Woman left wondering if ‘only someone evil would choose an animal over a child.’ after her family find out, she would save her cat child over her nephew

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    'Told I was evil because I would save my cat over a child'
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    So I'm honestly not sure if I am some sort of monster.
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    I was asked a hypothetical question from my sister who has a 2 year old.
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    She asked who I would save if the house was on fire: my cat or her son. I guess she thought she already knew the answer because she
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    seemed shocked when I said I would save my cat over her son. The only caveat I had was if I had agreed to babysit in this hypothetical scenario, in which
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    case I would save her son since I had agreed to be responsible for him.
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    This was brought up again recently while visiting my father and they both told me (sister and father) that the didn't believe that I would do that
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    I would do that because they know I'm a good person and only someone evil would choose an animal over a child.
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    They even said if they genuinely believed me, they would never speak to me again.
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    I didn't think this made me a bad person. I feel like my cat is my responsibility. She is part of my small family and my job is to protect her. So if
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    the house was on fire, I have the responsibility to save her. Regardless of even that fact, I love her. She makes my life better. My
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    nephew does not. Why does their love for their son/grandson mean I have to let the thing I love to save their
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    loved one? They wouldn't do the same for me. Am I crazy? Am I supposed to value a human life that I have no responsibility
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    towards over one that I do have a responsibility towards and love deeply?
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    This type of questions are always asked to make you look like a bad person. I don't answer them. Don't ask me a question if you are not ready to hear the truth.
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    chavrilfreak hams not prams If you view a human life as defacto more valuable than an animal life for whatever reason, it makes sense to save the human. Otherwise, it does not make
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    sense to save someone you're not responsible for at the price of someone you are responsible for.
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    Your relatives are free to have a different perspective, but given that they already told you very clearly that they don't respect yours, you should take that as a sign to
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    reconsider your investment in these relationships.

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