What's with the cats?

So, Chris and I are poor college students. This is certainly not surprising news. As such, we are trying to qualify for this 3-to-1 match savings program...meaning that we have to attend these financial classes to qualify. Our first class was last night. I'd say it was a net negative. That is, my life would have been more enriched by spending those 2 hours in a variety of other locations. The best thing I got out of it was that I will get to write this blog...hopefully a worthy experience for my excellent readership.

The class was taught by a woman I will call Cat Lady. She referred to her cats no less than 20 times during the class. Which called for a lot of creativity (or repetition) on her part, seeing as a program talking about various financial practices doesn't relate even tangentially to how many cats she has, their behaviors, and their lack of preference on her financial decisions. I also struggled to see how her consistent reference to her cats related to my family and our financial habits. After all, unlike cats, Chris and I feed ourselves, can leave the house, and respond to people in a (usually) friendly way.

I recognize that since I am not a "cat person," my views on Cat Lady are going to be biased. With that caveat, I still think that a discussion of financial documents, savvy spending, and avoiding scams could do without the cat-talk. Unless the scammer was trying to con you into having cats as a pet.