Tell me how this is fair (kinda silly kinda sad)

So I love cats. I love everything about them. I find out what they like and I always work to give them that. Majel has adopted one of my stuffed animals and bathes it and brings it around the house. That's great. She loves to play tug of war. I do that for her. She likes when I sing to her - certain songs - and will sing with me. Sometimes she likes for me to slow dance with her. Mandarin likes for me to hit the "open" button on the remote of the dvd player and he "helps" me close it. Anything they want I give them. I'm responsible 98% for them coming into my lives.

So tell me how this is fair:

THEY LIKE MY HUSBAND MORE THAN THEY LIKE ME! I try not to be jealous, and I don't force my love on them, just give them love or accept the love that they want to give, but I fail to see how this is fair. If daddy's having a bad day and wants to be left alone, they force themselves on him. But If I'm having a bad day, whether or not I want to be left alone, they just leave me alone.

I try not to compare them to Linus, but Linus was like my telepathic kitty. And he always gave to me, just knew when I needed him, and I knew when he needed.

Why? Why? Whhhhhhhhhyyyyy??????????

So when Wally goes to camp it takes them about two days and then they start coming around, wanting me more. What do I have to do? Send hubby out on sabbatical so we can all bond? LOL

It's kinda sad but it's kinda funny too..

It's like when someone's allergic to cats and they go to a house that has cats and they want nothing to do with them, and the cats just gravitate to them.

It's not to say my husband doesn't love them, I just feel sometimes I love them more and they don't love me as much as I love them. Waaaahh...

Oh and I've tried ignoring them. That doesn't work either to bribe them into my affections. They're just like, "whatever. We don't need you anyways." But THEN when they're barfy? Who do they want? They want mommy. They need their water changed because they wash their paws in their water dish and it's dirty? They want mommy. They need food? They want mommy.

I just feel used sometimes. LOL I feel more like staff than a mommy. I imagine this is payback when we used to treat dad like it was amazing when he was home when mom was there all day and didn't appreciate her the way she was.

Our cat Majel has an eye infection, so we took her into the vet because she lunged at me - never had an aggressive moment before that in her life - and we figured if she was that uncomfortable, she needed to be seen.

Unfortunately this has changed the dynamic. She blames BOTH of us for not feeling good. Raaaar....

And then when I was sick yesterday and I watched the movie Afterlife and was bawling my eyes out because I was so achy and missed Linus she just stared at me, as if to say, "Well it serves you right for making me sick." Day three now of drops... hopefully after day 7 we can get her back to normal...

I told my husband the next time, when one picks me, we're bringing it home. It's only fair since the last two kitties have been primarily his. I know Mandarin is truly beginning to love me, but he still loves daddy the most. And he's still very short-attention spanned when it comes to wubbing with me.

I haven't changed to anything super smelly when it comes to my body stuff. In fact I switched to hypo-allergenic stuff which barely smells. Perhaps she doesn't like that?

Yesterday she was a lot better but she still doesn't like the drops. I'm trying to make sure that we play with her right after the drops though so eventually maybe she'll associate them with playing. Mandarin still begs for drops - dork! lol - but he really thinks Majel is just being a drama queen. You can tell it in his eyes. What a silly man. I bought Majel some new shoe laces to play tug of war with. I told her I had bought her a present and she didn't believe me at first, but she was excited for new shoe strings. My husband thought it was a waste of money but for $1.69 for two pair of shoe strings, it was definitely worth her glee.

They truly are loved, even though they don't understand how much mommy loves them both.

Correction: Oh not to say that Majel didn't pick US because she definitely did, but the next time one picks me and snubs my husband, we're not going to overlook that for the "sake" of the family. The cat will adjust to husband, I'm sure, and will love our other kitties, but I think I really need a kitty of my own, too! Don't you think that sounds fair?

It may be the age of your cat. Linus did hardly anything but chew on me for the first year. He would wake me up every 20-30 minutes for the first year chewing on my feet and my head. He outgrew that, and became the best cat ever. I miss my angel boy.