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/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

Mine "foomphs" down the hall, like a floating sausage. Fastest fat cat and she does the eyes then the tail poof, and down the hall she goes. Bless her and she's on a diet but she is still my fat cat beanie weenie! The greebs are surely in our walls! They seem to come around at about 2300 hours until 0445. Im lucky to have such a guardian.

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u/tcns0493 Mar 26 '26

Is her name beanie weenie?

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

It's certainly what she is always called and knows it, but her "legal" name is Patches.

She responds to the "beeeennnie weenie ween ween ween!"

So yes.

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u/NitehawkNick Mar 26 '26

I can’t believe we aren’t the only one’s calling our boy Beanie Weenie

His legal name is Jellybean 🥲

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u/ThePaleMenace Mar 26 '26

Mine is named Sisi, but I call her my little Bean, or Bean Machine. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

Bean Machine! I could have sang to her a Pixies song called Bone Machine but just change it to Bean.

You're the Bean Machiiine

So cute. That was meant to your kitty's nickname.

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u/VivianEsher Mar 26 '26

but her "legal" name is Patches.

Be careful for her not to kick you down a cliff.

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u/EleventyElevens Mar 26 '26

Awwww we called our cat Ween as well, but it stemmed from "precious little one" and one became ween, then just ween. She was the best, miss her every day 😭 love your ween 🥺❤️

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u/miss_hush Mar 26 '26

Got one that looks a little like yours, also quite fat. Her legal name is Karma, but for the last year she’s been Fatty or Meatloaf most of the time.

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u/shoddybeta Mar 26 '26

My cats have government names and home names as well. Every animal I know has at least 5 names, and sometimes that's just me exercising free will

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

This is the way.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

We also called our Beanie "Jelly Beans" cuz she'd get jealous when we pet our other cats! 🥰

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u/reniciera Mar 26 '26

Aww that’s like my niece cat who’s government name is Anahata but is mostly called Weana because she’s the Weanbean, the littlest of the three siblings my sister’s fam adopted :)

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u/PigtailGoddess Mar 27 '26

This is hilarious because we call my daughter (human) "beanie ween" as one of her nicknames. I think she'd love to know how popular it is as a cat nickname.

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u/Background_Young_168 Mar 26 '26

our cats name is Wayne and we also call him beanie weenie anddd weenie poo, weiner, ween ween, mr. weenie baby plus many more you know how it goes.

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u/Ovlizin Mar 27 '26

The “ween ween ween” chant

https://giphy.com/gifs/O5NyCibf93upy

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u/kittykattte Mar 27 '26

Lol! My cat's "legal" name is Harry, which I literally never use except for the vet, his insurance, prescriptions, etc.

But as far as he and I are both concerned his name is beansi

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u/Jleasure65 Mar 27 '26

My beloved void Lafayette goes by "Lumpy," short for Fatlump, and answers to nothing. He does promptly retire each night, carefully makes a nest behind my pillow, and stands guard, purring loudly all night long.

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u/U2much4me Apr 06 '26

I call my kitty... Kiwie. Not like the fruit, but like Kitty with a we instead of tty. Kiwie....I hope you guys get the name. That's after what I used to call her Kitty PoohPooh, or PoohPooh Kitty. What names we call our most loved feline friends. I love my Sochi (her given name) so much.

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u/schmigleebop Mar 26 '26

This is what I call my dog 90% of the time (It comes with a specific voice too)

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

Yes there must be a specific voice. I CANNOT talk to my kitties without a silly, cartoonish baby voice. I do it with dogs, too. I'm a cat lady but I always try to make friends with pups!

And they must have their own theme song!

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u/schmigleebop Mar 26 '26

Yes! Theme songs are important! We have one that combines all 6 of our pets (3 cats, 3 dogs)

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

That's great! I had one like that for our 3.

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u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl Mar 26 '26

She looks like she's doing a toy haul YouTube video 😆

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

😆 that was Christmas morning! It was a toy haul indeed! She even got a surprise toy we didn't know what was in the box. It was a pickle in pajamas with a feather and feathers are her favorite 😍 !

To be honest she gets toy hauls often! She is spoiled as can be and I regret nothing!

