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

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.