Non-cat people don't get why we would spend as much money saving our cat, as they would on an old used car.
We call that being catlapped. It gets really bad when we both get catlapped.Originally Posted by Momofmany
Non-cat people don't understand that when you are sitting on the sofa and a cat is sleeping peacefully on your lap, that you are trapped. That means that you can't get up to answer the phone, if you need a glass of water, someone in the house must get it for you, and if by some bad luck you need to use the facilities, you must simply cross your legs and hope they wake up soon.
Trapped is trapped after all!
(The most frequently used exchange in my household between my husband and I is: "I'm trapped, can you get me xxxxxx?". We are both quite adept at egging the cats into our laps when we just want to lay around and be waited on by the other.)
Even friends I have (who have cats!) don't always get stuff like that.Originally Posted by katachtig
Something I experience this week that I'm sure my co-workers didn't understand - spending three days sitting in a room with my cat so that she could be without her e-collar.
That's true in our house too!Originally Posted by Momofmany
Non-cat people don't understand that when you are sitting on the sofa and a cat is sleeping peacefully on your lap, that you are trapped. That means that you can't get up to answer the phone, if you need a glass of water, someone in the house must get it for you, and if by some bad luck you need to use the facilities, you must simply cross your legs and hope they wake up soon.
Trapped is trapped after all!
(The most frequently used exchange in my household between my husband and I is: "I'm trapped, can you get me xxxxxx?". We are both quite adept at egging the cats into our laps when we just want to lay around and be waited on by the other.)
*snickers*Originally Posted by CommonOddity042
Sitting-on-your-chest cat farts are nature's equivalent to a cup of coffee.
Originally Posted by CommonOddity042
Sitting-on-your-chest cat farts are nature's equivalent to a cup of coffee.
But I have to ask: when you are both catlapped and both want something at the same time, do you argue about who is more catlapped? E.g. You have 2 cats but they are both sluts and will return if you get up and I have the skittish one that so rarely settles in so I win? In the rare event that we share these stories with our non-cat friends, they give us that "you're weird" look.Originally Posted by katachtig
We call that being catlapped. It gets really bad when we both get catlapped.
Or going out on a date with a cat person and being a noncat person and saying I hate cats is a sure way out the door and a ticket to singlesville.Originally Posted by Skippymjp
A really big one....non-cat people for real can't seem to get!
Getting invited to a cat person's house as a friend, date, acquaintance or whatever and right off saying something like "I hate cats"...is NOT a good way to get into a cat person's good graces.