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Miserable “Childless Cat Ladies”

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hollysteers Thu 25-Jul-24 09:58:03

J.D.Vance causes a stir with this comment resurfacing.
My DD is childfree as they call it now and perfectly happy (without cats).
Wouldn’t have missed out on children myself but what are your thoughts?
Love my cat and it’s an insult to them…

Ailidh Thu 25-Jul-24 10:00:50

Aha! A chap I follow in Facebook yesterday posted a cute meme "Cat Ladies for Kamala". I wondered vaguely why, maybe he just likes cats. I get it now!!

Grammaretto Thu 25-Jul-24 10:02:17

Horrible comment by a nasty man.
Imagine if he had said that to someone's face, an individual.

eazybee Thu 25-Jul-24 10:02:56

Vance is a charmer, isn't he.

JaneJudge Thu 25-Jul-24 10:05:55

I think he is sexist pig

Wyllow3 Thu 25-Jul-24 10:07:52

Kamala actually has two stepchildren from her 2014 marriage, but that wasn't good enough, he wants women to do their biological duty and those who didn't were subject to 2021 remark,

"In the 2021 interview, Vance told Carlson that the country was being run “by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made, and so they wanna make the rest of the country miserable, too.” He further lamented, “You look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC, the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children.”"

💁

Smileless2012 Thu 25-Jul-24 10:08:43

Pigs are a lot more intelligent than Vance.

MaizieD Thu 25-Jul-24 10:10:33

Well, that's no doubt earned the Democrats the votes of a substantial number of childless women😆

Who else can the GOP insult away from voting for them?

JaneJudge Thu 25-Jul-24 10:11:48

imagine having to be married to it

although the wives of these Neanderthals are generally just as bad

Granmarderby10 Thu 25-Jul-24 10:12:33

JaneJudge of course he is a sexist pig, he is TrumpMk2, - carrying on the legacy.
The beard will have to go though - apparently - people generally according to data statistics- mistrust beards🙃

AGAA4 Thu 25-Jul-24 10:21:45

I have seen Vance speak. He is vindictive and nasty and if anyone is miserable it's him.

Chocolatelovinggran Thu 25-Jul-24 10:36:10

Every cat I have had over years have exuded more charm than Vance. I am a mother of four which will, presumably, confuse JDV.

David49 Thu 25-Jul-24 10:41:30

It seems to me that Vance is as extreme as Trump and I don’t think he will be an asset, the vitriol that they are both resorting to is very unpleasant. When the euphoria around Harris has settled down we will see what US voters think of each party.

Currently it looks like Harris will win but we don’t know much about her policies, maybe in 4 weeks after the convention it will be much clearer.

Wyllow3 Thu 25-Jul-24 11:31:19

Available for women and men of course...

Grammaretto Thu 25-Jul-24 11:33:32

Wyllow3

Available for women and men of course...

Very good 👍

pascal30 Thu 25-Jul-24 11:36:24

Vance is speaking for the many men in the USA who are terrified of strong, powerful women.. it has ever been the case..

It is pathetic..

MissInterpreted Thu 25-Jul-24 11:37:28

He's a nasty, horrible person. What business is it of his or anyone else whether someone has children or not? There could be any number of reasons why someone doesn't have children - whether that's through choice or other circumstances, and it doesn't necessarily mean that they are unhappy, often far from it.

RosiesMaw2 Thu 25-Jul-24 11:40:56

Chocolatelovinggran

Every cat I have had over years have exuded more charm than Vance. I am a mother of four which will, presumably, confuse JDV.

I wonder if exuded is quite the word you want- too kind by far.
How about “extruded” ? 🤣🤣🤣

M0nica Thu 25-Jul-24 11:56:24

DD decided when she was 4 that she probably did not want to be a mummy. At 20 she decided she was too uncompromising to share her life with anyone.

She is over 50 now, through the menopause and has never expressed the slightest doubts about the rightness of her decision for her. She has a niece and nephew she she loves deeply and they adore her.

Is she unhappy as a result? Not remotely. She has an excellent job, a nice home, lots of friends and lots of interests.

The one problem is the cats - she doesn't have any, and doesn't want one. Would the worlds largest collecttion of soft toy rabbits be an acceptable alternative?

Callistemon213 Thu 25-Jul-24 11:57:39

Chocolatelovinggran

Every cat I have had over years have exuded more charm than Vance. I am a mother of four which will, presumably, confuse JDV.

The mothers of my grandchildren have cats.
🐱🐱🐱

biglouis Thu 25-Jul-24 12:02:33

People who have bred children need to remember that they are living upon the grace (eg taxes paid by) those who are child free.

At the moment of their conception it is extremely unlikely that the parents were actually thinking of the children, but rather of their own pleasure.

So in a very real sense the childfree are paying for others to f**k and have fun.

Cossy Thu 25-Jul-24 12:03:11

He’s vile, his comments are vile, and if she had children she’d be expected to be looking after them not potentially running a powerful country.

How ANYONE, with more than one brain cell, particularly women and people of colour is absolutely beyond my understanding

biglouis Thu 25-Jul-24 12:05:03

Cats are beautiful intelligent creatures but I dont have any either and have never wanted one. Keeping a pet which requires companionship when you are out at work for 8 hours a day is thoughtless and cruel.

Cossy Thu 25-Jul-24 12:07:04

biglouis

People who have bred children need to remember that they are living upon the grace (eg taxes paid by) those who are child free.

At the moment of their conception it is extremely unlikely that the parents were actually thinking of the children, but rather of their own pleasure.

So in a very real sense the childfree are paying for others to f**k and have fun.

What an awful thing to say! We ALL pay taxes, it maybe people like my husband, who prior to his heart attack in 2020 had not visited a GP for 22 years!

He’s still paid towards the NHS.

There’s many other examples I could cite.

Without children our country would simply break down over a number of years.

It’s great to choose to have children, or not to have children. Very sad for those childless not through their own choice.

mae13 Thu 25-Jul-24 12:16:02

eazybee

Vance is a charmer, isn't he.

He'll trip himself up, one fine day. That's if Trump doesn't spectacularly throw him under a bus first. Loyalty is NOT Trump's strong point - when he was in the White House he very regularly fired people, often on a mere whim.