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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 9:31:29 GMT -5
And it's sort of obvious your parents disapprove :c well, not really disapprove, but they don't really want me to go too far into it and keep it no more than a hobby
I totally get them- they want me to get a "real" job first that'll get me financially secure once I finish college... and that does make sense, and I agree that rescuing/fostering isn't cheap and I need to make sure I'm stable.
But the sad thing is- its not only that- it's becoming apparent that they don't trust me with animals- and think I'm going to go "animal crazy": have 10 dogs and cats and "waste my life on animals".
I had my first serious discussion with them about me wanting to foster in the future and right off the bat I have to swat down the usual stereotypes "Won't you keep them all?" "Won't you go crazy?" "When will you have time for that?" And stuff before they seemed to actually take what I wanted to do seriously.
I think that discussion helped in general- and I tried to emphasize as much as I could that I'm NOT doing this for me- I'm doing this to save the lives of animals, and that I'm completely aware that each cat I adopt means one less animal I can save, and that wanting to save lives will always motivate me to not fail.
If anything, I really want to foster not only to save lives, but to show that I am responsible: that I'm far from my days of just sitting on a computer 24/7 and I'm ready to go out and make a difference in the world, even if it's not a difference they would prefer me making.
And I know I can do whatever I want, really: I'm a legal adult- but though your parent's consent isn't required... it's still a really nice thing to have, ya know? It's like the icing on the cake, and as not only a hopeful fosterer but also an advocate I want to hopefully change their hearts and convince them just how awesome and "non-crazy" rescuing/fostering animals really is.
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