What drew you to cats in the first place?

Originally Posted by roobear

He has already made it clear that i can't have my cat, Max (currently living with my parents) when we get our own place cos he won't have had the bonding with him that i've had and it won't be fair

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Wait, are you serious? You can't bring a cat that you already have because he might like you better? That just sounds extremely selfish to me. What would he say if you had kids from a previous marriage? Maybe a good compromise would be if you brought Max and then he got to pick out a whatever he wants for a second cat.

I always loved animals as a child. I thought I was more of a dog person. I played with neighbor's cats and liked them, but when people talked about their cats and how great they were, I didn't really get it. When I was about 12 or so, we wanted to save a shelter kitten from the pound. So, we found an adorable gray fluff ball and I totally fell in love with him. We ended up getting a second kitten a few months later, so I grew up with these two sweet boys as part of my family. So, I've been a "cat person" for a long time now. I can't imagine my life without a cat or two in it. I'm still a dog person too, but I don't have the space or time to care for a dog. Eventually, I'd like to have a couple more cats and a few dogs too.

Thank you all for sharing! I can still remember the un-neutered Tom (named Tom, actually) at my grandmother's house when I was very young. He had a scarred up face, virtually no ears from fighting, and would growl if anyone walked into the kitchen while he was eating. I just loved him.

for me it was the complex I live in... wouldnt let me have dogs lol. Me and my roommate both got 1 cat... yea he stopped taking care of his which is actually my cats brother.... so when i moved out they both came with me and they both lived happily ever after with every toy you can possibly buy a cat!

up next they are getting a tree house which im debating on building myself!

their birthday is feb 4th soooo they will hopefully have it by then!

when i was a little girl i got a black and white cat and i named him junior
he was an outside cat and one day he never came home. i still have pics of him and remember the cute things he did, ever since then i loved cats.

I can't remember a time I didn't love cats. We always had several cats when I was growing up. At one time we had 2 mamas (mother and daughter) with a combined total of 11 kittens and 2 or 3 other adult cats. My parents really loved cats!

I used to be afraid of cats cuz they'd sometimes attack me as a kid, oftentimes unprovoked. My neighbors really had some wild ones, near the point of being feral. I'm 28 and have had dogs all my life. However, there was ONE cat when I was young that used to love to play with my Old English Sheepdog. Clyde and Winston (cat and dog, respectively) got along famously! The cat was not really a friendly cat, though the dog couldn't have been more docile. It was the perfect ODD couple! So it was really quite funny when I decided to get a kitten of my own recently.

Around Christmas (though the desire started long before; I'd always WISHED for a nice, tame kitten) I started kinda randomly thinking "I would LOVE a kitten right about now!" My cousin's son, who is 17, got one from his sister on Christmas Eve, and I instantly knew. I had to have one. It was more than just a "must-have" latest fad type of thing... I just knew I was ready! Financially things are pretty secure, although I will admit things at home haven't been perfect (we just had some work done on the floors), but I knew that I was REALLY ready, and that was key.

Now as a kid, I've owned fish, tortoises, turtles, hamsters, guinea pigs, bunnies, and birds... they were just NOTHING like a dog or cat, so I couldn't be more pleased with my decision to adopt Toby! She is such a doll. I love her to pieces! I feel much more able to fully understand what it means to own an animal of my OWN now... one that can love you back and really show it! Not to say that other types of animals aren't great in their own ways, but I never thought I'd EVER be a cat person! Now I couldn't be HAPPIER being OWNED by my little Toby!

For as long as I can remember I've had cats. My mom told me when I was a baby we had a cat who use to even sleep in my crib. So i guess my love for cats started early. His name was Tuti. I actually have a cat name Tuty these days, after my first kitty.

Had cats all my life. =) The first cat I ever really fell in love with was Muffin, a big ole grey male...He was so sweet, and funny. Took off running with my father's dinner steak one night. Used to steal our socks, too. I miss that big guy. =<

I'd always liked animals, but was bitten on the face by the neighborhood grouchy cat, Snowball. That kinda turned me off for a while. We also didn't have any pets really when I was growing up. I lived a kind of transient lifestyle and didn't really consider getting a pet of any sort. I'm kind of a "johnny come lately" to this whole thing.

I really started to get an affinity/love for cats when I started dating my boyfriend. He had an elderly gentleman cat - big black kitty with green, green eyes! It got to the point where I was more interested in seeing Cato than Doug when I came over!

Then I started volunteering with a local rescue and really got "into" cats...

I can't have a pet right now b/c of my living situation, but when I can, I will have a couple of purring room-mates!

When I was 4 Santa brought me a Blue Persian kitten. He left istructions on how to care for him, not to let him out and not to give him milk. I loved him immensely but my Mom had issues with the care and I didn't get to keep him for long. It started a passion that has lasted 60 years.

Always had cats. My father also has a strong dislike of dogs, so I never got used to them...

Despite some bad experiences, a kitten chomped on by a neighbor's dog a week after we brougth her home, and one who probably had kitty AIDs and a resultant short sickly life... -We like cats.

Gracie was the best cat ever. Her paws are hard to fill, but now we have squeaky cat Midori and I have Aya...

I was always leary on cats until Freya showed up on the porch and taught me that all cats do not shed allergens equally.

I've always been allergic, so I'd shy away from cats, but I just couldn't leave Freya hurt and hungry, no matter how allergic I thought I was...and lo and behold I could keep the allergies under control without much trouble.

Twitch was dying outside - and I couldn't well leave her out there. And it all went downhill from there.

I have always loved cats. I think part of my obession for them is the fact that i was never allowed to have one growing up, and i always wanted one so bad. We lived with my grandfather, and he hates cats. He said he had a cat, and caught it peeing in the laundry basket. Now, i know why the cat was probably doing that. But i was only allowed dogs, and always wanted a cat of my own. I always loved on my friends cats instead. Now i have 2 of my own babies to love on. And now that i have a cat in my life, i could never imagine my life without one.

A few years ago, I got a new cubby mate. The first thing she did was post her HUGE cork board of animal causes on the cubby wall we share. We became fast friends, she had three cats, my SO had always mentioned when we moved together getting two black cats, one names Egypt, one Pharaoh, but it never phased me.

I remember years ago knowing my sister had a cat and oh well, it was a cat. When I was a teenager I had babysat my brother's girlfriend cat while she was pregnant. All I could remember was that he never covered his 'p00. Fast forward and now we have calvin. That was all she wrote...

I was allergic to cats when I was little, though I think back now and wonder if my hives weren't flea bites...because I don't break out in hives anymore. I have always loved cats and my family has always given me little cat nick nacks because they know I just adore cats.

We've always had cats in our family.

Although I like most animals, I seem to have a preference for cats. Why? I don't know!? I'm just drawn to them (or them to me).