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Do you think your cat likes you?

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RevolvingPivot · 13/10/2021 19:48

Just that x

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Nemorth · 13/10/2021 19:51

Yes. They love me. They follow me around. Talk to me. Sit on my lap and look adoringly at me. One of them sits on my bust.

My boy cat always has to have a cuddle before he eats. It's like he's "paying" me with affection.

They want to be near me whenever they are at home.

Idontlike · 13/10/2021 19:52

My cat adores me. Mine is the only lap she sits on. I am the chosen one Smile

She’s a real scaredy-cat. I adopted her and don’t think she was well treated before I got her, she lived with a man. She darts away from most people, she tolerates DH but if teen tries to stroke her she runs.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 13/10/2021 19:54

My cat is a velcro cat so I assume so. I cant sit down without her coming onto my lap. She kisses me all the time too. I feel loved.

SoupDragon · 13/10/2021 19:57

Not at the moment as I've just taken away the dead mouse they were playing with and shut the cat flap so they can't go out to find another one.

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RevolvingPivot · 13/10/2021 19:59

Growing up I had two cats that weren't keen on being stroked.

We have a 2 year old she will lay on me quite often.

She chirps too which I've never known cats do.

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NutellaEllaElla · 13/10/2021 19:59

100%. Another velcro cat here, he's spent hours on my lap today. The other one is less inclined to lay on me but purrs loudly when I stroke him. He loves that I feed him Grin

Tabbypawpaw · 13/10/2021 20:02

Oh yes. The female squeaks at me, is outside Waiting for me to come out the shower in the morning, desperate to get on my lap (they’re shut in the kitchen overnight). She puts her paw on my face with a little pat. Boy cat doesn’t like being cuddled so much but without fail comes onto our bed during the evening mad bath and bed time period and tolerates wet children pushing their faces into his and patting him. He’s v good with them. Sometimes he looks at us with some real intelligence and love in his eyes. It’s almost like he is thinking deeply.

iklboo · 13/10/2021 20:03

My current view

Do you think your cat likes you?
NutellaEllaElla · 13/10/2021 20:09

😍🥰

Rainbowsew · 13/10/2021 20:09

I think so they're only 8 month old babies but they follow me around, although associate me with food more than DH and DC if I work in the garden they come out with me, if I go in they go in, it's like having two little shadows toddlersthey even come in the loo with me Grin

TacoTues · 13/10/2021 20:15

My old girl who we had to say goodbye to last summer loved me more than anyone has ever loved me.

Parents, children and DH included.

She saw no faults in me, was never annoyed at me, never didn't want to be with me, purred every time I as much as looked at her.

I have 2 cats now. Both love me. But one is a bit of a grump in general but he will purr whenever I cuddle him and always chooses to be in the same room as me and to sleep on my feet.

The other is a bit too young to cuddle a lot as still a very busy kitten with kitten things to do. But once tired will kiss and cuddle and purr. I do hope in time, and slowing down with age that the kitten will be as much in love with me as my old girl was. We got her at a year old and it took her a good few years to become as affectionate as she did as she was incredibly nervous when first adopted. Very similar to our new baby.

Idontlike · 13/10/2021 20:15

She chirps too which I've never known cats do

Mine does this too -I do It back.
We have quite a lengthy conversations of chirps, mmmm’s & meows. Drives DH mad.

RandomMess · 13/10/2021 20:17

She luffs me, took her 6 years of DH being home more than me for him to be considered equal in her affections!! Before that if I walked in a room she jumped off him and did the "nothing to see here" saunter off 🤣

notHarris · 13/10/2021 20:21

Yes definitely, they wait in the window seat for me to get home and paw and cry at the window if I'm not fast enough getting into the house.
One cat purrs constantly in my presence, the other cat likes to have long chirpy squeaky conversations with me.

PositiveLife · 13/10/2021 20:32

Yes, she sits on me loads and follows me to the loo Hmm. When dp sits next to me, she likes to force herself in between him and me Grin (though she has come around to him and will sit on him too now)

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 13/10/2021 20:35

Tolerates me. Loves DH with deep devotion, gets jealous if DH is cuddling me not him. Previous cat loved us all, but me in particular, so I guess it's DH's turn.

Fridgebotherer · 13/10/2021 20:38

No. Probably not. Think pp's are either deluded or have dogs Grin

Watto1 · 13/10/2021 20:40

She puts up with me as I feed her. However she loves DS and follows him around like a sheep. About 30 mins before he’s due home from school, she positions herself at the end of the drive to wait for him.

MrsSkylerWhite · 13/10/2021 20:40

One of our girls adores me, one of our girls adores me when it suits her, one of my boys loves me if I’m holding food and one is totally indifferent, whatever I do.

JoanOgden · 13/10/2021 21:04

Yes, her ideal life would be to be physically attached to me 23 hours a day, with short breaks for meals and visits to the garden.

Theunamedcat · 13/10/2021 21:14

I think they are fond of me ash cat got jealous today because I fussed his brother he literally reached up to my face with his paw to get my attention and snuggled me to bits just to stop me fussing his brother his brother dances for attention on his back legs his other brother yawns demonicly and chirps loudly to ask for pets

SophieKat1982 · 13/10/2021 21:16

I think so but I suspect it’s mostly cupboard love.

Want2beme · 13/10/2021 22:35

They love the food and home comforts I provide. I don't kid myself that it's anymore than thatGrin

Toddlerteaplease · 13/10/2021 22:35

Yep my two do.

Papergirl1968 · 13/10/2021 22:43

Definitely. Boycat has always been very loving. Even girlcat, who is shy and never sits on my lap, snuggles up to me in bed, and sometimes we go to sleep holding hands/paws.