Maybe if people want the same level of love and affection we give our cats they should act more like cats. Be honest in your affection and displeasure. Respect peoples boundaries and inform them of yours. Don't play games or use double speak. Don't take it personally when people don't want the same things as you. Value your own time ruthlessly. A cats love and trust are precious because you can trust that it's real. Obviously peoples desires and relationships are more complex and nuanced than a cats, but I think most people can learn a lot from their example.
19 Comments
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 27 pts · 233d
Dude gets to be treated like a dog and he's complaining? Ungrateful bastard.
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 233d
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 233d
Similarly, French writer Collette wrote a novel (La chatte) from the perspective of a woman who is tormented by jealousy towards her husband's cat.
cyberwitch@reddthat.com · 13 pts · 233d
I think I'll share this as a rebuttal to any guy who calls unmarried women "miserable cat ladies."
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
i always wanted to grow up to be a little old mostly male cat lady. i'm gonna buy a kilt.
SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 233d
And foretold the genesis of a great British glam rock band. If you know, you know :-)
crank0271@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 233d
I don't know but I would like to
SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 233d
Look up “Roll over, lay down” on Spotify.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 233d
My NAS isn’t big enough.
coffee_tacos@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 233d
My NAS isn't big enough yet.
Gotta keep a positive outlook
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 233d
The band is Status Quo.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 232d
Status Quo are glam? Pretty sure they're dad rock, aka some kinda mix of hard-rock and ‘arena rock’.
Funny thing: one of their top-three songs is a cover. (At least one, that I know of.)
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 233d
No door again.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 233d
Maybe if people want the same level of love and affection we give our cats they should act more like cats. Be honest in your affection and displeasure. Respect peoples boundaries and inform them of yours. Don't play games or use double speak. Don't take it personally when people don't want the same things as you. Value your own time ruthlessly. A cats love and trust are precious because you can trust that it's real. Obviously peoples desires and relationships are more complex and nuanced than a cats, but I think most people can learn a lot from their example.
_g_be@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 233d
I agree with this a lot.
But also, my cat plays games and does not respect my boundaries, lol
Zozano@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 233d
Cucked by a cat lol
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 233d
She had her priorities straight 😻
Dasus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
She had toxoplasma gondii, he didn't.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 232d
As it should be