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[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 26 points 11 months ago

And sometimes the cats you meet even let you pet them. :3

[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 16 points 11 months ago

Had a really shitty morning two weeks ago, after a really shitty night.

Met a cat on my way to work that let me pet them. The rest of the day was still shitty, but thinking back to meeting that cat kept me going.

[–] Senseless@feddit.org 9 points 11 months ago

Sometimes there's a cat in the inner yard of my apartment building. It even rolls on it's back to let me rub her belly. This made my entire shitty week two weeks ago.

[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I met random kitty cat on holiday recently

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's a great photo you've got a good eye for it

[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks, it was rather awkward actually cause we were walking our dog at the same time and kitty cat was wary, soon as I got the photo it moved on.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Having your own definitely helps!

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Can confirm, have 2

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago

After doing a lot of spring cleaning and clearing some space where a bunch of random stuff was piled up, I moved an unused kitty bed to that area. One of the kitties is in it for the first time this morning. That's almost as good as meeting a new kitty, cause it's a familiar kitty in a new space. Bonus: the new shelves I assembled over the weekend for vinyl records have one space open for the kitties (on the second row) and the other kitty was in there for the first time this morning, too.

Just getting to expand their spaces is nice.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

I haven't met a random cat in a while... :(

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Would probably get more sleep without our two hyper purr machines. But they definitely make life better.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

i've made friends with a black cat near me that just hangs out on the driveway waiting for people to come scritch it, at this point it comes running when i greet it and when i scratch the right spot on the side of the neck it melts into a puddle.

i cannot put into words how happy it makes me just to think about it, there is a small creature whose only experience of me is that i appear from nowhere every now and then and sit there giving it a spa treatment for like 10 minutes, it's so utterly idyllic and i can't believe it actually happens in real life.