She Preferred Animals Over Men
One of the reasons women of the Victorian age would break things off with men was because they loved their animals more. For many women who wrote in, men were detached creatures who couldn’t be depended on, especially when it came to love and affection. Pets on the other hand? They were always there for you, according to one woman. “Man [is] less docile than a dog, less affectionate than a cat, and less amusing than a monkey.”