What are the first signs of crazy cat ladyness? (Lighthearted)

[Twixes]

I'm a relatively recent cat convert, grew up with dogs and never quite 'got' cats until my neighbours got a really friendly cat that used to visit. I fell in love!

I now have two of my own and I'm besotted! I find myself doing things like adding lactose free milk to the weekly shop, a sure sign I'm now a die hard cat lady.

What are your weaknesses in the cat slave department?

DP tells me I'm crazy due to the way I talk to our cat. I used to do the same with our old girl too.

Yesyerday I stayed up past midnight because she went out at 9.30 and wouldn’t come back in for the night. Took four goes at regular intervals to coax her in. Was pooped at work today

Should’ve left her out but she’s a princess

Tonight’s a bit chilly she’s not moved off her beanbag

Letting the kitty get away with things the kids could NEVER get away with.

Such as: refusing her dinner and being offered another choice!

Fitting a cat flap in a gate. No jumping off a 6ft fence for my boy. Unlike next doors poor cats .

Judging other cat owners poor cat ownership (see above)

Oh I'm very judgey of poor cat ownership...I'm looking at you neighbours who leave their cat out all day in every weather, don't let it sleep inside, and go away for whole weekends with it outside!

Wanting a cat so badly that you trawl internet cat sites and live vicariously through OP's cats but really Ollie belongs to me

twixes that's so sad about your neighbours cat. Doesn't sound like they really want a cat? Any chance kitty could move in with you?

Does buying my rented property from the landlady count? Mainly so the Toddler girls have long term security.
Oh and the 4 beds and a teepee!

Sleeping on the sofa so puss wouldn't feel lonely after her trip to the vet.

My friend is a late covert to cat parenting. He always leaves Radio 4 on for them when he's out. As that is what the rescue owner had on in the cattery.

I buy the cats Christmas presents! Everyone does, right!

Claw01

My parents bought Christmas presents for their cats when I was a child. Usually this would consist of some treats and/or wet food.

Before I was married, I had a very sweet tabby cat named Froggie. The first year that I had her, my parents sent me two Christmas stockings. One was large and obviously for me. One was smaller and was marked on the tag, "For Froggie"

I bought our three a stocking full of kitty toys for them to share as a Christmas present. (There were 20 toys plus a bag of catnip in there.) It was a hit.

Me and dp working our shifts out around the cat’s going out schedule.

One cat can jump over the fence but can’t jump back so until we fit a catflap in the fence, one of us sits outside while she goes out.

I also talk to my cats and reply to myself in ‘their voice’

So glad this is anonymous

Number of cats > 2(number of reception rooms in house)

I have 5 cats. I rest my case.

I have an indoor cat who I take out for a walk twice a day. For an hour or so each time. Or he'd never sniff fresh air. And he needs mental stimulation. And he's really cute the way he puts his paws up the door asking to go out.

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I wrap my cat's birthday presents. I try to find wrapping paper with cats on

I also converse with my cat and pretend she replies. Yesterday morning I had the following conversation out loud whilst letting the cat out of the back door (she won't use a cat flap and likes to have both front and back doors opened so she can choose which one to exit out of ) and had the following conversation:

Me: "DCat, go on, it's nicer than the front as the sun is at this side"

"yes I know you'll be warm as you're really furry"

"Well okay then I'll let you in an hour"

"Yes okay stop going on, of course I'll have your lunch ready"

"Thank you, I love you too, see you in an hour"

And as I turned round to go back in I saw my (fucking horrible) neighbour on her decking, looking at me like I was demented. I think her fag even fell out of her mouth

Webuilt 😂 so glad someone else does this.

I also say ‘morning’ to my NDNs cat, who seems to wait to see me off to work and then poo in my front garden.

Dh doesn't have anything to do with the cats. We were only allowed cats if he wasn't going to have to do anything with them.

So, in the spirit of Not Having Anything to Do With the Cats, he
-insists they only like certain flavours of food, and insists he shall only feed them those flavour pouches
-will open the shed door, and leave it open for them "because they like it"
-will leave the loft ladder down when he's finished with it "because they like it"
-will light a fire in the wood burner "because they like it"
-has a loaded water pistol by the back door to rescue them from the nasty cat out the back

He even turned the heating back on because he said they were too cold. I am also home all day and was managing to survive.

Using the word 'Mummy' when talking to them cringe
My neighbours think I'm flipping mad.

GarthFunkel

Sounds similar to Hubby. He insisted that he doesn't like cats, and he only agreed to have cats because DSD and I like them.

Then I hear, "Hello, little guy. Hello, hello, hello. What? You big dope. Come on then." "Wife, he is licking my hand."

He now claims that he feels sorry for our cats as they are all a little strange

Methinks there are a lot of guys who "don't like cats" and "barely tolerate them".

These guys can usually be found with a cat on their laps, petting a cat, feeding a cat, playing with the cat, or doing extra things for the cat.

will open the shed door, and leave it open for them because they like it

This thread makes me feel better

I do this with the cellar door mainly so she can sit halfway down the steps and attack the top of my head as I walk underneath her

Pet reptiles are also treated like Royalty but that’s a whole different thread

Oh yes, there is nothing on earth like the love between a man and The Cat He Didn't Want I still fondly recall the immortal words "No way, we are not getting a fucking cat".

Boringly I also talk to the neighbours' cats too. There is one who is mean to my cat and I told him to fuck off the other day when he scared my cat. Then I felt guilty and went back out and apologised to him. Fuck sake.

Just to clarify, I told the neighbours cat to fuck off and then apologised. I'd love to tell my actual neighbour to fuck off but I'm too scared