with this woman!
I can understand her having hurt and animal once, toddlers often don't know their own strength and can be cruel but for her to have tortured all those animals without her mother saying ANYTHING against it frightens me.
To have her make it try to be funny is also really super disturbing.
I know sometimes I pick up Dean, despite knowing he's not crazy about it, but to be honest, I mostly try to keep it to picking him up and giving him a higher vantage to see stuff out of the summer house windows. (He gets all conflicted. He likes being able to see more, but still does not like being held, so I end up letting him go pretty quickly.)
I forced myself to read the whole thing, and then wanted to curl up into a ball and hide in a dark corner.
What's really horrifying is I think she thought this was supposed to be funny or something? Like "Ha ha, look at the silly things I did as a child." But there's nothing funny about animal abuse.
I know sometimes I pick up Dean, despite knowing he's not crazy about it, but to be honest, I mostly try to keep it to picking him up and giving him a higher vantage to see stuff out of the summer house windows. (He gets all conflicted. He likes being able to see more, but still does not like being held, so I end up letting him go pretty quickly.)
It's scary that someone who obviously needs help isn't getting it, she's a real risk to others.