Becoming a cat lady

Eager beaver. Woke this morning and had the desire to vent so here I am.

I had this conversation with a friend over Steam's chat function the other day, she said to me:

H - Someone told me that I should buy a cat

H - But then I thought

TSG - THEN YOU KNEW THAT IF YOU GOT A CAT. THAT WOULD BE THE START OF THE END. 

TSG - THAT WOULD BE THE START OF YOUR CRAZY CAT LADY HABITS

H - EXACTLY

Without cats

With cats

I guess this is one of those irrational fears that women get. It carries all the connotations of a urine soaked, elderly lady, squatting in a slatternly abode, maniacally funnelling all her energy into her cats as her only source of companionship. That being said, becoming crazy cat lady is not as all consuming as say, "My children are unsafe because my husband beats us," or even "Who the fuck is walking behind me as I walk to my car and can I take him on?" Its not even as big as maybe, "I'm fat." or a solid, "I'm going to die forever alone." Its one of those things that lurks behind at the back of mind when it gets to depressing times like PMS, winter or being having no one to take to the fundraising ball. Much sadface.

Lupi

Siri

At the moment both my friend and I are good. We have steady jobs, good health, sufficient time and interest to continue our hobbies and yet no significant other however we do have dogs. I have my Siri, a lovable husky possibly malamute crossed golden retriever that you should get used to seeing, whilst H has some type of mutt that she has a co-share in. Much like she has a coshare in my sister's dog, Lupi, a cross of three gorgeous sheep dogs, cattle dog, kelpie and mareema.





This is where the fundamental difference in dogs vs cats comes in though. I'm not saying this is the case for everyone, but when I say I'm going to spend some time with my dog, we'll do things like, go on a walk, go to the dog park or go to the beach. If I had a cat, we'd maybe cuddle, or chase a laser pointer or something if my cat was up for it.

Why should it be based on whether or not my cat feels up to it? I thought that was why my cat was my pet and not the other way around? Where do dog people go to hang around other dog people? The dog park. For cat people? Pretty sure its the internet and specifically /a/. Why else would                                       Caturday exist?

I really wanted Siri when I moved to my new house for many reasons. Ladies house, no brute strength security for us, I'd never been without a dog for more than a few months in my entire life, I wanted to go out for walks but am super paranoid about being in my bad area and I was just generally lonely. I spent every hour at work, every other hour asleep or every third hour being an immense nerd and it was getting tired. 

All this being said, I like cats. When I was younger, I really liked going to my friends house cause they were the only one of my friends with a cat. We were also friends, but her cat was pretty cool. Even then I knew about the mercurial natures of cat,. I would stroke its fur, scratch its belly and it would purr and purr and then bam, it loved it so much, it wanted to scratch the shit out of my hand. Goddamn cats.

I don't think either H or myself will become cat ladies any time soon. We'll need a lot more life misfortune and failed relationships for that.