• Kiosade@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Cats are conflicting for me. They can be cute, but I hate when they try to walk on me. Because I know if I try to move them they’ll probably scratch me. And that’s no bueno to me, just makes me anxious as fuck when they walk my way while i’m sitting on a couch trying to relax.

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      4 months ago

      my cats walk over me like i’m a carpet. sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night with a paw in my mouth or a cats ass on my face. but they never scratch me on purpose.

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        4 months ago

        It’s more when I’ve tried to pick them up, they try to dig in because they don’t want to be picked up. It’s a catch 22 situation.

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          4 months ago

          Well maybe you shouldn’t pick up cats you don’t know if they don’t want that

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            4 months ago

            The problem is I tend to shift around a lot, and cats hate that. So i try to “nip it in the bud” to make sure to avoid the situation altogether, but sometimes they sneak up on me while watching a movie or something.

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      4 months ago

      Dogs are too energetic and overstimulating for me to be around. I’m fairly allergic to them as well, so I have a decent excuse for the people who insist their dog will be perfectly well-behaved and calm (they weren’t).

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        4 months ago

        There are some really lazy breeds out there. Like great danes. They are giant couch potatoes. You will have to give up your couch though.

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        4 months ago

        That’s good to know! Unfortunately all the cats I see are other people’s, and so it would be awkward to be like “hey before we sit down, can we trim your cat’s claws a bit?”

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      4 months ago

      Oh my God. A cat scratch. I wouldn’t wish that pain and agony on my worst enemy. I bet when it happened you had to sell that couch because of all the memories and PTSD. You don’t need a cat because you’re already a pussy anyway.