How has your cat/have your cats affected your "social" life (negatively or, uh-huh... positively)?

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[Arugula Latte]

1. Cats are the best tests for women when it comes to dating.

Men who hate cats just ... suck. Run away, ladies, run away. Most likely they have major control/ego issues.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. I cannot be friends with cat lovers.

I am very allergic to cats. I am allergic to dogs too, depending on the breed.

I have had to cut off friendships with cat owners because I could not visit them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Not liking cats is a deal-breaker. Love me, love my cats.

Disliking animals (dogs or cats) is evidence of a serious character flaw and I don't want to have much to do with such people. Allergies are a different issue, of course; but people who just don't like animals are definitely off my list.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. I don't like cats. I like dogs and have owned several in the past.

[stuntcat]

6. +1

disliking a whole species who does nothing to harm you is just Sad.

I'm into keeping (not owning) cats. I haven't lived with a dog since I was little but I'm sure someday I'll get one, one who needs a home and ends up with me. Animals are fine, the only species I have anything against are the humans.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I can't think of any species of animal that I dislike just because

of their species (with the possible exception of humans sometimes). Obviously there are some species I don't want to spend close personal time with - e.g., anything large and carnivorous, or venomous, or otherwise likely to harm me or make me itch. But to say "I don't like cats" or "I don't like dogs" - to reject an entire, essentially harmless species - makes no sense to me. Maybe you wouldn't want them as a pet for a particular reason (size, expense, etc.), but to actually dislike them? I don't especially want a pet Newfoundland dog, for example, because of its size, but I don't dislike them.

Not all animals would be suitable pets for me, but I like them. All of them.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. I dislike them. I would never harm or mistreat a cat.

In fact there are some outside cats that I feed. They kill gophers. I live in the country and do not actually own them.

[Crazy Dave]

5. I actually got a cat from a dating website

No kidding. I met the woman who owned her (the cat) online but we did not hit it off. A couple of months later she calls me saying, "hey...you're a cat person...my new apartment doesn't allow pets and I was thinking of turning her (the cat) loose on her own if nobody can take her".

I told her I would take the cat and felt even more confirmed that I made the right choice in not wanting to have a relationship with her.

[pacalo]

7. It's not so much whether people like or dislike my little pumpkin...

it's the STARING that I find uncomfortable...

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. Stolen.

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And I'm NOT goin' there. Not gonna do it. Nope.
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[pacalo]

10. Hahaaaa!

You don't have to go there; leave it up to our imaginations...please.


:rofl:

[provis99]

11. negatively, unfortunately.

Some people just get snarky when they are sitting at my table and the cats decide to sit in the guest's soup.

Hey, it's the cats' home, too!

[Ikonoklast]

13. It's easy, if you don't care for my cats, the door is -------------->

And on the other hand, I had a close relationship that started because the other person couldn't keep her hands off
























....one of my kitties.