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@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 32 points 4 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

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 8 points 4 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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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oof this got me I miss my buddy <3

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I walk past your tree every day my sweet Ganon.

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 6 points 3 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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[–] neomachino@lemmy.world 32 points 4 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@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 47 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 108 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Photoshop seems like overkill for that

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 40 points 4 days ago

Oh damn.

Thank you but damn.

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

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This wrecked me.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

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

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

You are not alone pal...

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 days ago

Death is cruel.

Love with everything you can while you can.

I'm gonna put these onions away now.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 23 points 4 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.

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

Damn, that was unexpected.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 24 points 4 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.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

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

[–] JetpackJackson 13 points 4 days ago

Dang it now I'm crying a little

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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. ☹️

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 days ago

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

I now have to get cuddled by my cats.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Whiskers, Salem, Boots, Telemain. ❤️

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 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@lemmy.world 4 points 3 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.

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That’s a deep grave

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Didn't want to risk him digging out.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Akuma@pawb.social 13 points 4 days ago

Whisky, Sir Benjamin the third, Goliath, Gizmo

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Family never disappears even when they leave

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 days ago

Wheatley, Trip

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Tineye.com

https://orig00.deviantart.net/528d/f/2009/253/3/c/kotik_by_t_a_t_k_a.jpg

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 days ago

RIP kitties. Still miss them.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks, OP.

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

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 15 points 4 days ago

Still have her as my phone wallpaper

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

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

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 4 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.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Tut & Cleo

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Such a sweet image.

[–] siha@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's okay Lain

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