You Know You are a Cat Slave When...

[RoastChickenDinner]

You're starving and need the toilet but the cat is comfy on your knee so you stay put

[Emochild]

You get into bed really carefully and stick to the edge of the bed so you don't disturb the sleeping cat s

[GastonsPomPomWrath]

You have to get ice cubes because the cat will only drink cold water. Heaven forbid it be room temperature, oh no!

[NeedACleverNN]

Hah I'm not there yet

I move her if I need anything. I bop her on the nose if she has my hand in a vice grip of claws trying to kill it and if she joins me in bed she has to sleep around me.

[RoastChickenDinner]

You lift her down from the outside windowsill because she wants in but is too precious to jump down herself.

[hollinhurst84]

You don't move because your cat likes to sleep with his paw on your arm

[RoastChickenDinner]

Ollie is making up for his little holiday! 😀

[Tinkfromlovejoy]

You dig your poorly cat a little hole in the garden with a trowel because he hasn't peed for 36 hours and couldn't possibly use one of the 3 trays you've put down in the house, nor could he dig his own little hole, or just go in the dirt.

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

Although the bedroom & kitchen doors are already open & the kibble bowl is already full, you get up at 6am to accompany the cat downstairs because she likes company when eating.

[Goingtobeawesome]

The minute you get a cat .

Held wees

Burnt dinners

Dehydration

Starving

Didn't change the bed for hours as cat was asleep on it

Bought them toys instead of anything for me

It goes on..

[Goingtobeawesome]

DH once dug out a pathway in a foot of snow so my late great fabulous cat could have a wee .

[cozietoesie]

You gear your meal planning and shopping - in a laudable but ultimately daft attempt to economise - to what the cat might like for his lunch or evening snack. (Eg If he is due ham for his lunch, you have to have ham as well to use it up and save throwing away most of the meat because it's no longer fresh as fresh.)

[iklboo]

Cat food, biscuits & treats are the first thing on your shopping list. Every week.

[coughingbean]

You sleep on the edge of the pillow because the cat likes the whole pillow

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

You are trained to recognise the signals for head rubs and belly rubs and respond straight away.

[BelOfTheBall79]

No one else can sit on a large 3 seater sofa for fear of waking a sleeping furry...who's placed herself exactly in the middle

[GoogleMonkey]

You go out to buy tuna because the cat heard you open a tin of tomatoes and is convinced you're withholding fish from them. In future you switch to cartons of tomatoes.

[OTheHugeManatee]

Your husband buys Bluetooth headphones for the telly because having the sound on disturbs the cat

[Lorsaidthedean]

The cat has his own room, and you do not think this is strange.

[GoogleMonkey]

lorsaidthedean I thought you were crazy then I remembered my cat has her own bathroom

[MiffleTheIntrovert]

Your cat has a birthday which involves:

Her receiving presents (not just from you but extended family)
A homemade cake - with candles
Rendition of Happy Birthday with said cake
Extra treaty dinner
Texts from friends wishing the cat a good birthday


My mother actually wrapped the cat's birthday present. DH looks at the pair of us (or three of us if you include the cat) like what the actual fuck are you on

[AnneElliott]

Our little cats have a birthday tea. With Victoria sponge and candles for the age they are! Didn't think anyone else did this.

[Flacidunicorn]

You buy value brand for the humans and brand name for kitten.

You spend more on a scratching post than you have on clothes for 5 years.

[EmpressOfTheSevenOceans]

All the pets in my extended family get birthday cards and wrapped birthday / Christmas presents.

The dogs rip the paper off. The cats expect the humans to do it.

[GipsyDanger]

You have to share the boppy pillow when nursing newborn. I like to think she's keeping us company. She already claimed his cot