Testecles t1_islvqt1 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 11:20 PM

They made a movie about people like me? shit that's cool. I'm "catman" - the guy from DC that would stand on the top edge of tall buildings, looking around with my cat. lol. I taught her how to roll over... sit... shake... she was smart. She could turn door knobs. Didn't need a leash. =) Accidentally got another cat. But this one hasn't been taught dumb pet tricks. =) I took my cat into the office at night once, and when she shat on my boss's carpet, I realized he deserved it. I didn't clean it up properly, and the smell was there for weeks, and no evidence that we did it. =) muhahaha.

Darthbearclaw t1_iso66ou wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:22 PM

I’m another cat dad from the DMV. There are a lot of us here!

Got my little buddy secondhand. Was dating someone, she adopted a cat out of the blue, I come home to a small black kitten looking at me in my living room like it owns the place.

I picked him up and that was that. He came to prefer my company over hers, and when we split and she moved cross country to be with her sister and mom, she wanted me to keep little dude, since I was home to him. For the next three years I was single early 30s cat dad and it was me and him through the pandemic, he’s become a semi-lap at and would stick around while I told him about my day. I know he didn’t understand the words but he came to my voice and sat next to me. Very cathartic. My friends all come over and everyone loves playing with him and he just kinda chills on people’s laps. He’s very social.

Met a girl, we moved in, she brought her doggo, and my cat now has a very dumb but lovable brother, an identically sized and colored Shihtzu he snuggles with. Life is good.

Testecles t1_isqnrd2 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:56 PM

Awww. Thank you for shating your story! That's fantastic. I thin most of us talk to our cats sometimes... when we have a bad day. lol. They may not understand the words, but quite often, their reaction seemed appropriate. lol

KonnichiwaAmigos OP t1_iso1xkg wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:47 PM

That’s awesome! We’ve been teaching Tora tricks but we haven’t been able to teach her the pooping on the carpet of our enemies trick yet. Maybe we’ll work on that next!