The only problem with getting a cat is that itera will tease you for needing one, except… Oh, wait!
Personally, I like cats a lot. Dogs love you just for being you, and show it by jumping and slobbering all over you. The jumping and slobbering is a bit much for my taste. Cats need to be seduced, which is fun, especially now that I’m coupled up and not allowed to seduce women anymore.
They also are more independent than dogs. You can leave a cat more or less alone for a weekend, provided there is enough water and food and a clean litter box. You can’t do that with a dog.
I don’t currently have an animal or a cat, but I am very partial to exotics.
Savannahs are cool for small cats. I’d like a big cat like a tiger but I don’t have the space or permits currently to care for one responsibly. It would be amazing to raise and care for a tiger cub to the point that it trusts you and you are somewhat comfortable around it after it matures.
Cats have no personality though. My beagle is 100% persinity. So much fun. And dogs really aren’t that high maintenance as long as you have a decent yard. If you have no yard, don’t get a dog.
I have a cat, he’s just as emotionally unstable as a 15-year girl.
He wakes me up often if he’s lonely
His litterbox creates a huge mess
He pukes randomly
Sheds constantly - needs to be combed constantly during the summer months
Have to cut his nails otherwise your clothes, carpet, sofa and anything else are toast - can be challenging
He’ll randomly “attack” me when walking by
He does greet me at the door when I come home and it’s nice to have a lap cat while watching tv etc. If I work from home he’s ether very distant (sleeping) or needs constant attention. I generally do enjoy his company though.
I’m mildly allergic to cats, and have problems if any cat hair gets into my nose or eyes (usually by petting them and touching my face afterwards).
I know some people who are so allergic that they can’t really go in to a home where a cat lives without having big troubles breathing. That would indeed suck.
definitely get a cat. they are awesome and do have fun personalities (orange are the friendliest, greys are the meanest). i wouldn’t recommend getting 2 if you have people over, because now you’ve become a crazy cat person. they are fine on their own, and they will definitely greet you in the mornings and when you come home, they’ll want to be pet for 5 minutes (you’ll know cause they’ll follow you around or meow constantly at you). be prepared to sleep with a buddy, they may wake you up in the middle of the night and climb on your face or above your pillow, drink out of your water glass, and attack your feet under the covers. but cats are generally awesome. a little bit of work when they are kittens, training them and such, but definitely better for you to get than dogs (dogs are awesome, but definitely not fair to leave them home alone all day). dogs would get into more trouble with your schedule than a cat
I have a friend from years back who used to be that ultra hot intellectual chick and has grown progressively more neurotic over the years. She has turned into the cat lady and I’ve gotten to watch it happen. She now lives with her mom in a small NY apartment, and has four cats. She hasn’t had a date in years. She is no longer ultra-hot, but can still be attractive if she puts some effort into it. Unfortunately she mostly chooses to be slightly marmish, in my opinion.
She has a problem that she cannot stop talking. Her mom is kind of my “New York Mom”: I rented the room where the daughter currently lives when I was in grad school and we became quasi-family. Mom is now in her 80s, and I stop over to check on how she is doing now and then, but if the daughter is around, the daughter will just keep talking on and on. It’s not a conversation… it’s more of a “punctuated monologue” where we all look at her and go “uh huh” because there’s no opportunity to get a word in edgewise.
The daughter is convinced that she can’t get a date because “men are intimidated by a smart woman,” but it’s not her intelligence that is the problem; it’s that she acts as if no one else could possibly have anything more interesting to say than her. It’s painful to be in her presence because it’s nearly impossible to have one’s own thoughts while she’s talking, unless your eyes glaze over. The one saving grace is that she is pretty smart, so the monologue can be mildly interesting, but forget having your own thoughts or comments on the topic.
So, she has cats. Four of them in a tiny apartment. The cats don’t care if she talks incessantly as long as they get fed, have a place to sleep, and get petted now and then. They are furry and cute. The litterbox smells up the place.
She also has four sugar gliders, which are like a cross between a hamster and a flying squirrel, and they live in a giant bird cage while the cats stare at them hungrily. The sugar gliders are cute in photos, but the cage smells if it goes more than 36 hours without a cleaning.
