Rescue Pets, Not Partners

You can actually save pets; men can only save themselves

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Ever heard of orange cat behavior? It’s a real thing. I adopted an orange cat from a local shelter at an adoption event over the weekend. I wanted free coffee, but I came home with free coffee, two cats, and a sense that if I’d lost my marbles at least I was finding the whole process satisfying. I’m told I have too many pets, but when they look at me like I saved them, I always tell them that they saved me right back.

Right now, an orange cat is making nearly human sounds to get my attention. She’s demanding love because she’s never had enough of it. She has the tipped ear of a stray, and the local Humane Society workers said they don’t think she’s ever been an inside cat. Yet, she’s hungry for love.

Not just hungry. She’s starving for it. She’s never gotten her fill, and she wants it.

I can relate.

I used to be starving for love. It made me an easy mark for toxic relationships. I didn’t mind rescuing a man. I figured he might even rescue me right back.

I could not have been more wrong if I’d tried.

Because the reality is that there’s not a single human being on Earth we can truly save. They have to save themselves. It’s particularly true in…