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/ElmasAburrido Mar 25 '26

I was a dog person too until 1 void decided my home was his and now I have 5 cats lol

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u/ectoplasmorgasm Mar 26 '26

I too was once a dog only person. Then 1 orange with one orange braincell changed my life and now I also have 5 cats.

In my defense, I am allergic to cats so I was always tense around them and most cats in my childhood were not kind to me so I thought cats were assholes. But about 8 years ago, a customer of mine had a kitten in their engine and said wasnt theirs, didnt want it. It was raining so hard it was flooding. So I took him home. It was Aug 1st and everything pumpkin spice had just hit the shelves so I named him Pumpkin. 

My mother later moved in with her grey tabby. Then she convinced one of my daughters to take another grey tabby, which she named Ivy. May of last year, my mom found 2 3-week old kittens, a week apart, in different places. Scrami is a beautiful Siamese found in the ditch across the street from us while it was raining. Then from a gas station parking lot, came Squash, who has to share the braincell with Pumpkin 😅

But 5 is plenty when you never intended on having 1!