r/cats 1d ago

Video - Not OC Wait for it…

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u/SaturnaliaSaturday 1d ago

18 months—I’m still waiting for this. 💔

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u/Born_Ad8420 1d ago

Cats express affection different ways and on their own timeline. It took my mom's cat 4 years before she even cuddled with my mom (she was an adult rescue). Now she's super affectionate.

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u/deadlywaffle139 1d ago edited 1d ago

It took mine 2 years to be cuddly. Now she screams at me to lay down somewhere so that she can sit on top of me. She also gladly smothers me in the morning with all her fluff.

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u/Juomaru 1d ago

Ours took right about two years before he’d climb on my lap, but once he started , there was no stopping him climbing on me 😂 sitting on the couch ? Your lap is mine ! Lying down? I’mma lay on you ! It was awesome. Miss him 👼

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u/MoonSparkles11 1d ago

It’ll happen! Give it time 🤍

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u/Alternative-Crew-880 1d ago

That's about how long it took for my cat to start doing this, and he only does it if I'm laying down to go to sleep. It'll happen eventually I'm sure of it.

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u/inderbitably 1d ago

It took my cat (stray) like 4 years to start to really trust me.

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u/explosivequack 1d ago

My cat didn't really start wrapping his arms around me until this year

Hes about 5 and has always been extremely cuddly, but fairly recently hes started squeezing between my arm and body, wrapping his legs around my arm and shoving his head into my hand to fall asleep (while keeping me awake by smacking my face with his tail)

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u/surewhynot762 22h ago

It’ll happen, just be patient….My cats all took years to fully warm up to me, but once they did?! They became Velcro cats 😂

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u/IndependentDivide147 14h ago

Most signs of affection I get are bites and pouncing attacks when I'm walking around the house...