September 19, 2004

Single Female Cat Lovers - Rebel! "It was very interesting to hear that owning a cat increases a man's pulling power, because it definitely doesn't increase a woman's. Whereas the male cat owner is apparently imbued with caring, sharing qualities, owning a cat for a single woman these days is tantamount to admitting you're a frigid, emotionally unstable sociopath who should probably be burnt at the stake as a witch." [via: Zen Blues]
posted by beeza 20 years ago
  • Heh...they want emotionally unstable sociopath? C'mere, big boy...touch my wolverine...
  • Best. Line. Ever.
  • Uh oh, wait until the metrosexuals find out about this. No one is safe! ;)
  • Interesting. Almost all the women I interact with daily are single and catted. I don't know what to make of this.
  • Heh, awesome article! Whenever a man makes a smartass comment about me becoming The Cat Lady if I don't manage to get hitched before I turn 30, I tell him that I don't see why I need a man given that I have two perfectly good cats.
  • "It was very interesting to hear that owning a cat increases a man's pulling power..." Oh really? Just what the hell is he trying to pull?
  • (Don't answer that.)
  • rhiannon: Men don't have spikes on their penis. Well, not without the help of their friendly local piercer. *thinks hard* I'm fairly sure all of the single women with cats I know are lesbians. Draw from that what you will.
  • Today when I got home from buying a sweater, one cat was lounging on the top of the back of an armchair, and the other sleeping on the kitchen table. Right then I knew; if I grow old and dotty and drop dead here on the kitchen floor, those bastids are going to eat me.
  • I've specifically dreaded getting a pet because of the fear of becoming this stereotype. Getting a cat (or a dog) seemed like the last nail in the coffin. Glad to hear I'm not as paranoid as I thought, or at least, others are just as paranoid as I am. That said, the article does waver into silly cat vs. dog yapping near the end, despite decrying that exact mentality in the middle. Erm? There's a point here about stereotypes and reading too much into a person's choice to keep pets or not, but it gets lost in silly slogans like "Cats 1 Men 0" (oh, please.)
  • I honestly don't understand the single-and-catted thing. I like women, I like cats - what's the problem? People are nuts.
  • Long ago, when my girlfriend (and now wife) first came to my house for the first time, the first animal to greet her was Lump, my grouchy golden retriever. After a few minutes the cats came into the room (I had three at the time) and demanded equal attention. The fishtank had a few residents too, and I think having all those animals around impressed her sufficiently. Neither one of us really trust anyone who doesn't have a happy pet/non-human animal friend in his or her life. moneyjane, if I touch your wolverine, will you pet my scorpion?
  • My husband told me either that cat goes or he will. I miss him on occasion. ba-dum Don't forget to tip the cat-owning waitress.
  • It's funny, when I was a teenager I was asked what I wanted to do later in life and I joked that I wanted to be old and wrinkly living in a house teeming with cats. The neighbourhood kids would stay clear of me and make up sinister stories about me at hallow'een and I would come out and scare the bejesus out of them.
  • I've always lived with cats, but one of my roommates is allergic. Every girl I've dated since I've lived with him has had at least one cat. Coincidence?
  • years ago my roommate and i moved into this great apartment in a big victorian house. the landlord was showing us around when this fat siamese wandered by. "oh, that's charlie," the landlord said. "i hope you don't mind, he comes with the apartment." tenants moved in and out of the place and charlie stayed. heh. cool cat. now i have two, Hotsy and Asta.
  • Yup, single female cat owner here. But I've always thought that there was some sort of clear demarkation for Crazy Cat Lady Status. Or maybe a sliding scale. Something like two cats in the city, three cats in suburbs, four cats in the country. I know some Crazy Cat couples, one couple has 5, the other 7. And neither has kids. Wonder if that means something?
  • The absolute demarcation line involves cat poop on the floor. A single cat turd in the middle of the living room is normal and unavoidable. But cat turds covering 1% or more of the available floor space is a sign of crazy cat-persondom. Secondly, if the cat turd is in an easily viewable space and is older than an hour, barring vacations, trips to the market, etc., then it may be a sign of crazy cat-persondom. A second demarcation line is the smell of cat pee. If your house smells like micturating cattery more than 25% of the time to the exclusion of all other odors (feet, garbage, small children, etc), then it is a sign of crazy cat-persondom. (My mom has approx. 12 cats in about 1200 sq. feet of space and the cat pee smell is unavoidable for short periods of time, but she manages to keep it reasonable, ie., I never smell it when I visit her). All other behaviors, including silly names, wierd subscriptions (Cat Fancy), inheritances to the cats, etc., fall within the range of perfectly acceptable behavior for cat owners. Thus it is written. By me.
  • A wonderful Crazy Cat Lady lives across the alley from us. She even has a permit from the city to be a Crazy Cat Lady, i.e. the neighborhood adores her and petitioned the city to let her have a feline leukemia hospice in her home. She also has a Crazy Cat Husband. He's even crazier than she is. My beloved spouse worries that I will become a Crazy Cat Lady in my old age. I think it sounds like a brilliant plan.
  • OK, drivingmenuts, I am clear on the pee and poop counts. But what about cat vomit? Because I have this friend who will sometimes let cat vomit dry on the rug before cleaning it because trying to clean it while it is wet just mashes it into the fiber of the carpet. Once it's dry it can mostly be vacuumed up. Would you say that this friend is a CCL?
  • I made a bouncy ball out of cat hair. Not as CCL as it sounds - this I discovered by accident while idly rolling a giant fluff of hair between my palms after I'd brushed it off Kiki. The hair immediately felts into a little ball. After one crazed brushing, I had enough that the 'catball' came out the size of a cob marble. And they bounce! Ok. That does sound pretty CCL.
  • I would say that is a rational response to the occasional cat chunder. If the aforementioned feline blows chunks on a regular basis, then it might be time to look toward dietary change or restriction. You ... I mean, your friend, is probably a harmless crazy cat lover. On the other hand, having once stepped on a still-fresh hairball while wending my way to the water-closet in the wee hours of the morn, I can definitely say it is unpleasant when freshly upchucked. P.S. I do not own a cat, but I wish I did. My accursed landlord (and roommate) doesn't like animals. I would move, but alas, Austin is expensive for the single male.
  • Unintendedly, the women I have dated either are allergic to, or simply hate cats. I personally like cats but I cannot take care of them as mascots. Don't make me recount all the little fishies that have died while I was supposed to take care fo them.
  • kimdog...I, CCL if ever there was one who had only two cats, must say that letting cat vomit rest awhile on a carpet makes it MUCH easier to clean up...unless you have a dog, in which case the problem will be more than taken care of before you get to it.
  • Snuggling with your kitty is good. Nuzzling ears is fine. But kissing your cat on the lips is a certain sign of approaching CCL Syndrome.
  • Hang on-- cats have lips?
  • Hang on-- cats have lips? uh huh ... though with the potty mouth mine has, good luck ever getting kissed on the lips. She gets it on the top of her head.
  • MonkeyFilter: We Like Women, We Like Cats MonkeyFilter: We Can't Take Care of You Like Mascots. MonkeyFilter: Good Luck Ever Getting Kissed on the Lips.