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Chocolate vs Kittens

Posted by hibikisensei on 2008-August-26 12:18:16 EDT, Tuesday
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Got woken up this morning by a phone call from my mom.
Seems she's had time to think about what we talked about on my last visit and got worried. She told me she still loves me and always will but wanted to be reassured that I'm never going to act on my feelings towards girls.

She used an analogy about chocolate. Say I love chocolate but know it's bad for me. Wouldn't it be tempting to just have a little nibble once in a while? She was really concerned; while I had to smile at the analogy I seriously explained the steps I've take to be sure I'm not even around "chocolate" all that much. I told her that like Jerry Seinfeld I am Master of My Domain in that regard. :)

She was reassured and we chatted about other things before we hung up. But her chocolate analogy bothered me and I wanted to come up with another, more appropriate one. Then it hit me. Kittens!

Lots of similarities there. They're both incredibly cute mammals. Girls, like kittens, don't stay young and cute forever. (Don't taze me, bros, I know many many cats are quite beautiful, elegant attractive creatures!)

Say I was just crazy over kittens. All well and good. But perhaps I'm allergic? I'd have to admire them from a distance, or hang those, um, really cutesy calendars on my cubicle wall or something. Maybe I'm not allergic but I've never had pets, I have no idea how to care for a cute little kitten. I love playing with them, getting them to chase string or whatnot, I love it when they get all tuckered out and fall asleep on my chest, etc etc, but actually helping one to grow up into a cat I could be proud of is just not something I'd be good at? Or perhaps I know I'm a carrier of feline leukemia (far-fetched I know but bear with me), and that having a kitten would be very harmful to the poor thing, no matter how much I loved and wanted it? If any or all of those were the case, when it comes to actually having one in my life I'd have to realize, in an adult manner, that I'm not the best match for a cute little kitty. They're better off with their mom-cats, dad-cats and siblings, for the most part.

I think the next time I'm over at mom's I'll use that analogy instead. (I was really uncomfortable talking about things like this on the phone with her, we avoided "naming names" as it were as much as we could but I was still thinking "CIA technology!" the whole time.)

(And dammit, next time I see mom I'm going to explain what a girl-lover is and how we differ from what the media uses to sell advertising!)

So, whadda ya think? Does my kitten analogy hold up? What would you use instead? Feedback welcome and appreciated!



HibikiSensei

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