I'd dump them too

Ripley is often held up as an example of a great hero but she was a terrified woman desperately reacting in fear to escape certain doom....AND THEN SHE WENT BACK FOR THE CAT. THAT was the moment she became the hero we love and respect.

I loved how they handled the concept of a feminine hero in the sequel.
Ripley is the hero, but there's also Vasquez - the badass marine. Vasquez is what so many people tried to do to make women heroic in action films.
She's just an action hero that happens to be a woman. And she's great. But her character isn't classically "feminine."
Meanwhile Ripley is all woman. Her iconic badass moment ("Get away from her you bitch!") is the action climax of the film, and its also when she's being her most feminine. Her heroism didn't carry an asterisk saying she's a badass despite her sex.
She's not sexy, not vulnerable, not emulating a stereotypical man's role in combat. She's all-woman and all-badass.

Kill the cat with fire, take home the xenomorph. Wait, no...

Weyland-Yutani, is that you?

went out with a girl once who dumped me over an off-hand comment about character motivation in Alien. Dodged a bullet there.

I don't think people would understand until they get a pet themselves.

You'll have to let them feel the cat rub against you and feel the purr, then you are forever bonded.

They also need some basic level empathy....a pretty high bar for some.
- Or just narcissism.

I knew I was going to like my husband when the first time I went to his place he had two little cats!

He did? I like him too!

Looks like the man dodged a bullet.

All I know is if my house were to ever catch fire, the first thing I'd be doing is busting a window and tossing my cats out of the house. Then maybe my stereo... time permitting.

I grabbed one cat while my partner tried to get the other. I left the doors open as I ran out so the dog could follow. Got those 2 in the truck, and ran back for my partner and final pet. We didn't have shirts, but we had our babies
- Two of our cats and the dog would be easy to save. But the third cat is really skittish and would hide under the bed instead of being rescued. :(
Funnily enough I had a dream about a fallout nuclear holocaust. My first thought in the dream was saving the cats
- My cat's name is bandit too :3