I don't understand why this is down voted..

Seriously? Just because it's a cat mean it's death can't be sad?

Either grow a heart or go get you a pet, grow attached to them, love them with all you've got and see what happens when they pass away. It's most definitely heartbreaking. T_T

Considering I like my cats more than I like some people some days, yes, we're mourning a cat. Being a pet does not preclude them from being important or touching on your lives.

My cat has been by my side the whole time I have had him. He does not trust any other human other than me. I would mourn my cats death. A death is a death whether it be human or animal

Empathy. Get you some.

#27 I seriously hope you don't have a pet or never have one. You are a heartless bastard and no animal deserves that type of owner. What if people told you should not be mourned when you pass? Hurts doesn't it!

Leaving the whole 'cats are better than X'-argument aside, he spent 14 years of his life with that cat. I don't have any evidence to support this, but I'm guessing by OP's use of Skype to argue with his girlfriend he's probably in his twenties or thirties. That's a large chunk of his life that he's had this pet, and pretty much everybody would be devastated to lose it after all that time.

there feeling for the guy don't be a dick

27 - have you been checked for sociopathy? Lack of emotions/cruelty towards animals is usually the first sign.

How can you even say that? We're you not raised to have this little thing called EMPATHY. Look it up

So it has been proven that #27 never had any pets.

On an unrelated note, a study in Britain has shown that the cat owners they have studied have a higher IQ. Not trying to imply anything.

I'm guessing you've never lost a close pet, have you? My dog that I loved died when I was four years old. They're more than just an animal to their owner, they're part of the family, don't be so heartless.