I wasn't a cat person until about 6 years ago. When I was growing up, I never had a cat because my mom was afraid of them. She was attacked by a stray cat when she was about 2 years old. I was always an animal person but I never new which animal I was most comfortable around. When I was sixteen, I was dating this girl who had 2 cats. My life changed completely. One of her cats was the sweetest cat I've ever seen. Even though she was usually scared of most people, everytime I went over there she would instantly run up to me and start purring. As soon as I would sit down she would jump up on my lap and fall asleep in my arms. Ever since then I have been in love with cats. Now I'm definately a cat person.