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[–] [email protected] 127 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's killing me I'll be moved out of this house in a couple weeks and have to leave my friends Klaatu and Chauncy in the ground here.

I'm overprotective of my cats even in passing. A couple years ago a local utility company was moving their lines and someone was showing me where they would be trenching through my yard.

"I've got a cat buried right here"

He chuckled like I was making a joke.

"No, I'm serious. If that gets desecrated; It will be a bad day for everyone involved."

They steered clear. (Sorry, I'm just sad rambling now).

[–] Xanis 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

You know...years later and hundreds of miles, I swear I sometimes still hear a meow and catch the flicker of a tail out of the corner of my eye. Maybe in some small way, those of us who truly and deeply loved our pets, who made them family, never truly go forth alone.

Edit: Also, apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point. Which sorta diminishes this comment, but there you go. beep boop

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

I lost my cat of 16 years at the end of last year. I'd had him longer than I hadn't. He was the coolest dude, a highland lynx. A major goofball with zero balance, and all the chill. I still routinely see him lounging somewhere out of the corner of my eye, only to realize it's a random bag or something. Breaks my heart every time. Same with all the pets I've lost over the years. They're special in a way that non animal people will never be able to understand

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

apparently I was flagged as a bot at one point

You don't get "flagged" as a bot, it is a user setting in your preferences. You should fix it so that you are not marked as a bot.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I walk past your tree every day my sweet Ganon.

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart 6 points 2 days ago

Ganon looks so much like Roy, whom I rescued years ago, but had to rehome. I'm sorry for your loss.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oof this got me I miss my buddy <3

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[–] neomachino 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My son is 3 and goes over to the pear trees where we buried 2 pets in the past 2 years.

Our cat Bruce and our bearded dragon CJ.

He still feels a need to take care of them. He was "in charge" of feeding the lizards so every one in a while he grabs lettuce from the fridge and tries to take it outside for her. While he's over there he says stuff like "pspsps Bruce wanna play with me" and it fucking obliterates me every time.

Bruce was his best friend, he would do his bed time routine with us everynight and loved my son so much. I'm suprised he even remembers him since he was so young but their immediate bond was really special.

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[–] afox 16 points 2 days ago

I drew Pickles on my phone to forever remember her. She is still my world.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve scrolled past this like 10 times today and almost cried every time.

[–] Siegfried 5 points 2 days ago

You are not alone pal...

[–] 2ugly2live 16 points 2 days ago

Never stopped thinking of you, Luna. Thank you for being my best friend for 17 years. Miss you everyday. ♥️

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Omg. Can someone with Photoshop skills plz add the Saddam meme to this instead of the cat?

[–] [email protected] 109 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

1000006471

Edit: while I'm here, seems therapeutic and everyone else is doing it

I miss you, Mimz <3

Cat tax:

Mimz

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[–] MagnyusG 12 points 3 days ago

Photoshop seems like overkill for that

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

That's what I was expecting before seeing the entire picture

[–] WrenFeathers 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Hobbes_Dent 40 points 3 days ago

Oh damn.

Thank you but damn.

Gotta go say hi to our passed cats when I get home in the morning.

[–] vladmech 23 points 3 days ago

I’m 42 and have my first pet since I graduated high school and moved out, leaving our family dog with my parents, and I’m already dreading this. I love her so much and it’s weird knowing this is just something I/we all sign up for.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

Death is cruel.

Love with everything you can while you can.

I'm gonna put these onions away now.

[–] Anticorp 23 points 3 days ago

Damn, that was unexpected.

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson 30 points 3 days ago

Rigby, MoMo, Sauron, Tiger, Doug. I miss all of you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641 4 points 2 days ago

Didn't want to risk him digging out.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Dang it now I'm crying a little

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is why I can't bury them anymore. my childhood home will likely be sold and moved out of in the next year or 2, ending 2 generations of our family living there. 3 of my childhood pets are there, and I'm not about to be the freak who gets them back.

Its hard, to look at the boxes with their ashes. There have been too many taken too closely and too soon, too tragically, but they can always come with me. They're always home.

[–] Phoonzang 4 points 2 days ago

I feel that. My dad sold my childhood home after my mother's passing and moved out a few years ago. I had not lived there for 25 years or so, but three of my cats were buried in the yard because I lived in rentals during that time. The last walkthrough through the house was of course emotional, but strolling through the yard past the trees where I put the little furballs to rest really hit me.

[–] littlewonder 24 points 3 days ago

I hate how far away the cat is and how alone it seems that far down :(

I know dead beings can't feel emotions but I can't help it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Thanks, OP.

I'm just about crying, but it's good to feel - shows how much they matter.

[–] SpaceNoodle 22 points 3 days ago

Neo passed almost five years ago and we still accidentally call his little nephew by his name all the time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Boris, Tu-Ba-Bou, Miss Moneypenny. You were so very loved.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nikki, Socks, Porgy, Tails, Bandit, Rex, Francis, Snowfire, Jasmine, and Santa... Fuck I've had a lot of cats. I feel like I forgot one, too. ☹️

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Greebo, Lauser, Schlingel, Zorro, Flauschi, TinkTink.

I now have to get cuddled by my cats.

[–] KazuyaDarklight 17 points 3 days ago

Whiskers, Salem, Boots, Telemain. ❤️

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Whisky, Sir Benjamin the third, Goliath, Gizmo

[–] P1nkman 15 points 3 days ago

Soti, Tigerpus and Asterix, you will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

[–] Sam_Bass 11 points 3 days ago

Family never disappears even when they leave

[–] FlashMobOfOne 8 points 3 days ago

I'm getting stuffed animal versions made of my pets before they pass so I have something to snuggle when I reminisce about them one day.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Wheatley, Trip

[–] ElPussyKangaroo 10 points 3 days ago

This is sad. Please don't make me cry.

[–] Orbituary 15 points 3 days ago

Bookee - my best friend, Colonel, Symi, Jackson, Sylvesters, Smokeys, Garfield, Babune, Skeezer, CC...

[–] Ledivin 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anyone know where to find the original? This image is fried from compression

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

RIP kitties. Still miss them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Still have her as my phone wallpaper

[–] ramenshaman 11 points 3 days ago
[–] Smokeydope 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thats a very ideal picture of a corpse thats been buried in the ground without a coffin that deep. Must have used one hell of an embalmer.

Also yeah me and the family still miss and talk about the dead pets. You never forget your loved ones and keep the memories alive.

[–] robocall 9 points 3 days ago

Such a sweet image.

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