Quote - ""Usually they're not totally unpredictable. There's warning, but when somene get really stubborn and continues to argue including little personal jabs.... well, they end up hating me for a while.""

That's more like it!!!!
When I get back to my home state Ill have to post some kitty pics myself.  I also have a black lab/chow mix, 1 adult cat and another rescued kitty being cared for by my mother til it is old enough to survive this house. - A turtle, a whole mess of carnivorous fish - 3 kids , and the most difficult of all - a husband.  Honestly being in need of peice and quiet often and rarely getting it, the turtle is my favorite.

Oh man, I hear you about the peace and quiet thing... and I don't have half of commotion that you seem to have.
LOL, I went from living by myself (with my kitties) in a nice quiet place, or just my ex and I and the kitties, to an instant family... ADD honey, ADD son, moody teenage daughter and her boyfriend (She's 20, but still close enough to teenager), dog, turtles, other transient pets, all their teenage friends. I collectively call them my "werecking crew", and there's people in and out of here like it's grand central!
If it's not one mess or something broken, it's something else. I just retreat into the office/den and sit on the computer.... and the animals, at least the four legged ones follow me. Hopefully the housing industry gets healthier and I find another engineering job before I go totally.

Hi, my namez: "NO, Bad Kitteh, NO!"  Whaz yurs?
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