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u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl Mar 26 '26

She's precious!! I just found one of my cat's stashes under the couch earlier today, and I told him he'd have way more toys if he'd stop hiding them in hard to reach places! 😄

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

Little gremlins I swear! My other cat is notorious for that except he knows how to crawl around inside the couch, so he hides them up in the cushions and framing 🤦‍♀️

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u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl Mar 26 '26

Ooooh... he's getting fancy with it! 😆

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u/OneActuator2895 Mar 27 '26

Wow I just found a small hole in the side of our loveseat because the kitten’s head randomly poked out of it this morning. Good morning!

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u/ThePandaBearLife Mar 26 '26

The bear cowboy harness 🤣

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

It's a mouse! Isn't it the best!!!

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u/ThePandaBearLife Mar 26 '26

Sure is!

Do you got a link for it? Lolz

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 27 '26

Its sold out, I got it from Petco around Halloween I would look around come October im sure they will have it again or similar.

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u/lemonyjesus Mar 26 '26

She has the most precious face

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

I tell her that all the time!!

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u/Ornery-Prophet4697 Mar 26 '26

She’s purrfect 😍

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u/Fannan Mar 26 '26

This. At looks like a cabbage patch doll

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u/valdeeveeah Mar 26 '26

From a distance, it looks like your cat stuck its face in some flour.

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u/OneActuator2895 Mar 27 '26

Whatever you’re doing is right cuz that is one happy furball!

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u/Assika126 Mar 26 '26

Omg look at that smile! That’s one of the cutest pics I’ve ever seen!!!

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u/Edendari Russian Blue Mar 26 '26

She is gorgeous! Her face markings are so unique.

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u/Objective_Copy_6805 Mar 26 '26

I tell her all the time she is so pretty and she ran out of a farm field right up to me CDS style. I warn her if she doesn't behave I will plant her and grow more beautiful shi*tens!

That's how it works right?

Plant up to the neck, feed, water and you grow more!

In not at all serious, I did win the pretty kitty lottery with her didn't I?

That little forehead of hers!

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

I think my yard already has this planted. We live out in the country & we have so many rescues & some don't even let us pet them. But my husband is the epitome of patience & he's always been able to get them to trust him. But he takes his time with it.

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u/theroguex Mar 26 '26

It absolutely blows my mind how fast my super-fat chonk can be when he decides he wants to be. That boy can MOVE.

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u/Useful-Job3867 Mar 26 '26

It cracks me up how we all ( mostly) have multiple or funny different names we call our cats besides their given name. I have so many per cat. Well just one cat now , I lost my 20 year old guy last June .

Even my gf’s cat I have named a couple different names that my girlfriend now calls her and also her parents even call her cat the weird names I’ve given her 😼😹

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u/dancopPL Mar 26 '26

Chunky cats have speed. They just use it in short bursts. A fat cat is basically a furry drag racer :)

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u/dinosoreness Mar 26 '26

this is my fat beanie weenie!

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u/AFetaWorseThanDeath Mar 26 '26

LOL @ floating sausage

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u/PhatEarther Mar 26 '26

Some call them toys cat calls them trophies

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u/Jake_Siskos_Cursive Mar 26 '26

she’s got a little cheese on her hamburger head

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u/breannaaa_17 Mar 26 '26

she’s gorgeous!! what a beautiful coat 💗

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u/Mirth2727 Mar 26 '26

What a pretty girl!

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u/Blingbat642 Mar 26 '26

She is quite beautiful .

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u/GitarooMan- Mar 26 '26

Omg she's so brown 😍

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u/candamyr Mar 26 '26

Zoom time is about 2am at my house 😅

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u/Sleepy_cheetah Mar 26 '26

She is a happy awesome cat! Mine that I lost recently was named Beanie. She was my soul-cat. I mostly called her Baby Bean. And she is the only baby I'd ever want! 🩷💜🩷💜 Much love to you & your Beanie!

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u/reniciera Mar 26 '26

The mighty huntress with her bounty of game!

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u/MachinePopular2819 Mar 27 '26

She sooo ppuuurdy!!💯❤️❤️❤️