Have you ever wondered why those around you have stopped asking you to come out? Or why they've stopped asking why your clothes always seem to be covered in fur? Wonder no longer; it just means you are now a cat lady. You can tell you are becoming one when....
1. All the clothes you own are one lint roll away from creating a new cat.
Your clothes are never entirely clean because of all the cat hair in your house, on your bed, on the floor...etc. No matter how many times you lint roll yourself before leaving the house, you know you will never be cat hair-free.
2. You answer when your cats meows at you.
Having conversations with your cats is no longer worrisome to you. In fact, these conversations now entertain you and you are convinced that you know what they are saying.
3. You no longer notice the smell of litter boxes (much to your horror when company comes over).
It happens because you become so used to the smell, you no longer smell it, but you become extremely embarrassed when people walk into your house and the look of smelly disgust crosses their face.
4. You miss your cats more than people when you're away from them.
You spend time thinking about your cats and what they're doing when you're not there with them. As much as they can be annoying, you miss their neediness when they rub up on your face or flop down in your lap. You even start to miss that cat smell although that can sometimes get a little gross.
5. You have more pictures of your cats on your phone than anything else.
Your cats are just too cute and silly to not take a million pictures of and never delete any photos. You also just have to show this multitude of photos to almost everyone you meet and fawn over them in public with no embarrassment.
6. You have to name all your cats in your head to count how many you have.
You have started to collect cats because you can't stand to see those that aren't adopted yet. Every time you pass a shelter, or someone you know is fostering kittens, you end up coming home with another cat. Or at least desperately wanting another cat to where you start saving up enough money and making arrangements to get a new one.
7. You judge others based on if they like cats.
It's not like you hate dog people, but people who aren't even open to cats and claim they're demons and have no feelings, do not deserve a place in your life.
8. Someone asks if you want to go out, but you'd rather stay home with your cats.
Cuddling with your cats, kitten kisses, and no stress about going out is the best kind of night.
9. Your bed is also your cats' beds (and you don't try to kick them out anymore)
You tried to have your own bed and get beds for your cats, but they eventually took over. Now, you can't even get to bed without your multitude of cats cuddling up to you.
10. Your body automatically wakes you up at 3 a.m., because your cats play at that prime dawn time.
You should have known what you were getting yourself into while getting all of your cats seeing as their prime time is late in the night and early in the morning, but you never expected to hear your cats always playing at three in the morning. Now, it's just routine.
11. You want to seriously hurt anyone who mentions declawing cats.
Before you became a cat person, or even if you've always been a cat person, at some point you learned the horror of what declawing a cat really is - literally removing some of their limbs. You wouldn't dare de-calw any of your own cats, and whenever anyone around you merely mentions declawing, you go nuts.
12. You're not embarrassed to own cat themed knick-knacks or cat themed clothes.
At first, it seemed a little cheesy to wear cat clothing or buy cat themed kick-knacks, but after adopting a few cats your family begins to give you cat themed stuff, and you begin to go looking for some on your own. They remind you of your cats and make you happy whenever you look at them or wear them.
13. When people call you a cat lady, you accept it with grace. Honestly, how could you deny it?
You used to say "I'm not a cat lady! I only have a few cats!" and now you just say, "Eh, I guess it's true. I am a cat lady."
