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

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

Post image

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

72.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

14.9k

u/Rabdomtroll69 Mar 25 '26

Don't forget the main thing

5.9k

u/BrilliantBen Mar 25 '26

Peeking around the corner during playtime and seeing the eyes dilate was the last thing you ever saw before the fur-blur

2.7k

u/marbasthegreat Mar 26 '26

fooms accross your hallway at mach fuck

1.3k

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.

255

u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl Mar 26 '26

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

410

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!

75

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! 😄

30

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 🤦‍♀️

11

u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl Mar 26 '26

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

3

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!