• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
    24·
    9 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.

  • theangryseal@lemmy.world
    162·
    9 months ago

    I like dogs, I just don’t like living with them. I like cats, I just don’t like living with them.

    The woman I love, well, she likes living with them.

    This is me this morning.

    No, this don’t mean I like living with them, but I handle it for her because I love her. Hell, I even love them, but I don’t like living with them.

    Like, I really love them. I just don’t like cleaning poo when they screw up or the sneezing because the cat only likes me for some reason. I mean, I’m nice to her because she’s a person too, but I don’t really like living with her.

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    9 months ago

    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.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
    6·
    9 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.

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      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
        2·
        9 months ago

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

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          2·
          9 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.

      • Wrench@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 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.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

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

    • xpinchx@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 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.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      42·
      9 months ago

      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
        16·
        9 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.

        • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          9 months ago

          Indoor cats don’t destroy the local ecosystem, but they still eat a large amount of meet. I totally forgot about them as cats around here are usually outdoor cats.

  • jimbo@lemmy.world
    51·
    9 months ago

    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.

  • mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 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.