Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
The bolded sentence, just made it sound like you were questioning her motives or her beliefs or saying it was wrong... 
That coupled with the fact that you went on to explain why YOU believed your cat wasn't worth dying for....
Well that may be how YOU read it, but I'm genuinely curious if this is just what she envisions in her head or what she actually has experienced. Practicing a fire drill and actually being in a fire are WAY different. Like Countrymom said, you're running on pure adrenaline. Sure if my cat was laying nearby I would grab him on my way out but
only speaking from personal experience my life and the concept of my children having a mother is more important TO ME than running into a burning house to save a cat. It has no baring on her feelings what so ever.