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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is what a childless cat lady looks like
Personally, I've always preferred the term "child-free", but maybe that's open to misinterpretation.
This is from TikTok:
And this, well ...
Damn fool Republicans never had much sense about what fights to pick.

mopinko
(72,683 posts)cant wait for her to jump into the fray.
ALBliberal
(3,036 posts)mopinko
(72,683 posts)tho we already have our hands full here in chgo w security for the convention.
Upthevibe
(9,576 posts)OMG........... Can you imagine the awesomeness of Taylor being at our convention?!?!
ALBliberal
(3,036 posts)it will be electric!!!!
Rebl2
(16,524 posts)will still be on tour wont she?
edisdead
(3,359 posts)Pretty sure if she could race home to catch the super bowl she could help save democracy if she wanted to.
GainesT1958
(4,548 posts)Those kitties ARE her children!!😻
2naSalit
(97,001 posts)Is a bible lingo term used to point out that there was something amiss with a woman who bears no children.
I prefer child free, too.
sanduca
(94 posts)A criminal January 6 coup leader dictator, we could join them.
Canoe52
(2,963 posts)kwolf68
(8,025 posts)As usual Republican attempts at humor fall flat. "Childless cat lady". Yuk Yuk Yuk, you got us with that singer there JD Carlin.
AllaN01Bear
(25,662 posts)oasis
(52,352 posts)
Ilsa
(62,884 posts)Vance should try telling all the Rs in their second or third marriages that they are "childless" because they didn't sire or birth their stepchildren.
It's another stupid soundbite.
rubbersole
(9,920 posts)
Joinfortmill
(18,215 posts)Martin68
(25,950 posts)except his destiny to be president or something.
Americanme
(225 posts)I have 3 children in their 30's, all childless, all cat owners. I love them more than life itself. It is not the insult they think it is.
MontanaMama
(24,480 posts)You are correct that this isn't the insult that repukes believe it to be.
Welcome to DU.
Nimble_Idea
(2,692 posts)
3catwoman3
(26,864 posts)...to have children but was unable to, and childfree means choosing not to.
Dave Bowman
(5,316 posts)

Disaffected
(5,664 posts)but what's with this glaring red lipstick thing? Looks gauche and a bit tacky to me.
MontanaMama
(24,480 posts)To each their own.
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style.
My favorite Taylor Swift jingle. Id play it for you but it will stick in your brain forever.
Disaffected
(5,664 posts)women in general who wear it, especially those with dark skin - it's just not attractive IMO.
Not that in the overall scheme of things such things are very important. I would be very pleased to see her support Harris and, perform at the convention, red lipstick and all.
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)Okey-dokey. To each his own.
haele
(14,297 posts)Six cats, one dog, two cockatiels, one stepdaughter, two of her friends who didn't have moms, and Grandma to stepdaughters's two girls and one of stepdaughters's friend's daughter.
My parents only had two "born" kids and around three other kids that called them Mom and Dad while we were growing up.
Taking in Tweens/Teenagers from troubled (or no) homes who wander home with the kidlet looking for a family to feel safe with and help them grow up is harder than raising your own. Especially when it's unofficial and there's no safety net or legal protection should something go wrong.
About fifteen years ago, there was a six month period where our front room was a bedroom, there was a tent in the back yard, and we were feeding three or four youngsters on a daily basis, even though we were officially renting as a family of three. But - it's the Future for them.
And being invited to a Concert, Graduation, Wedding, or Christening as Family is pretty awesome.
Haele
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)joanbarnes
(2,009 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(164,787 posts)This made me smile
Link to tweet
https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-women/
The Ohio senator and freshly minted Republican presidential nominee once dismissed Vice President Kamala Harris now the likely Democratic presidential nominee as a legitimate stakeholder in the nation she hopes to lead because, he argued, she did not have any children of her own and instead kept cats as pets.
"We're effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they've made," Vance told then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson in 2021.....
After that clip aired, the show's producers cut to Brzezinski sitting at her desk and stroking a cat on her lap.
"I've just got to say," she said dryly as others on set laughed, "My kids are older. Does that make me childless? I want to qualify."....
"If people are saying, well, this is just because Joe was a member [of Congress] so long ago, I keep talking about the guy in Iowa," Scarborough added. "What's his name? Steve King, yeah, they got rid of him in 2015 or 2016 for saying things then that would have put him, like, at the Republican National Convention in primetime giving speeches. I'm not joking, like, I'm not joking. That is how quickly the Republican Party has gone. They keep losing elections. Just run as a Republican, a traditional Republican. You'd be shocked at what might happen on the national level."
Crunchy Frog
(27,660 posts)And why does he look about 20 years older than his actual age?
Raven123
(6,763 posts)I just wonder if JD has some residual animosity toward a woman who preferred her cats over him.
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)One more thing Trump has done to punish us / having this man demonstrate his profound emotional damage on national TV.
FakeNoose
(37,600 posts)Maybe Ohio voters will stage a recall? I don't know.
But even if that doesn't happen, I can't believe Vance will be re-elected on 2028. Ok it's a long time off and a lot can happen in the meantime. But his name is already mud with the average, thoughtful voter. Add to that the fact that he's guaranteed to make a total ass of himself slavering over Chump for the next 4 months.
Ohio Democrats are you listening? There's no way JD Vance can be re-elected in 2028 and it's up to you to have a classy, winning candidate ready to jump in the race for Vance's seat. Start looking NOW, please.
alarimer
(17,146 posts)I think he wishes he was a childless cat lady.
MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)Skittles
(164,974 posts)are those her furbabies? Gorgeous.
Emrys
(8,648 posts)https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35885248/taylor-swift-cats/
So yes, she is definitely a bona fide cat lady.
I am not a Swiftie but my opinion of anyone goes up if they have pets, especially cats
liberalla
(10,543 posts)I can't wait to see if/how she responds.