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zoobyshoe said:Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
Elaine might disagree with you there.
zoobyshoe said:Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
What are you talking about? My rationalization is impeccable!dacruick said:There is so much wrong with this post lol.
All I hear you saying is that you're a guy and you have a dog.dacruick said:Elaine might disagree with you there.
Is that you we see in her eyes?rhody said:Here is my cat picture as promised, siamese female 3 years old, Luna;
rhody said:Here is my cat picture as promised, siamese female 3 years old, Luna;
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2659/lunaplantwatching.jpg
Rhody...
Lisa,lisab said:She's beautiful :!)
Jimmy,Jimmy Snyder said:Is that you we see in her eyes?
Edit: I did that 3-d trick by crossing my eyes and seem to see someone holding out a camera.
Yep. +1zoobyshoe said:Guy's who like dogs over cats are extremely questionable. Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
zoobyshoe said:Here's some more rationalization/ammo: Cats are invariably symbols of the feminine. They're picky, fickle, high maintainence, vain: always grooming themselves. If a guy likes cats it constitutes absolute proof he likes women and is not gay. Guy's who like dogs over cats are extremely questionable. Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
FlexGunship said:
- I have nice things and I don't really want to have them broken or clawed at by a cat, and
- Do men who live alone with a cat look as ridiculous as I suspect?
:rofl: I've had cats and dogs. We usually have two or three cats to one dog. Except for our current dog, all our cats and dogs have been strays, although one was adopted from a shelter. Our current dog was a pet for my mother-in-law until she couldn't handle it, so she came to live with us.zoobyshoe said:Here's some more rationalization/ammo: Cats are invariably symbols of the feminine. They're picky, fickle, high maintainence, vain: always grooming themselves. If a guy likes cats it constitutes absolute proof he likes women and is not gay. Guy's who like dogs over cats are extremely questionable. Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
FlexGunship said:So... here's the deal.
I live alone and I'd love to have some company. Girls make the best pets (oh, god, don't flame me... just let me have my joke), but I'm looking for something less likely to judge me for where I leave my dirty socks.
I live in a small condo and I often travel for a few days at a time for work.
I kind of think a dog is out even though I love dogs. There are lots of people that have dogs in my condo community, but the place is small, and I don't have much of a yard. Not to mention it would be hard to board him/her every time I travel for a couple of days.
So... I was thinking of getting a cat.
I like cats... a lot actually. They're pretty neat and clean. They don't need to go outside constantly, and can survive for a day or two without you
Anyway, I have two principle concerns:
Do men who live alone with a cat look as ridiculous as I suspect?
EDIT: I would probably adopt a slightly older cat from a shelter or from someone on Craigslist. Probably wouldn't get a kitten.
zoobyshoe said:Here's some more rationalization/ammo: Cats are invariably symbols of the feminine. They're picky, fickle, high maintainence, vain: always grooming themselves. If a guy likes cats it constitutes absolute proof he likes women and is not gay. Guy's who like dogs over cats are extremely questionable. Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
The survey showed that 85 percent of men, and 94 percent of women, don't think it's wimpy or needy for a man to love his cat.
Yes, according to this same British survey, women love men with cats. Ninety percent of single women surveyed thought men who like cats are "nicer" -- i.e., more caring and sensitive -- than those who don't. A quick poll of my cat-loving single girlfriends bears this out.
lisab said:You're going to be a great cat-dad, flex! Get that sweet old kitty out of the shelter, bring her home!
TheStatutoryApe said:Oh and some gratuitous material for some of our other members...
http://www.foundanimals.org/cat-days-summer/6-packs-9-lives
TheStatutoryApe said:...
http://www.foundanimals.org/cat-days-summer/6-packs-9-lives
Dembadon said::rofl::rofl: It's the name. It's killing me!
turbo said:Go to the shelter and "audition" a few older cats. You should be able to tell if the cat is properly socialized and is comfortable with you.
Sounds good, Flex. I always loved having a pet to come home to.FlexGunship said:That's my plan. Just lonely coming home to an empty house everyday. I've had live-in girlfriends off and on over the last few years, and they're nice... but the cost of ownership goes up steadily (first it's a pair of boots for the snow, then it's a pair of matching shoes to wear after the boots come off, then it's a new sweater with matching Lexus).
A cat should be nice... it'll need attention (and I love to give attention), and maybe it'll watch movies with me, or listen to the music I write... or... conspire...
turbo said:Sounds good, Flex. I always loved having a pet to come home to.
The ferret in my avatar was Turbo, and he was almost like a dog because he loved attention. We had Pergo flooring in the living-room (my office was on one end) and he loved to play "ferret-bowling". He'd come to me, playing keep-away until I caught him, then I'd scale him across that slippery floor. He'd work like hell trying to get his feet under him and scrub off speed, just so he could run back to me and play keep-away again. We'd do that for probably 15-20 minutes at a time, until he came back to me and put his front paws up on my leg, letting me know that he wanted to be held so he could take a nap. That was good for both of us.
No, none of my ferrets were ever caged. They are easily litterbox trained and had free run of the house. You have to ferret-proof your place, though, because they are the most inquisitive little critters you can imagine, and they have a great deal of dexterity in their "hands" so that latches and catches have to be installed on cupboard doors and anyplace else you don't want them to go.FlexGunship said:Even I have to "awww" at that. I hadn't considered a ferret. They're cage pets, though, right?
FlexGunship said:but the cost of ownership goes up steadily (first it's a pair of boots for the snow, then it's a pair of matching shoes to wear after the boots come off, then it's a new sweater with matching Lexus).
Wow, by complete accident it turns out at least one woman agrees with what I said:TheStatutoryApe said:You can at least back that up with some sources man...
http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-01-09/living/17355781_1_maine-coon-cat-cats-protection-single-women
zoobyshoe said:Women view a guy who has a good relationship with a cat as extremely desirable boyfriend/husband material.
Jane Ganahl said:It's long been said by women that cats are excellent guy-o-meters -- capable of spotting a bad one with a sniff. I always found the converse to be true: Men who were good to my cats -- and not in a manipulative, let's- impress-her-with-my-sensitivity kind of way -- were going to be good to me.
FlexGunship said:...people who treat their cats like children are...
Oh god... this does NOT resolve the concern that a single man with a cat is of questionable sexuality.
Dembadon said:Tulip is my favorite.