Catering plant or animal: is it a sign of knowing how to handle relationships?

i really agree with you. animals (in my case) need special attention. and a person should be sensitive enough to know when there's something wrong with the pets because they can't speak. same with the babies and children.

"catering" to a plant or an animal is far different from 'catering' to human beings. First, plants don't react automatically and verbally like humans do. Second, both plants and animals are simply recipients of care but they don't express their care like humans do. Third , when you are angry or happy, they are ones object of displacement where you can express the pent up emotions ( love and hate, etc) and they don't react to show what their responses are. Unlike people, show them you care and they will show how they feel about it. They will even hug you back if you hug them, etc. A relationship is an interaction between two creations of the same kind . They speak and express the same language of love, care, concern, hate and others. But you can always show your tender loving care ( TLC) to both plants and animals as well as humans.

Well, I really wouldn't let plants dictate my relationships because plants aren't always easy to take care of, and you really do have to take the environment into consideration, but animals, yes, I would base my relationships on how well I can take care of my pets. I have three cats, and so far, they have all lived to old age. The oldest, so far, is 16-years-old, and in cat years, you all know that that is pretty good for a cat. I feed them and give them water everyday, I take them to the vet when needed, I try to give them baths when I can (but right now it is difficult because of the weather, I don't want them to get too cold), and I cuddle them and play with them as much as I can. I also let them have the run of the house. They are very well taken care of. Well, my relationship with my boyfriend has lasted 5 years, and that is because my boyfriend and I have fought for our relationship and have made it work. I think that how well you take care of your animals can dictate how well your relationships work out because you have to work for both of them.

My relationship is good but I haven't found a plant that can live when I take care of it. My pets are fine as are my kids. I guess I just don't have a green thumb.

I believe this is an accurate assumption. You can tell how a person cares for their pets, by the temperament their pet has. If it's mild, then the owner treats the pet gently. If the pet is hyper, the pet may have a playful owner, and if the pet does not like people, well...he might bite. The greenness of your plants may reflect on how well you care for your plants by providing them light and water. This will indicate the plants are free from neglect.

I cannot agree with you more. I have a small fish and some plants in my department, I take care of them everyday, I feed the fish, change water for it and i water the plants, it takes time, but i enjoy the process, so i believe that it is the same to build up a relationship, if you want the relationship to move forward, you need to take care of it with your love and patience.

Not true for me, I know how to take good care of plants, I am a keen gardener and each year have a rockery full of flowers, I get compliments from neighbours at how nice my rockery looks. I love cats and will spoil and pamper them, most of my animals seem to live good long lives. Yet when it comes to relationships I am failure. I seem to choose bullies and control freaks, I find it difficult being in a relationship so much that I have vowed to be single for the rest of my life, my choosing. I like to do what I want, go where I want, see who I want and I value my freedom too much to be stuck in a relationship.

No i don't think so my dad has a green thumb an according to my grandma but as a people person you can forget it he has no people skills at all

I guess if you can take care of a plant or animal it shows some responsibility but I wouldn't use it as a litmus test about relationships. You can care for something other than yourself and its probably a good sign that you are not selfish but I don't think it means anything about human relationships. I could be wrong, I don't have a pet or do I take care of a plant.

This is way to simple, a plant or animal doesn't speak to you, you have to watch very carefully to observe the response. However in human relationships this is most often not the case. THEY TALK BACK. Unless you are prepared for this the communication between you and others can often be off and running before you take your second breath. But TLC never hurts.

I don't think that's necessarily so. I don't know about plants, but animals are very loving and forgiving. People, on the other hand, are not always so forgiving as animals, and people can be judgmental were animals are not. I suppose it all depends on the people involved.

I have also thought about it and believed it. But I have seen people who seem to be attached to their pets, and yet they are unable to keep a healthy relationship with their partners. So it only means that a person can not be a 100% good person if he knows how to take real good care of plants or animals.

I doubt that. You can't hug a plant just talk to it. Animals are way easier as human beings. They seldom start a fight, express their feelings, human beings do to them as they like (force them to behave like a human being, dress them, force them to do rediculious things like shows, body paint, give them the wrong food, less excercise etc etc). A partner will walk out of you if you complain too much, an animal is locked up and has to stay. No matter if it suffers it has to stay since as long as you think you are a great (pet) lover you are. Your partner would say you are obsesive, jealous, a loser, bad lover, selfish etc, an animal will never say these words.

Hello there, I don't know about that because in my hometown, being fond of taking care of plants or animals means that you maybe married late or maybe not married at all. I don't know what's the reason behind that, maybe because you are taking care of your pets and plants and will soon forgot about mingling with men or women and get married, funny though but I just concluded that one. :)

I think a caring person cares for everything, be it a plant, an animal or a human being. Although that does not ensure happiness, it surelly helps. I wholly agree that you can give tender loving care to plants as well as to animals. I talk to my plants every day and tell them how beautiful they are.

Yes, children who were taught and exposed to caring for plants and pets tend like to be more responsible, emphatic, and caring adults. There were several researches made on the effects of caring for animals to children. Some researches were also the effects of pets to special children, and they have shown positive effects on most cases. On a personal note... if a person could love and take care of the animals and plants who don't communicate verbally... who can not hug back... then all the more to humans who can reciprocate physically the given love and care. http://udini.proquest.com/view/the-effects-of-animals-on-childrens-goid:851538012/