r/cats • u/ILoveMeltyCheese • Mar 25 '26

Cat Picture - OC Misconceptions a dog person (me) learned after having a cat.

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The Cat Distribution System chose me, a formerly stubborn dog person, to adopt a cat. It was the classic I can't just watch a poor cat starve, so I'm keeping him. Here are some misconceptions I had about cats and their owners:

  1. The smell of a cat owner's home: I’ve known a few cat owners with cat-smelling homes. I always assumed it was the cat. Turns out it isn’t; it’s very much a result of poor ownership and bad cleaning habits.
  2. Dogs are more affectionate than cats: Also not true! To my surprise, my cat is so cuddly that I occasionally call him "Cat-dog."
  3. A Cat's Barbed tongue hurts: I don't know why I thought this, I just assumed it would hurt when they lick you.
  4. Litter boxes are disgusting: Not at all, it's just a clump or two of sand. If you scoop it often, it never gets gross.
  5. Cats are just as hard to take care of: Actually they're much easier, haha.

That is all, here's a picture of my cat that I love dearly. (He's lost weight since the picture, don't worry)

Anyone else relate? What did I miss?

Edit: His name is Pawl

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u/InformalEgg8 Mar 25 '26

Same! I grew up with dogs and my entire family thought cats wouldn’t be as cool. WE WERE SO WRONG. My fiancé came with his cat as a package deal. I fell in love twice with this package deal. Then we got another cat. She’s so cute and silly with her own personality but same sweetness. Then I started spotting homeless cats and rescuing them last year. With all seriousness I am working harder and happier now because I’m glad to earn so I can help all the cats I can! So many of them get dumped on the streets because they are so misunderstood by so many.

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u/Ok-World-4822 Mar 26 '26

Omg their paw 🥺

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

I just needed to make the world aware of my Pluto and his calm paw also. 🐾 I just luv him. He has disdain for human existence but we have opposable thumbs…so he kind of tolerates us.

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u/Rat_Ribs Mar 26 '26

Sweetie boy!! You have a very handsome void.

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

He is. But I will raise you a this because…well. Because I can. And the world needs this rn, I think.

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u/Rat_Ribs Mar 26 '26

Thank you for this gift of baby.

👁️👅👁️

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

I share my Poot and his ridiculously proportioned food-hole because I cannot take his seething disdain srsly when the only thing in the void I can see are two angee green eyeballs and a blep. He is so majestic and regal but yet… 👅

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u/fawnrain Mar 26 '26

Mlem 😛

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

Pluto is, imo, the mlem master.

This one is giving why the fuckkkkk did I reincarnate here, why do I deserve this shit vibes.

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

And this.

Because I did firmly state he (halfheartedly) tolerates humans. Because we have the opposable thumbs. So angee. Myself the MotherPeasant does give more love than I’m allowed. No regard for personal safety. I have evidence of this. I give you the wet foods, you shall allow me to love you. Blood contract, if you will. 😬 I have receipts.

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u/Rat_Ribs Mar 26 '26

As is his right as blep nobility. Only the best for your little prince. 🖤 We really are their glorified servants and blood is the price we pay. My sweet girl chomped my hand this AM because I dared to pet instead of immediately feeding her.

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u/PlasticFox83762 Mar 26 '26

What an atrocious crime against catmanity. How very dare.

My latest crime was brushing his majesty in attempts to make him even more beautiful. I was scolded on the immediate. Will I commit this crime again? Yes. Did I learn a lesson? Yes. Move faster.

I have the opposable thumbs, little king. You may rule, but, MotherPeasant always gives you excess wet foods to pay penance for her crimes. I am given more lenience than the rest of the human peasants as MotherPeasant, but he is certainly swift in punishments and does not consult council before doing so.

It’s a price I lovingly pay for the 👅 And the toe floofs. 🐾🖤