Since I can remember my mom hates cats, actually she despises them. She can't even go without making disgust faces when talking about cats. Like it's gone to a point where I live by myself in another country, thinking about adoptinf a cat and she called me multiple times to tell me how I am making the biggest mistake of my life. Her common arguments are that cat hair is deadly to pregnant women and their babies, and if I will get pregnant in a few years I risk my baby dying in my stomach or after being born. Like where the hell did this thinking come from?? Can someone please debunk or affirm this fact/myth? Another thing that bothers her is that cats have no emotions - or at least that is what she 'knows for a fact'. According to her cats are animals with no emotions and incapabale of bonding amd loving their humans. She said 'if you want love get a dog' - and I do love dogs, but I am not willing to live with a dog while studying and freelancing. I feel I can offer quality company to a cat. One more thing she can't get over is how cats are 'witches' and I will have some curse on me or whatever.
I know all this must sound absurd to many of you reading, but coming from the balkans there are many, many, MANY superstitions surrounding cats and it is incredibly difficult to talk about them.
The thing is I will get a cat. And my mom can be extremely mad and dissapointed and constantly bring it up, and I will always say 'thanks for your input, but I don't want to talk about that'. However, she will refuse to come visit me. And I will hear about it all the time.
Does anyone have similar experience and has any arguments and facts debunking her claims? Even tho it probably will not help, I still want to be sure. I mean growing up having a cat hater by me and filling my head with lies for 25 years leaves its mark.
Why do people hate animals? I mean what did cats do to her to make her hate them? Also her claim about 'cats not loving' us and being shady and only using us... I mean seriously. How can one think that?
Anyway, thanks for positive comments incoming and all the facts in advanced.

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