My boyfriend, me and a cat.
10-28-2014, 02:10 PM
No, it knows which one of you it needs to win over.
My BF had a cat when we met, a fresh kitten who chewed everything and kicked his litter all over the place. I wasn't thrilled about it; I was allergic to my mother's cat as a kid and there was no telling this cat "no" ... if he wanted to sleep on you, he would drive you crazy until you allowed it. I spent most my time before we moved in together at his place, which was basically two rooms.
During that time, his former roommate got pregnant and asked us to babysit HER cat because she had to go off her allergy meds. This cat was psychotic: she hated the other cat, she hated us, and all she did was hide in the corner and attack you if you tried to touch her. This was supposed to be for "a few months" PS that woman had her kid, got married, had another kid, got divorced, got a dog, and then got ANOTHER CAT, and her original cat still lives here.
So when we decided to move in together, we had TWO cats that didn't want to be in the same room (actually the boy cat was like Pepe LePew... he kept trying and trying to win the female over, and -- short of that -- beat her up, but to no avail.
I wasn't crazy about any of this, still isn't ideal. Now we're in a situation where "they" have their own room so my interaction with them is limited. But, true to his word, he takes care of their expenses and cleans up after them. I pet them (she eventually mellowed out and now will interact with you as long as it's her idea).
The boy cat got diabetes, at a time when I'm handling most of our expenses bc my BF is starting out in a new field and building a client base, but he learned how to do the insulin and paid for all the doctor visits. We lost the little guy few weeks ago, and I think I was more broken up about it than he was.
My BF had a cat when we met, a fresh kitten who chewed everything and kicked his litter all over the place. I wasn't thrilled about it; I was allergic to my mother's cat as a kid and there was no telling this cat "no" ... if he wanted to sleep on you, he would drive you crazy until you allowed it. I spent most my time before we moved in together at his place, which was basically two rooms.
During that time, his former roommate got pregnant and asked us to babysit HER cat because she had to go off her allergy meds. This cat was psychotic: she hated the other cat, she hated us, and all she did was hide in the corner and attack you if you tried to touch her. This was supposed to be for "a few months" PS that woman had her kid, got married, had another kid, got divorced, got a dog, and then got ANOTHER CAT, and her original cat still lives here.
So when we decided to move in together, we had TWO cats that didn't want to be in the same room (actually the boy cat was like Pepe LePew... he kept trying and trying to win the female over, and -- short of that -- beat her up, but to no avail.
I wasn't crazy about any of this, still isn't ideal. Now we're in a situation where "they" have their own room so my interaction with them is limited. But, true to his word, he takes care of their expenses and cleans up after them. I pet them (she eventually mellowed out and now will interact with you as long as it's her idea).
The boy cat got diabetes, at a time when I'm handling most of our expenses bc my BF is starting out in a new field and building a client base, but he learned how to do the insulin and paid for all the doctor visits. We lost the little guy few weeks ago, and I think I was more broken up about it than he was.
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