Thanks Miss-D and I sympathize with you, too and I agree with your last paragraph. My mom went to her brother crying that we lost our beloved cat Penny of course the brother sympathized with us, but his son (my cousin) said "It's just a cat *rme*" That was pretty cold. My cousin never had a pet in his life and he's 33 years old which explains why he feels that way about animals. He's got a wife for over a year now so maybe she'll change his perspective?
Anyway, I'm glad you have Ragdoll (what's with the name? LOL) now. Same here, glad we have 9 year old Conan and Oreo (same liter) whom we adore very much. They kept us together since we started dating and that was 10 years ago!