It's these unique memories that become extra sad once your pet passes. This probably won't happen with another cat, so you will forever remember this as one of the defining things they did forever.
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My old cat Benji was the sweetest boy. We had him for his nine last years before he died at almost 17.
One of the things he'd do was sit on my chest, purring like a lunatic at bedtime. I'd read my book while he got as close to my face as he could, damn near drooling he was so happy. We called that Belly Time, and it was a genuine high point of my day.
We've had our current cats for two years, and neither of them have any interest in doing that. It's been four years since we lost Benji, but I still miss it almost every night.
I had a cat who liked to be cradled like a baby and I want that back so much. I would do it some with the boy we got after, but I kind of knew that was more for me and he was just tolerating it.
Not exactly the same but my boy and I did showertime together for probably seven or eight months when he was a kitten and the day he grew up broke my heart so much.
Our shower had an outer curtain and a transparent inner curtain and he would stand between them and watch the water come down while I would shower. It was his favorite part of every day, if he was in another room when I turned on the water he would start screaming and absolutely bolt in, like he was upset I had started without him. It was so cute and his enthusiasm was infectious.
After six or seven months he started treating showertime less as recreation and more as an obligation, his enthusiasm was waning and sometimes he'd arrive late and cranky from being woken by the faucet.
And then one day he didn't come. I knew that day would arrive eventually, but it still hurt a lot at the time. With more time passed though, that half-year+ of showertime being his favorite part of the day are memories I really cherish.
Yeah me and my sweet toothless bob tail boy would lay on the floor in the living room and he would roll over on his back for belly pets while my wife and I watched TV. He was the sweetest boy to our other cat too.
Relationship goals
A friend and i were once into each other from a distance and we had a thing where we sent each other "Throne Shots". lol
Never had that with anyone else.
You learn weird things about your cats when sitting on the toilet.
lol right? There’s only one way this was discovered. Source: My cat and my pooping habits.
my mind went a completely different way.
Cute
True dedication
Marsupial play
This is an allegory.
My dog likes to lick me when I’m on the toilet. He doesn’t lick me in other circumstances.
are we not doing phrasing anymore?
Well now that's just lovely.
Just wait till that little guy sneaks into the bathroom…