Not really. When someone dies it makes you appreciate the people you have in your life and the love you have for them. I say this as someone whose family went through a lot of grief in one year- lost 2 sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles, pets and a child. It didn’t make me upset when people were reminded to say I Love You to the people they needed to say it to. When grief hits you like that, it reminds you that it can happen to anyone. Carrie saying she is going to snuggle her cat a little tighter when she’s seen another cat die is her way of saying that she’s been reminded that Edgar isn’t going to be here forever. I actually gave my pets a good cuddle after I saw that, and told them not to go anywhere for a long time.
I was heartbroken when my family cat died. That cat had slept in my bed through high school, I adored that cat. He was in our lives for 15 years, pets are family. And to anyone who ever says that ‘it’s just a pet’, you obviously have never actually had a pet, or just don’t have a heart.
Obviously I’ve gone through a lot of grief in my life, making this a bit of a touchy subject for me, and I’m not going to judge Carrie for giving Edgar a little squeeze of love when she will be mourning the loss of Tom and Gi’s cat too. When my brothers dog died, the whole family was upset because we all live at each others houses and everyone’s pets are all our pets.