• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      The challenge doesn’t always stop at the door being open, like my BFF. He genuinely seemed to think he was my mate, but also loved everyone else on earth equally, at a reasonably close second (including cuddles with complete strangers). Whenever my human partner and I would get busy with the door open, he’d try to break us up or get us to focus on him instead. Closed wasn’t much of an option because that meant three other cats screaming to get in, and just the one being jealous was much cuter.

      He’d walk and jump across and between us, pace around the bed, nuzzle into my arm for cuddles, curl up between someone’s legs, headbutt my face, bury his face in someone’s hand for pets, love-bite my (and only my) neck and wrists, the whole shebang. Anything he could do to get all the attention on himself and ruin the mood, he did. Except he didn’t meow much, and never that I can remember when he was being a cockblock, so that was nice.

      It was fucking adorable, but so so so so so annoying. This started within a year of bringing him home from the shelter (adult, age unknown, likely 5+), and since I had him for 10 years before he passed, across multiple partners, I learned to keep one hand to the side for petting him to keep him reasonably calm. ngl I kinda liked the attention even if it was hugely distracting for everyone. And yes, he did always wiggle his way in the middle of non-sexy cuddles, too. He liked being the cream filling of the Oreo, and insisted upon a cat-body-separation, specifically his for the entire length he could stretch, between me and anyone who stayed in my bed that wasn’t another cat.

    • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      No, I do. One of them we got from our previous landlord. He was trapped in a room for the first 2 yrs of his life because our landlords dog hated him. So he’s very…needy…

    • rumba@lemmy.zip
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      14 hours ago

      ohh yeah, ohhhhhh

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