EEEEWWWW! EWW EWW EWW!!!

[small_hen]

Okay, so last night, my kitty cat was wandering around my room, sticking her head into cups next to my bed, checking to see if they had any water. I didn't really want to go all the way downstairs and change her water in the laundry room, so I took one of the cups, filled it up, and placed it on the ground next to her. She got a drink and I went back to my computer.

Later on that night, I moved the cup to a shelf, so that I wouldn't knock it over in the middle of the night.

Did I ever mention that I have a six year old nephew living with me? Well, I do (some of you can already see where I'm going with this). Today he was in my room and I was (once again) at my computer. I look up, and what is my nephew doing? Three guesses. He had downed the whole glass before you could say, "Are you aware that you're drinking kitty water?"

EEEEWWWWW!!! EWW EWW EWW EWW EWW EWW!!!!!!!!!! Oh EW!

If he gets some horrible disease, don't tell his mom it was my fault, please!

Comments

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, at the risk of grossing you out further, I'll tell you that I share dishes with my cats all the time. They love to drink out of glasses, and I think nothing of drinking a glass of water they've been drinking out of. Sometimes I let them lick my spoon if it's got something on it they like.

Umm, yes, I'm aware that they lick their own butts to groom themselves. Still, I've never gotten sick (and they're indoor cats only, so they won't be picking up any weird parasites or anything from outside that they could transmit to me). I mean, you pet your cats, and they've been licking themselves, so I'm sure you get little bits of kitty spittle on your hands, and then you may touch your mouth before you wash your hands, so probably you've swapped spit with your cats as well. :P

So, I think your nephew will be fine. You, on the other hand, may never recover from the shock. ;)

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

*is mildly squicked*. It doesn't bother you at *all* to eat or drink after your cats? Man o man, I've seen some of the things my cats have eaten (halves of lizars, dead birds, various bugs, ect) and there aint no way that their mouths are coming into contact with my mouth in any way!

*shrugs* Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Nope, doesn't bug me at all. I won't talk about the stuff that you've unwittingly eaten, regardless of whether you've ever shared dishes with your cat. ;)

Yup, different strokes!

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Hee! please don't tell me! I prefer remain blistfully unaware. Actually, I have a pretty good idea, and it doesn't much bother me. I was just rather distressed to see him drinking kitty water. :)

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

I am not sure that ever in my life I have seen anything more perfect than your picture of Bertie next to Grossed OUT!

I am wishing now that I was not an obsessive comment reader. Because I am so with you on the subject of cat glasses and licked spoons.

I'm also an obsessive handwasher though. not OCD obsessive, but before pretty fastidious.

As you say, different strokes... *g*

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo, I squicked you both! *wins*

And, wow, there's a way in which I'm not the most obsessive-compulsive person in the room! :P

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Did we establish that I am more obsessive and you are more compulsive?

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

You know, I do vaguely remember discussing that with you once before, but now I can't remember the context or what we decided. Or even what the distinction was, really. Remind me?

I think at one point we discussed that I am more anal-retentive than OCD, but I could be mis-remembering. :p

:D

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

You are more compelled to do things, like make lists and such-like. I am more obsessed. I'm sure you can think of your own examples.

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Ahh, okay, right. It all comes back to me now. Two sides of the same coin, that's us. :)

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

sisters in all things :D

[skyblue-reverie.livejournal.com]

Indeed! I love it! and you. ♥

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Hee! yay, I've got someone on my side in regards to not sharing food and drinks with pets!

I am not compulsivly neat (parish the thought!), but my cats eat NASTY things!

You guys are very cute, BTW, coming in here and fighting for top obsesive/compulsive behavior (and realizing that you both win XD)

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

If you could see my house you would trully understand the definition of NOT compulsively (nor obsessively nor any other kind of) neat, but I do wash my hands a lot. That's what being a midwife has taught me though. So it's a relatively new thing.

cat tongue... infinately better than dog tongue for sure, but still not in my water :D

[msliz4857.livejournal.com]

Lemme tell ya, sweetie, if kitty water is the worst thing he ever puts in his mouth, count yourself blessed. :P

My younger son, when he was 3, 4, somewhere in that age range, would excitedly pick up broccoli from the grocery store floor!, contentedly say "mmmmm picnic," and commence eating. Talk about ew, ew, ew! Funny thing was, he wouldn't eat broccoli in any other situation.

You'll be pleased to know that he is now 18. He eats clean on-a-plate broccoli on a semi-regular basis and has survived into near adulthood intact. Well, except for that teenager angst thing he's got going on now. But I don't think the grocery store snacking caused that. Hee!

[ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com]

Hee! That sounds like something my nephew would do! I'm pretty sure kitty water isn't the worst thing he's ever ingested.

And yay for your son reaching adulthood!