CATS WERE DOMESTICATED in ancient Egypt about 10,000 years ago, and they were considered sacred. Several of their gods were even depicted with cat heads. It's not hard for me to determine when I began loving cats. Since I grew up with no particular feelings about them, then married a woman who, although she has no ancient Egyptian ancestry that I know of, definitely loves the little beasties, my onset of feline adoration commenced with marriage. Particularly since my spouse comes from genuine redneck southern Georgia stock, you might expect her to favor dogs, perhaps a pittie with a head like a concrete block. But no, she’s a certified crazy cat lady. It didn’t take her long, either, to domesticate me to the delights of sharing our home with the little rascals. They are much less time intensive than dogs, too. To start with, they sleep away much of the day. When they’re up and about, a little food and a few pets seems to satisfy them. You don’t have to walk them, and they use a litter box as naturally as a human uses a toilet. There are those times, of course, where they get the urge to bond, and so I have to guard that one of them (we have four presently) doesn’t sneak up and jump onto me anywhere near my stoma. After a while, communicating with a cat comes easy. You just have to remember, as George Carlin said, that “meow” means “woof” in cat.
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