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

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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?

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I would agree with that. This is Hubby and The Cats He Said He Didn't Really Want But Agreed To To Keep Me And DSD Happy.

Biggie is smiling for Daddy. Daddy is his favourite. Gatsby is sleeping on Daddy's lap.

Bought my cat a toy from the vets today for 'being brave'.

DH was Not A Cat Person. When our cat (then a stray) turned up I nipped to the supermarket to get it some food. Was gone 20mins. When I came back cat and DH were staring lovingly at each other and he started referring to her as "the permanent member of our family"!.

I had to manage expectations that she might just be lost and so may have to hand her back!

Yup. That sounds consistent.

My dad said he didn't like the last cats my parents had when I was a child because they weren't very smart. Eventually the cats got old and developed health issues. Dad (a licensed veterinarian) PTS at home. It was very hard on him.

My parents have two new cats, one they chose themselves and one they got from us. Both strongly resemble one of the cats Dad had to PTS - and the one they chose was one Dad had liked.

For me it's three cats, I always end up with three damn cats! One pops their clogs and I swear I'll never get another one but I end up rescuing another kitten 🙄

Accepting that you haven't got any choice in how your home is run, and to what timescales. I am the junior cleaner in my own house. And trainee waitress and kitchen porter. These positions are unpaid.

Learning to sleep clinging to the mattress piping with both legs round your neck.

Eating a plain baked potato while the ham is enjoyed elsewhere.

Getting halfway to ringing the cat up from the bus to advise you will be 10 min late for serving next meal.

agnurse oh yes cat stockings are a must too glad I’m not the only one!

@GarthFunkel I have a husband with a very similar attitude towards cats. There is no way DH would insist on dinner being late so that Leroy gets his playtime with the laser pen. Oh no. Never.

My friend after much nagging said; "I am not having a cat, I have pronounced." A few months later he was crawling around under the dining table calling his new cat of a few hours 'darling.' He is utterly besotted with them!

I think to be official you need more than 3 cats.

Yo do need to talk to them too, as well as enquire after their day.

Being single helps (more room on the bed for cats). Plus a partner might expect you to prioritise them over the cats. 😞

Personally id have no problem being a mad cat lady. Though in my fantasy where i am one i have a large garden and its cat proofed (im a very rich mad cat lady) to keep them safe. (I also have a porch at the front so they can't get out the front. The back of the house has a cat room with litter trays - one for each cat; I will be a clean cat lady.

I haven't thought about it too much. Honest.

Ps buying toys for them after being brave at the vets just shows you are thoughtful.

I tell the cat to behave and not open the door. I then ask her if she's had a busy day when I get home. In a cat voice. 🤣🤣🤣😀 but I also talk to my Orchids. I do have a job and family.

I talk to my cats frequently. I tell them to behave when I leave.

When I'm sitting on the couch Gatsby and/or Biggie frequently will want to sit on my lap. I have been known to wait to stand until the cat is finished.

When Hubby is working (he works nights) they get to sleep on the bed with me. Gatsby in particular enjoys this. He loves his mum

Hiddenaspie1973

Talking to plants actually has benefits. My grandfather always said the most important thing to do with plants was to talk to them. He and my grandmother had a gorgeous flower garden, and also a large vegetable garden. They planted (and harvested) 1500 head of garlic annually.

Putting up with ancient D cat farting and pooping under my bed. Waking me up at three in the morning to talk to her because she gets lonely at three in the morning.
Buying her organic food and letting her try my pasty.

Apparently B&M are selling sun loungers for Pets. I might have to get one!

Yesyerday I stayed up past midnight because she went out at 9.30 and wouldn’t come back in for the night.

Sat, wrapped in a duvet, on a chair in the hall until 3.30 am for Ashycat to wake up wherever she was napping and come home.

Teeneagers are nothing in comparison.

I think mine needs a sun lounger too.

Sunlounger??? Link??? Do they do matching ones for staff?

I designed my kitchen so their litter tray could stay in the same place, sacrificing a cabinet in an already tiny kitchen. They don't use it.

I went through a bad time a few years ago and decided I needed to know my cats blood type in case he ever needed a blood transfusion and rang his breeder to ask if she knew.

Why fit a cat flap in a fence? Surely just cut a bit out, that's what I did.

@YetAnotherSpartacus Ollie sends a giant head bop (he's taken to being so vigorous doing it that he basically mashes his head into your forehead)

These are brilliant! I gave them Sheba as a treat after a recent trip to the vets for vaccinations so I'm also guilty of that one. They hoovered it up!

Tonight I told DH to save the leftover gravy because I'll put it on the cat's dinner tomorrow.

My husband is also a reluctant-cat-owner-turned-softie. I caught him putting on a cutsey voice while talking to them the other day, hilarious! And he snuggles his face into their fur like THE most cat hating person ever

I don't even have cats (yet) but we are waiting to hear about two we are in the process of adopting

I have spent many fruitful hours on-line browsing.
Comparing the reviews for cat litter (I don't read reviews for bogroll FGS, , when I'm in Costco I price up the best value) But I'm looking at how soft/absorbant/non smelly various litters are .

Tray- they'll need 3 , I tell DH. He is converting the under stair cupboard.

DD and I will spend more time choosing their plates than I spent choosing ours .

They will have 'voices' They will probably swear like navvies (in cat language of course)

I haven't even started on the food yet

Forgot to mention my late grandfather.

When Dad was a kid, Grandpa was always going, "Is there a cat in here? Where's that cat? Get that cat out of here!" (He did not want a cat in the house.)

When my cousin was visiting home while attending school, she found a baby kitten abandoned in a box in a field. Its eyes were barely open, so it was probably about a week old. My cousin loves cats and recognized that she couldn't keep this one as her living situation didn't allow cats, so she brought it to my grandparents. Grandma had to feed it with an eyedropper at first and they weren't sure it was going to live. Eventually the cat grew into a gorgeous long-haired calico, who they named Snoopy. Then Grandpa was all, "Oh, that Snoopsie. Oh, that girl. Is she a good girl? Yes? You want some fresh air? Yes? Snoops, are you coming?" Grandma would say to her, "Do it" and blow on her fur. Snoopy would lie down and roll over. When they had turkey they would eat the white meat as that's what they preferred, and then they would save little Baggies of dark meat in the freezer for the cat. Grandpa would say to her, "You want some turkey? Yes?" Grandma would say to her, "Are you a turkey girl?"

Snoopy was absolutely great for them and provided them with 17 years of wonderful companionship. She passed away only a few years before they did. Grandma once said, "I can't get sick. I have to be able to take care of Snooper."

I haven't planned Christmas but I intend to pose them on the front room windowsill at Hallowe'en ............... (they will need to be bribed)

@YesItsMeIDontCare I don't know how to do links. It was on our local newspaper's Facebook site.