I Love My Cat

[timmet]

Perhaps women like the yodelling? From the makers of "An Engineer's Guide to Cats"....

[The Mance]

I like dogs in theory.

This. Dogs in practice are messy, unruly, sycophantic pains in my A$$. Cats are pretty much always cool.

[potsherds]

Aside from the obvious pun why do so many women own/love cats? I can't seem to meet a girl that doesnt have a devil beast prowling around her apartment.

What's the deal here? Any women want to fill me in?

edit - also, i want to call this thread "Chicks and Cats" but felt i might get yelled out for saying "Chicks". Paranoia or truth?

I honestly like cats better than dogs. Dogs are too needy, high maintenance, and constantly craving attention. Kinda like men. :P

I kid. Cats are your own little carnivorous hunters that at the same time can be incredibly loving, cute, and hilarious. I've had both dogs and cats in the past and cats win hands down. They definitely give back much more to the owner than the owner has to put in, in caring for the animal and paying vet bills.

[Mlle. Zabzie]

The husband person and I have two cats (joint acquisition) and a part-time pug (my "step dog", as I like to say, under a joint custody arrangement). The cats are better, hands down. They don't have to be walked or bathed. They are quiet. They are both super social and provide hours of entertainment. The pug just kinda sits there and snorts and sheds. That being said, if we ever move out of the city to a place with a big enough yard, I think we'd probably get a proper dog of some sort (but always have cats).

Oh, and I grew up with cats because my Dad hates dogs. He likes neither Star Trek nor Anime.

[Relic]

Relic,

"Devil beasts"? What's wrong with cats? Cats are great pets. My families (my birth family and now the family my wife and I have built) have always had cats. It has absolutely nothing to do with the sex of the cats owner or owners.

Scot, are you a chick who owns a cat? No? Then you've shed zero light on my question. :thumbsdown:

Also, your family has been infiltrated by demons. You have probably been brainwashed and are already a pod person. That's what cats do.

[Mme Erzulie]

It was when I heard him speak to his 17-year-old Siamese using his special cat voice. A man who can have such tenderness for an animal is worth keeping. To this day, the cat voice makes me go all soft inside. :)

Mash, your husband called. He wants his manhood back.

Joking aside, I love both cats and dogs (and most other animals). Animals are cool, because they cut the crap.

[Relic]

Relic, I bet you think I'm weird. And I am, in many ways. But swooning over dalThor's cat-voice is no proof of that.

i do sort of think it strange. And i DID wonder if you married the man (you guys are married right?) because of his cat...

[Lyanna Stark]

i do sort of think it strange. And i DID wonder if you married the man (you guys are married right?) because of his cat...

Who'd want a man who doesn't love animals? It has always been a definite plus in my book.

[tenalpia]

I have always preferred dogs but I already have three children and I like to go away a lot so a dog is out of the question at the moment, every now and then I think about getting a cat but I can't imagine ever finding a cat as awesome as the one I had when I was a child... he was convinced that he was a dog - hours of fun :D

[Lord of Oop North]

Also, it is okay to call a woman a 'cat person' but calling her a 'dog person' will get you a slap in the face.

[Relic]

Who'd want a man who doesn't love animals? It has always been a definite plus in my book.

Cats aren't animals. And perhaps cooing over a cat shows the man has a certain gentleness that might be needed for nurturing the young, but its a CAT...and therefor evil.

[Sis Who Swears]

I love dogs (currently own one) but I love my 2 cats too!

Hmm thinking about this, of all the people I know with cats, the only ones who have cats only are men.

So what's up with that huh?

[mashiara]

Mash, your husband called. He wants his manhood back.

Really? Is it so unmanning for a man to be tender towards an animal he's had for a companion for so many years? Then I guess he'll be horrified if I reveal to this board that he cried when he had to put that cat down because she was suffering too much.

Relic.

i do sort of think it strange. And i DID wonder if you married the man (you guys are married right?) because of his cat...

