Molly pats me too, but since I don't trim her nails (she never scratches anyone, since she's a docile old lady, lol), I end up getting pricked too. Molly's favorite way of getting my attention when I'm on the computer, is she pokes her paw through the slats in the back of this chair, and she pricks the sensitive part of my back. Since I'm not expecting it, I all but go flying off the chair, lol. And when I'm in bed and Molly's decided I've been sleeping long enough and it's time to feed her, she just pokes my face over and over, sometimes getting desperate and "stroking" (again with the pricklies...). Once in a while she'll even reach over and nip the end of my nose. Heck, today she even let a drop of spit fall onto my mouth (thankfully not INTO my mouth, lol)