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[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 110 points 5 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 94 points 5 months ago

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

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 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.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 37 points 5 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 14 points 5 months ago

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

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[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

...Is he still allergic?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 15 points 5 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.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

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

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 5 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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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 8 points 5 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

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

immunotherapied yourself

[-] xpinchx@lemmy.world 7 points 5 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.

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[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

Imagine dating someone who says any of those things.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months 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!

[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago

"I am allergic"

[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Looks real allergic with his face buried in the cat.

[-] bytheclouds@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah no hate on that. But if i tell someone i have a cat and they tell me im allergic im like. Okay we can go one of two ways here and i will try my best not to show up with cat hair on my clothes.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Allergies so bad that he died.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

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

[-] DagonPie@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

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

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago

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

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 16 points 5 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 26 points 5 months ago

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 7 points 5 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 26 points 5 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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[-] seth@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Toxoplasmosis

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Excellent song by Radiohead 👍

[-] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Whole album is epic

[-] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

https://i.imgflip.com/4ljfzx.png

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[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 25 points 5 months ago

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

[-] jimbo@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

The cats have domesticated you.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

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

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 15 points 5 months ago

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

[-] runeko@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago

Or "He's mine now."

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Where's your boyfriend, Rebecca?"

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 14 points 5 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.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

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

[-] udon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

So he's dating a human now?

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it's due to the toxoplasmosis.

[-] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

cats are very sweet

[-] Damdy@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

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

[-] mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.world 3 points 5 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.

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