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niyad

(128,573 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:13 PM Nov 7

On a coffee mug at my favourite wine bar/bookstore: Rules for negotiating

with your cat:

1: Give your cat whatever the little darling wants.

2: End negotiations.

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On a coffee mug at my favourite wine bar/bookstore: Rules for negotiating (Original Post) niyad Nov 7 OP

Good advice! biophile Nov 7 #1

That's about the size of it. 3catwoman3 Nov 7 #2

LOL. I think that is the 11th Commandment. LoisB Nov 7 #3

Cats are hard to figure out. Aristus Nov 7 #4

biophile

(1,040 posts)

1. Good advice!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:21 PM

Nov 7

3catwoman3

(28,158 posts)

2. That's about the size of it.

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 04:10 PM

Nov 7

LoisB

(12,041 posts)

3. LOL. I think that is the 11th Commandment.

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Fri Nov 7, 2025, 04:42 PM

Nov 7

Aristus

(71,313 posts)

4. Cats are hard to figure out.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:16 PM

Nov 7

I’m not a big fan of cats. Never have been. Mrs. Aristus’ aversion to dogs is the reason we have neither.

My step-daughters both have cats. And whenever we go to visit, the cats come scrambling up to me, make themselves at home in my lap, crane their necks for pats on the head, and purr contentedly.

Evidently, my dislike of cats is undetectable at the feline level. And of course, I stroke them and pet them and take good care of them. I’m not a monster.

I just can’t figure their affinity for me.

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