DH says cat needs to show more gratitude

Your DH has gone about this all wrong. Cats smell weakness - if you show them anything more than mild indifference you're onto a loser. When I was a teen my lovely Dad was most put out when he mostly ignored our cat and was rewarded with lap cuddles, whilst the rest of us who doted on the cat were scorned.

(He was also pretty annoyed when he and the cat happened to suffer from the same health issue at the same time and the vet recommended that we pay for a specialist while my dad languished on a NHS waiting list for his own treatment - "the cat is not getting better treatment than I am!").

Love is a complicated thing 🤷🏻‍♀️

This gave me a proper laugh - thank you!
I have 9 cats and would say that there is a reason that cat rhymes with tw*t

Dear Dad

Where was my feast of tuna, my snacks, my reward for swinging on the curtains, no you think gratitude is a fluffing of pillows when Mum is out when I am the master of chaos. Oh no I have thrown up in your slippers and a spiky porcupine is waiting for you in the bedroom. Ha ha ha love Felix

Lol Agreed!!

THIS 💯

One doesn't show gratitude to mere "staff"!

That’s hilarious, your DH is entirely deluded! He needs to be a better servant to have any chance of going up the pecking order!

DH feeds our cat and he is still bottom of the pecking order! I’m top, ds2 next and then ds1 and DH are jointly at the bottom! There is no changing the pecking order, Dcat knows who her favorites are and it seems fairly fixed. The negative of being favorite is you never get to peek in peace! That’s cats for you, thankfully we all adore her, even poor relegated DH😥

I have 5 cats not a single one of them has ever shown me any gratitude for anything the only thing I get is dirty looks and a lot of resting cat face. That’s just how cats are. My puppy on other hand it’s excited to see me from the minute I wake up to the minute I go to sleep she sleeps in the bed with us but jumps all over my head like she’s not seen me all night when I wake up.

I wish he could meet our cat who was also sick on the rug, twice, this morning. I stepped in it in my bare feet. She won't use the cat flap and visitors have to be warned she may scratch them in a bid for attention she then rejects. Had to stop using the milk jug as each time I turned around her head was in it. She lies in my place at the table and on my chair. These are just a few of Ava's little quirks. Your man doesn't know how lucky he is. Your cat sounds lovely.

Poor cat, stuck with a complete idiot with his smells and drool and bouncing around with a stupid grin on his face, barking at her for attention. And a dog.

The unfortunate feline must feel rather like when tourists believe that the locals will understand them if they just shout that bit louder. Especially when the locals concerned have post graduate degrees, understand the tourists perfectly well but just can't be doing with being shouted at.

How do you know someone’s never owned a cat before??? Brilliant OP, just brilliant 😂😂😂

Remind him of the adage: dogs have owners, cats have staff. And he was just a fillin staff so he really didn't count.

Yes sweet darling kitties are immensely independent & love to do their own unique things by nature
It's just the way God creates the wee darlings 💚😻😽😹💚
God Bless Them
God Bless You&Yours Too

Cats will do what they want when they want .. this made me laugh tell him to put the cat on the naughty step or ground it for a week lol.

My Goodness I Really Feel For You God Bless You, Yours & Your Phenomenal Feline 💚🐈🥰
How In God's Name, Can Your Sweet Kitty Show More Manners /Gratitude
Poor Petal 😥I Can't Bear When Some Have Unrealistic Expectations Of Our Precious Pets
You're Not Being Unreasonable Whatsoever
Also My Dad Can Be Similar To Your Husband & It Seems Some Just Don't Comprehend, Pets Are Pets, They Don't Owe Us Anything
💚🌼💚
You&Yours Are In My Prayers

hahahahacats own the house anything living here is servant

He obviously doesn't understand cats!

We are fostering a kitten right now. She needs to be socialized so she can be adopted to a nice family. I was initially keeping her in my bedroom. I fed her, cleaned her litter box, laid on the floor and read to her (she was under the bed, so I wanted her to see me), and she still ran from me every time I got close. I'm a nice person and animals and babies always like me

We moved her to my daughter's room, and she's totally bonded with my daughter. Cats are cats; there's no way to predict how they're going to be.

I don’t like cats. I’ve only ever loved one, who was a very calm, very laid back beautiful girl who just enjoyed sitting next to you, even if she was a bugger for bringing creatures home, running somewhere inaccessible and making you listen to crunching sounds. But your cat is gorgeous OP.

I’m still with your DH though.

We have a couple of girl cats (sisters) who respond to the other one's name more than their own. Our theory is that they suffer from FOMO - they think the other one is being called for dreamies and don't want to miss out.

He is lucky the cat hasn’t shit in his shoe.

I've had a long, long week and the mental image of this has made me laugh my head off. Thankyou 🤣🤣🤣

I love cats!!! 🤣🤣🤣

You expect to be taken seriously??!!

He will walk past other people when we are in the sitting room and come and look at me to get up and feed him.

Glad it was the cat pawing your face😂