• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year 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.

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    1 year 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.

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      1 year 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.

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      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.

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        1 year 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.

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

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

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      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.

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      1 year ago

      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!

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    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.

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    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.

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    1 year ago

    Let’s just face the truth, they are the “true” ruler of this planet.

  • mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.world
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    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.