28 July 04

Apologizing to Cats

Being part English condemns you to apologize for things for which an apology is totally inappropriate, as in, “Sorry, do you mind if I just open the window?”-and must get thoroughly tedious after the third or fourth round. Unfortunately I find myself apologizing to kittens-if THEY get underfoot, if THEY are finicky about their food, if THEY are (much worse) finicky about their litter.

But they’re going to have to put up with it, I’m afraid. Pending approval from the landlord, we’ve decided to keep both Diego and Charlie. We’re out for too much of the time for one cat to be in here, cooped up, by himself and not start becoming neurotic. At least this way they’ll have each other to play with and make mayhem with.

For someone who isn’t a “cat person,” I’ve done a lot of cat stuff in the last few weeks. It’s been entertaining and far more fun than I’d ever have believed. And-yes-sorry to all of you who are bored out of your minds by all this kitten-blogging.

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  1. I’m not bored at all by cat talk – glad you have decided to keep the two of them.

    — Jenny    29. July 2004, 01:24    Link
  2. Nor I! Yesterday I was looking at the photos we took of the kittens when they were at our house, comparing them in my mind to the bruisers we visited with at Petco. How they grow! It’s fun too to see how the personalities they exhibited when tiny babies continue to develop. I’m happy for you… Of course, pending the landlord’s approval. It will be fun for them to grow up together.

    — Virginia    29. July 2004, 05:40    Link
  3. excellent! two are better than one! and they will keep each other company while you’re out.
    i wish the same happens here! ;-) hugs!


    — Fer    29. July 2004, 07:29    Link
  4. Im delighted to hear you are keeping two of the kittens. And Im not at all bored by kitty talk. In fact I look forwards to following up on their adventures. I just hope they behave themselves when it comes to birds….

    — Jennifer    29. July 2004, 09:42    Link
  5. Great! Let’s hope the landlord approves.

    The apology thing is really a spectrum which has an English section on it. Americans, in their forthrightness, often appear to be at the other end. It can also be a gender thing with women apologising more than men. When I am feeling crap about myself I go through phases of saying sorry to the bed if I knock into it and have to consciously try to get myself out of Extreme Apology Syndrome!

    — Coup de Vent    2. August 2004, 02:42    Link
  6. I’m not bored, but I AM mesmerized by this conversion of yours. And feeling a little abandoned, like I’m all alone up in the Cathaters’ Clubhouse where we were having such a good time keeping the cats out, and then . . . WHAMMO! You metamorphosed into CatPerson! Dang.

    — Doc Rock    3. August 2004, 11:36    Link

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