# Are women who have more than two cats mentally ill? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [May 2, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600 "2003-05-02T12:23:21Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 4
### Author: ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2) #### Post date: [September 8, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600/61 "2003-09-08T15:57:04Z")
Hmmm, my friends and co-worker has the following: 5 dogs-live in cages outside or in garage 7 cats-live in the house 6 horses 2 ducks Fish Is she mentally unstable? No, she has an immense mother-instinct and a crappy marriage. Sadly, she is rarely able to enjoy her animals since she spends hours every day cleaning up after them… ---
### Author: ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl) #### Post date: [September 8, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600/62 "2003-09-08T16:37:29Z")
I only have one cat, but I’ve been told I will eventually become the “Crazy Cat Lady.” My brother is such a jerk. hee hee. ---
### Author: ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady) #### Post date: [September 8, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600/63 "2003-09-08T18:24:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Indygrrl \* > \*\*I only have one cat, but I’ve been told I will eventually become the “Crazy Cat Lady.” My brother is such a jerk. hee hee. \*\* No, that’s my ambition in life. You’ll have to find something else to be when you’re old. Oooh, I know. My brother told me I’d eventually turn into Slappy Squirrel. That’s what you can be in 20 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-who-have-more-than-two-cats-mentally-ill/172600.md?page=3)