I did marry the man, it's been almost 4 years now. I did not do so because of his cat, she was dead by then and the one he got next is a real pain in the butt. I married the man because I loved him and I wanted to spend my life with him, for better or for worse. I don't think you get my reaction to what I call his 'cat-voice'. It was proof that the man was loving to an animal, which is a definite plus in my book. It was incredibly gentle and sweet. It was also -to me- proof that the man I traveled 8000 miles to meet after only knowing him from the internet was NOT an axe-yielding murderer like my family believed. :P

_{I'm halfway tempted to record him when he does it and post it here. He has an incredible voice. Maybe then you'd get it.}

[Guinevere Seaworth]

I grew up in a dog and cat household. I'm a cat person to the core. The cat that I grew up with figured out that I was hard of hearing long before my parents knew. She escorted me to school in the morning and slept by my pillow and woke me up if I missed my alarm or heard anything unusual in the night. She was my security blanket (I had a terrible fear as a kid that the house would be on fire and I couldn't hear the fire alarm). Because of that special cat, I treasure cats. I you were sick, she would lay down next to you and purr. The dog would whine and wonder why you can't take him/her out to play or go for a walk. The dogs have been great companions, but do not have that empathy that cats have.

I just think that cats are more emotionally complex than dogs and yet capable of more love than dogs since it is their choice, and not due to biological programming. That is my observation and I'm sure a very broad generalization at that. The one thing I credit to dogs is that they are always happy to see you and that can be a great uplift when you come home from a crappy day.

I currently have two cats and we adore each other.

[Balefont]

Nothing against cat owners because I love some cat owners. However, I look at cats the way some look at other people's children: glad they're not mine.

I'm just so not a cat person. I don't like creatures crawling on me 'n stuff. If I want to see silly cat antics, I'll watch them on youtube.

[Xray the Enforcer]

mash :love:

[Chaldanya]

I you were sick, she would lay down next to you and purr.

This is true of ours. They will all try to comfort you to some degree if you're sick or upset. Puggle talks to you (especially if you're crying); Squeak sits next to you (he's not a lapcat) and headbuts you and Tink will come to you when lying down and lay on your chest or side and snuffle you.

I adore my three cats. I wouldn't have them any other way.

N

[potsherds]

Really? Is it so unmanning for a man to be tender towards an animal he's had for a companion for so many years?

Not to bring down the light-hearted tone of the thread, but I want to back Mash up here. I think those who are joking around about it being 'unmanly' to love and care for animals are really doing a disservice to men. Supporting the ability to have empathy for creatures smaller and weaker than you is important in humans, especially men. And for myself, as well as Mash, if a man doesn't have empathy for animals, particularly cats, he's immediately off my radar, and also likely someone who I'll feel less safe around.

[Relic]

I don't think you get my reaction to what I call his 'cat-voice'. It was proof that the man was loving to an animal, which is a definite plus in my book.

I think i get it. I can see how that would make him a more attractive mate to you.

it is not my intent to offend anyone with this thread. I just want to know why so many chicks in brooklyn own cats. It's an added bonus that this thread gives me a soapbox on which i can try to warn you all of the dangers these beasts pose to us. I can tell some of you have already been turned to the dark side that is Catdom, but there is still hope...

[The_BlauerDragon]

First, I've met plenty of women that either do not have a cat, or hate cats. Second, I think that people tend to gravitate towards animal companions that somehow mirror traits of their own personality. Cat's a very fickle, they are demanding, and they can be quite evil but they are also frail, playful, easily distracted, and they make all sorts of noises when you rub them the right way. Say what you will, but cats are also survivors. Maybe some (or all) of those are traits that also fit with the girls in question. Go find yourself a woman that loves dogs, and you'll probably never have to worry about the cat issue again. :cheers:

ETA: Cats might also be telepathic. Mine curled up next to me while I was typing this and she just reached over and pawed at my hand immediately after I posted it (as if to say, "You're not done yet").