Cheater Cheater Cat Food Eater
It's no secret that Max is my most favorite cat of all time. I've frequently said that if I could guarantee his personality in a cat, I'd have ten of them. I just plain adore the little fuzzball, even if he does have a habit of tearing my Halloween decorations down faster than I can put them up. He's a sweet little guy who cuddles at the right times, is completely fearless, and generally just has the best personality possible.
The only problem is that Max has been cheating on me.
He figured out how to climb the ladder up to Alexis' loft. So now, instead of sleeping with me every night, he has taken to sleeping with her. Which, WTH? How can she possibly be more fun to sleep with than me? HOW?
Further adding to my confusion as to how the little fuzzball could possibly want to spend more time with Alexis than with me is the fact that the kid doesn't leave him alone. Ever. If she's awake and at home, she's probably stalking him. She pets him and plays with him and it's all very sweet, I suppose.
I mean, I guess cats might like it when kids read books to them. Or something.
Or maybe he's being forced to put up with the reading session. That's also a possibility.
OK. Definitely forced.
So WHY is he cheating on me with the kid? I'd never pin him down and make him listen to me read a stupid book about cats.
Not. Fair.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Reader Comments (8)
I had the coolest cat when I was single and if I could guarantee his personality I would have cats again. But they seems to be few and far between. My kids are obsessed with cats and would probably make any cat we had a neurotic mess.
Replace Dog with Cat in this post and you have my family dynamic exactly. My kid stalks my dog all day. Reads to her, dresses her up by draping towels over her, feeds her the dog food piece by piece. Basically spends all day annoying her. However if I let them the two of them would sleep in a pile... like puppies. I don't because it's the dog's job to keep my feet warm at night.
I'm thinking a good title for this post would be "jilted".
Cats are like women - there's no rhyme or reason..... Well, outside of their heads anyway :) :-p
Aelish has suddenly taken to being all up all over me when I get home from the station. She'll ignore me all day and come and see me, and talk to me, then.
Weird.
when i move in, max will totally worship me. i just know it.
My childhood cat liked me best. And when she was still young, I would force her into little dresses. Still not sure why she chose me.
I love your humor. I'm sorry your cat is cheating on you. Mayb you SHOULD hold him dow and force read to him.
Shh! Don't tell Alexis... it's not the kid, it's the bed. The LOFT bed. Like the same reason my cat will chance running across the hot stove with me yelling behind him, just so he can hop on top of the refrigerator. Cats like high things.
You know. Like loft beds.
So, yay. You can feel better. And Alexis can think it's really her. And the cat gets to sleep way up high. Everybody wins.
@kyfirewife--But he only goes up there if she's up there! The door is open all day long and he has no interest in the loft, but the second he hears her climb that ladder (it squeaks), he magically appears.
I'm still choosing to believe you, though. ;-)