Actually, Your Cat Thinks You Are a Giant Cat

[gordianot]

32. Great story! My experience with cats; they seem to like exclusive attention.

For example our old tom cat wanted to sit on my lap after I held my daughter when she was a baby. I do not ascribe jealousy (he never exhibited bad behavior) but wanted to sit on the lap of the person after they held our daughter. We noticed passing my daughter around to family members followed by the cat sitting on that persons lap, it was very apparent. It almost seemed like an inner dialog sort of "I want you after no one else wants you". This story gets to the heart of cat affection. I suspect it is related to why cats love to lay on computers when no one else is around so I (the cat) want your attention.

Eventually our old tom cat got to where he looked forward to sitting on the lap of family members who held our daughter and wanted to snuggle in. He never approached our daughter the entire time she was a baby unless it was with an adult family member. Most people did not know we had a cat he hid from strangers. Cats seem to have a very personal relationship with the people they trust. That cat maybe wanted that young man for himself.

I do consider myself both a cat and dog person and appreciate the different approaches they give to life.