10 Signs You're Destined To Become A Cat Lady

Posted at 5:00 AM Jul 15, 2009

By Andrea Grimes

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Why yes, I will take this opportunity to show off my boycat, Whiskey.
While some of us are on a path of reflection, embracing nostalgia at every turn, others focus on the future. Estate planning. Investments. Painting that extra room baby blue or pink or yellow. Or maybe, just maybe, ensuring that you've got the highest quality, longest lasting litter box with self-sifting technology. If that got your little kitty ears perked up, chances are you, like me, are prepared for a life of catladyhood.

Getting excited about cat shit technology is not the only sign you're going to grow old with a passel of felines. Run your paws through this list to see if anything rings true.

10. You aren't afraid to commit ... to clay or clumping litter.

Lovers can be unpredictable, friendships as fraught as an old can of Friskies. But once you've found your lifetime litter, you know you've settled in for one less potential disappointment. Maybe you prefer the qualities of clumping to the coverage of clay. Either way, your dedication to feline waste technology is commendable.

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9. You'll kick a snoring sig other out of the bed, but noisy kittyfriends stay all night long.

Yes, hungry Rufus may paw your face at 5 a.m. and hulking Snowball may nearly suffocate you in the cold winter months, but if you believe no cat behavior is as irritating as a tossing, turning, snorting, bleating homo-sapiens bedmate, you'd best make sure your lifetime human love is content to spend a night or two on the couch every once in a while.

8. You got really excited reading that 'New York Times' trend piece about men who own cats

Sure, the NYT style section trend pieces are irritating, but if you secretly hoped this one about increasing cat ownership among single men was really, really true, you're in for it, cat lady. Whither the fairy tale about the cat lady who found her cat man and lived happily ever after?

7. If you see one more--ONE MORE--cat as a villain in a kids' program ...

Bitch-cutting, it will happen.



6. You've accepted the sad fact that many people are just not as interesting as your cats.

And honestly, it wouldn't surprise you if some of humans you know would lick their own asses if they could, too. Ugh. Misanthropic? Maybe. Okay, definitely.


Comments

kris said:

I'll have you know catnip doesn't affect humans, thankyouverymuchgoodbye.

*runs*

Steve said:

Thank you for the link to the article about increasing cat ownership among single men. I just recently adopted 2 cats and had to go through a lot of "Why did you get cats? Men get dogs." speeches from family and friends. It's good to know I'm not broken. ;)

Ben said:

Clearly just an attempt to jam as many LOLcats into a blog post as possible.

mo said:

Oh my... More numbers than I care to admit to. Whiskey is just adorable!

Brittan said:

Not that I didn't already know this, but wow I am officially a cat lady. I have been so pissed for so many years about cats always being the villains. Effing Tweety Bird.

Andrea said:

Aw, thanks Mo! Whiskey says hi.

Ms Harker said:

I am a fence sitter on this, the dogs (I have two) and the cat and I prefer the litter crystals... My cat also bitch-cuts the dogs anytime they get up in her grill... She goes all Mr Meowgi on their collective arses... Not sure if that makes me a cat lady? I think the dogs redeem me!
Hilarious list!

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SurferGurl said:

A real cat lady commits to pine pellet litter.

Catherine said:

I agree wholeheartedly with this list. Esspecially number 7, even as a child I hated seeing the cat always being portrayed as the villian.

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