If cats are so standoffish, why does this one always want to stand on me?

[Bossy Monkey]

(zen koan:))

[leftofthedial]

1. change your name to ish

[qnr]

2. He's "the man" and he's trying to keep you down. "He" in the generic

"He's the man" sense, of course.

[Bossy Monkey]

3. I think Amelia is only trying to keep me down 'cause that way

she gets more scritches, but the other thing is always possible.:)

[AngryAmish]

4. Ar you lying on your back

Cats will stand on your chest and push down rhythmically on your chest with alternate paws. It is the way kitties stimulate their mothers to lactate and the kitty thinks you are it's mommy.

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Sometimes she'll knead; mostly she just stands there

or eventually lays down. (Yes I'm lying on my back.)

[AngryAmish]

7. he he, you are a girl cat!

[Shakespeare]

5. And while doing so, it can manipulate the laws of physics.

Ever notice how a 12-pound cat can put about 20,000 pounds of pressure under one paw when they're standing on you?

[LostinVA]

10. Yes, and usually either on a full bladder or your breasts

It's an amazing suspending of the laws of nature.

[Shakespeare]

13. YES!!! Especially the boobs.

:rofl: I've said "OW GET OFF MY BOOB!" to one of my cats way, way too many times. :rofl:

[LostinVA]

14. It's like spikes are being driven into them

It's a feline orgy of mammary gland crucifixion...!

[VeggieTart]

16. She likes to step on my boyfriend's bladder

With me, she walks up the bed and straight onto my chest, practically in my face. She likes to paw at the blanket near my mouth. And even a six-pound cat can put incredible pressure on my chest with each of her front paws.

[Bossy Monkey]

11. Yes.

I'd answer in greater detail, but there's a cat on my chest.:)

[kwassa]

8. You got the standonish one?

Mine likes to march on my leg. Why?

[LostinVA]

9. The SO and I think it's hysterical people think cats are aloof or/and

independent. Neither of us have ever owned a cat that was. The three we have now are the most sociable, needing-to-be-near-you kitties in the world (they aren't weird or clingy, though). One even lays in front of the door during the week when you try to go to work -- he wants you to stay home.

And, all but one hangs out with company, too. The one that doesn't WILL hang out if it's only women (which is often the case except when parental units visit).

I'm sure some kitties are like that, but I've never been owned by one!

[sarge43]

12. You exist merely to serve. Deal with it. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Cats are standonnish.

And sometimes when they sit on you, they dig their little pointy elbows into you.