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[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 70 points 8 months ago

My now wife didn't really like cats when I met her and was allergic to the point of the hair giving her little welts.

Fast forward a couple few years and she loves my cat and just ends up taking allergy pills every day and dealing with the itching.

Fast forward a few more years when that cat dies and she says she doesn't think we can ever replace him.

Fast forward one month and she comes home with a flyer for a rescue cat she wants to adopt.

And we did and she couldn't be happier.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 70 points 8 months ago

Cat: "Oh, you still think he's YOUR boyfriend?"

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I’d like everyone to look at this because this is proof cats also abide by the “they fell asleep, guess I’m stuck here” rules.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

My cat abides by the "they fell asleep, guess I need to paw their face to let me out of the room now" rules.

[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

r/thisismylifemeow. Oh wait, this is not reddit.

[–] Factualfiction@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am disappointed this is not a real sub

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[–] DagonPie@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Imagine dating someone who says any of those things.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know right! When someone says they have allergies, I'm like no thanks weirdo, I don't want your disgusting allergies. Go cry into the tissues you have in your pocket already probably because you have allergies loser!

[–] DagonPie@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I know this was a joke but im sorry you are getting down arrows for it.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] DagonPie@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Looks real allergic with his face buried in the cat.

[–] bytheclouds@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am allergic to cats and have allowed a cat to rub it's head against my face multiple times, because that cat was a bro (and I had loratadine).

Also don't really like cats in general because most of them are jerks, just that specific one was, as I mentioned, a bro.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Allergies so bad that he died.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the cat's in the process of slowly assassinating him, we don't know.

[–] DagonPie@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

They are all doing that to us. They are professionals.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Allergies are not as linear as allergy = death/miserable. Some dander is not the same as others and some people only react to certain types. He could have just been bullshitting too.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sadly I could never live with a cat or dog as their dander makes my airways slowly close up :(

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

My sister was very allergic to cats when she was a kid. Then one day she just sort of turned up with this cat. My sister's friends cat had kittens and this was one of the kittens.

Anyway she was afraid my parents would say no so she hid the cat in her room for 2 or 3 days before my parents noticed. By which point it was somewhat of a done deal.

Anyway 16 years later when the cat died my sister was no longer allergic, so if you spend enough time around them you do eventually become desensitized. Or at least some people seem to.

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[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Allergy meds can also help a ton. I'm mildly allergic. Congestion, itchy eyes and face. I had one cat, married into 5 more. I'm fine as long as I stay on top of my allergy meds.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

my allergies got better as i lived with cats longer. either way it's more put-up-with-able than not having a cat

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

immunotherapied yourself

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I'm allergic to cats but grew up with one (she lived to 21!) and my fiance has a cat and we moved in together. It's fine I just have to keep the cat away from my face and I wash my hands after petting her.

Even if I don't I just get really itchy, it's not the worst. Worth it for the pets and cuddles.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 8 months ago

Well... is he still breathing?

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 23 points 8 months ago

The look on the cat’s face says, “This is how you dominate a person, amateur.”

[–] seth@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Excellent song by Radiohead 👍

[–] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Whole album is epic

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's funny to me because it looks more like he fell asleep and the cat put itself there

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I think if the cat was responsible it's ass would be in the guys face lol

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[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember my friend once saying "I hate cats" whilst cradling mine in his arm like a baby and stroking his head.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Cats are bad for the planet and horrible for the local ecosystem but if they are already around I will pet them.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 5 points 8 months ago

Humans are bad for the planet and horrible for the local ecosystem, but if they are already around I will have sex with them.

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[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I'm pretty much the same. Cats are terrible creatures and I would never intentionally own one. But I'm not going to hold it against my partner's two cats that they are cats, so they get scritches and nap times with me.

[–] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

The cats have domesticated you.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I have 2 of the vile critters now, one I inherited from my ex, the other one just kind of showed up.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

So he's dating a human now?

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That cat's face says "I fixed him".

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Let's just face the truth, they are the "true" ruler of this planet.

[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

cats are very sweet

[–] PMFL@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yap true, i'm also gilty at that... 😄

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's my wife. When we meet she hated cats, then afer years of cats videos she was like ok i tolerate them, but were not going to have a cat. After meeting some neighbor cats, she was like ok, you can adopt a cat but I'm not going to love him, after a week she was cuddling with him and thanking me for bringing a kitty to our life.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it's due to the toxoplasmosis.

[–] Damdy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

So you trained your cat to murder you boyfriend as an example to the next?

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

And who's the human next to him?

[–] mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

100% me. I never in my life thought I’d be a cat person, then I moved in with my girlfriend (now wife) and her cat, who quickly became my ride or die.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

When men are afraid of cuddly things, it is not because we don’t think we’ll connect. It’s because we know we cannot stop ourselves from connecting.

Dad-who-didn’t-want-a-cat sitting there, in love with the cat, isn’t proving himself wrong. He’s proving himself right. This is exactly the situation he wanted to avoid. Being helplessly in love is scary, and animals are so pure that falling in love can’t be avoided.

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