What’s up with everyone saying cats are mean ?
Wow. I kind of want to get a cat, but everyone is discouraging me. 😩
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bijouxbroussard · F
They have individual personalities, like people. A dog has to respect you, see you as the leader, otherwise they won’t do what you tell them. A cat is [b]never[/b] going to see you as the leader, and definitely won’t obey, but they can love you anyway. When I had a cat I adopted a 2 year old, not a kitten. People warned me she would be “set in her ways”. In fact what it meant was that she’d already been in a home, knew that scratching furniture was verboten—I’d provided a scratching post and she used it faithfully—as she did the litter box and was fairly savvy about keeping herself entertained with toys. She was also very gentle and sweet. She was my first cat, so I was very lucky in that regard. I had her for 14 years.
@bijouxbroussard When I get my own place I’d like to have a pet, and I figured a cat would make a good first pet to have on my own since they’re independent. I’d like to adopt an older one too like around the age of two or so, an adult at least, because I feel like they don’t get adopted as much as the kittens.