You Know Your Cat Is In Charge When ...

Thanks to the members of the mailing list, Feline-L, I have compiled a list of situations that let you know when your cat is in charge. If more than one of these applies to you, then you know your cat rules your home!!

Celia Freese

... you look down at your pillow at night and wonder where you are going to lay your head because Lady Gray is sleeping on your pillow.

Belinda Weaver

... you cannot throw away the old pizza box that is lying around and taking up space on the kitchen counter, because the cats love to sleep on it!

Sima Uyar

... you leave bits of paper on the floor because the cats were playing with it.

Jennifer Mueller

... you sit in the uncomfortable chair because two cats are adorably sleeping curled up in the comfortable chair.

Karla Johnson

... you can't leave the house without checking each and every one to make sure they are all ok and you have let them know when you are going to be home.

Vicki Cleaver

... you have a vet appointment, but it's cold outside, and you seriously consider warming up the car before you put the cat in the car.

Judy Frost

... you are sick on the couch and burning up--but you throw off the covers instead of moving the cat (who's body heat is making you even warmer).

Belinda Weaver

... you hear the sound of a cat vomiting and you glance over the edge of the bed to make sure that it isn't happening on your houseslippers and then roll over and go to sleep.

Kathy Kimber

... you stand up to work at the computer because the cat is asleep in the chair.

Mark Mathis

... you live in New England and keep the heat on all day while at work so that the kitties don't get a chill.

Barbara Lapinskas

... you wake up at 5am after going to bed at 3am to give the kitties their food.

Michelle

... you learn to sleep in contortionist positions so as not to wake the kitty who is sleeping on your neck, or between your legs, or under your arm.

Kerry Bolduc

... they sit directly in front of the cooling fan or heater and you don't get any breeze or heat.

Vicki Cleaver

... you postpone using the john, or go use the one further away in the house, rather than disturb the sleeping cat on the lid and suffer the wilting look.

Karla Johnson

... you move your head off the pillow at night because a cat wants to sleep on the pillow.

Niki Hicks

... one of the outside gang [stray or feral cats] insists you stay out with her under a covered wall when it is snowing and you're sick and coughing like crazy :-)

Sima Uyar

... you don't get to eat dinner because you don't want to wake her while she's sleeping on your lap.

Judy Frost

... you go to bed and try to fit your body in between all of the cats.

Belinda Weaver

... you stand in the bathroom hopping from one foot to the other because the cat got there before you and hasn't finished drinking from the toilet bowl yet!!

Lisa McKay

... the floor is covered with cat toys, but you can't resist "just one more"!

Judy Lerner

... you stay up until 4 am (after getting home from night shift at midnight) playing fetch, because your little boy has just learnt how.

Vicki Cleaver

... your S/O who just recently discovered how great the world of cats is....... is home sick in bed and is grateful when you call him by phone and startle the FATCAT and make him jump off S/O's stomach and S/O can at last turn over..HA!

Linda Danner

... you have just one piece of lox left and you give it to the cats.

Anne Chaikin

...you cantt typpe yur mail messages dbecause trers a catt betwen you anf the keyboaurd sleeeping :)

Mary McLay

... it's 2am, can't get to sleep because of the heat, you have to be up by 5am, you little darling comes visiting, wants to sleep on your head and you let him!!!

Louise Allison

... you make sure there's plenty of cat food and litter in the house, even though you may run out of people food or toilet paper.

Judy Lerner

... you let the answering machine pick up the phone rather than disturb the furries on your lap!!

Jamie Williams

... you tell the kids to close their mouths while they are eating, only to hear the cats going crunch, crunch, crunch, smack, smack, smack, then to hear your husband say "And you complain about us being noisy."

Belinda Weaver

... you're all snuggled up and finally warm in the flannel sheets, but you lift them up and let the cold air in because the cat wants underneath.

Julia Pearson

... you are sweltering in 100F heat but when the cat still wants to sit on your lap, they can.

Vicki Cleaver

... three of 'em are asleep on your lap, the TV remote control is out of reach, and you suffer through some crappy show just so you don't wake the cats up!!

Carl

... you are hungry and you want to go and prepare your dinner but Gece is sleeping on your lap and you do not want to wake him up.

Sima Uyar

... instead of watching the program you *wanted* to watch, you watch something else, because Lucky (use your cat's name) is fast asleep on the TV and has pushed the antennae out of position for any channel but the one that's currently on.... and you just don't have the heart to move him!

Tam Nesbit

... you are doing your morning business on the toilet and have a lap available. Of course, a cat will come along and take advantage of this, and pin you there for a good 15 minutes. :)

Michelle

... the alarm goes off at 6:30am but I don't want to get up because Domavaya is sleeping on my face and purring me back to sleep.

Sadelle Wiltshire

... you know the cats are in charge when your leg's been asleep so long you start asking your SO/spouse/roommate just how long it can go without circulation before gangrene sets in.

Donna

... you are standing up while eating a French roll with cream cheese, and a 12-pounder is using you as a climbing tree to reach said roll, cautiously hammering his claws into your leg about every two inches, and you suppress the scream and think it's your fault because a) you should have bought that big cat tree you saw last week (although it would ruin your bank account) and b) he hasn't had a treat for today yet.

Sonja Streuber

... you have to close yourself in the bathroon to eat - one person can't fight off 5 or 6 "starving" cats and keep the plate on the table and eat too.

Kathy Billing

... when you are trying to fill in an important form or read a newspaper and that is the only place your cat wants to sit, you let them!

Vicki Cleaver

... you are running late for work but you still stop to ask you cat where Mouse is, and come to think of it, Where is Doorstop too? and then have to go look for them so he wont be bored all day despite your Husband standing in the doorway glaring while he waits for you!

Kathryn McGuinness

... you feel guilty for not giving them more ham from your sandwich!

Sara Buchan

... you go to sleep sitting up in bed because you were reading and a cat is curled up on your lap asleep.

Niki Hicks

... you have done 7 loads of laundry and you are down to the last load of towels. You put soap in the machine, turn on the water, turn around to pick up the towels and there is a cat asleep on the floor with his head using the pile of towels as a pillow! So I put my nightgown on and washed my jeans and sweatshirt instead.

Coral Hunt

... you put an unused section of bathroom tissue into the toilet, and then flush when ya really don't need to, because Grendel didn't get there in time to watch his swirlie,

Donna

... you don't close the dresser drawer because Megan has gotten in and is taking a nap!

Lisa LaFever

... you're already late for work but you still let your him (Joshua) run around outside so he doesn't sulk all day.

Faith Kanno

... you go searching for a comb and all that you find are three kinds of flea combs!

Michelle

... the cat approaches you with the "pitiful miaow and guilt-inducing stare" routine just as you're leaving and you decide to stay another 15 minutes just to cuddle with and appease the cat even though you're running late as it is.

Gina Gempesaw

... when you never get to finish reading the newspaper as Caspian is asleep on it and you don't want to move him.

Marianne Bornhult Mays