So I grew up with absolutely no pets, and nobody that was close to me had any pets either. Also, in Chennai a dog once chased me and bit me. Basically, I was not crazy fond of animals. Whenever I visited people with pets, they would say "oh don't worry he won't do anything!" while the dogs and cats would come smell my feet, lick, bark, run, jump.... What do you mean he won't do anything! He's doing all these things I'm really uncomfortable with! And then they'll follow it up with a "wow you know he only does that to people he really likes...". I would avoid having to go to houses with pets.
Then. I got engaged to this guy who to say has pets would be an understatement. I think the count is 5 dogs and 4 cats. When we initially started talking, you know the honeymoon phase where you agree with everything each other says, he had said if I am uncomfortable with pets he will personally make sure I feel at ease. Whatever it takes. Of course, I had also said oh yeah no problem at all I am sure I would love animals, I'm just not used to them that's all. That was not all. Or maybe it was. So anyway, we decided to get married and stuff, and after almost a year, a few weeks before the wedding I showed up at his house. It was the pets play time, so they all came running to the gate barking loudly at me. I may have wet my pants a little. Then he stood up and walked up to the gate. Phew, I thought, there's my man! He's going to come save me! He smiled and said "well, you have to get used to this" and walked right back after opening the gate for me. Ouch. I nervously petted them and walked in... they settled down soon and ignored me for the most part of my stay. I even ended up making friends with some of them. (For the record, I eventually realized they are absolutely adorable).
A few months back, the husband suggested we adopt a cat from the animal shelter here. I was surprisingly drawn to the idea even though I had no clue about what to expect. We went to the shelter a couple of times and I was mostly just watching as I let him pick. So that's how we ended up adopting Captain Murugan....and the rest is history! It would not be an exaggeration if I said he (the cat) changed my life! He runs to the door everytime I go home, he will wake me up in the middle of my sleep and demand to be cuddled, seeing him eat his entire bowl of fish just makes me so happy! Oh and he's such a great selfie cat. Here are some selfies for proof.
So what prompted me to write this post was a couple of events that happened recently. We had a visitor a while back who was really afraid of cats. Guess what I ended up saying? "Oh don't worry he won't do anything!". A friend of mine who stayed over at our place, I think felt kind of uncomfortable with him playing his usual games under the couch when she was sitting on it. Again, I said without even thinking "yeah, he only does that with people he's really comfortable with!!". Later, when I went to bed, I couldn't help laughing at how things have changed. I am now the obnoxious pet owner! And I am kinda proud of it. ;)
Then. I got engaged to this guy who to say has pets would be an understatement. I think the count is 5 dogs and 4 cats. When we initially started talking, you know the honeymoon phase where you agree with everything each other says, he had said if I am uncomfortable with pets he will personally make sure I feel at ease. Whatever it takes. Of course, I had also said oh yeah no problem at all I am sure I would love animals, I'm just not used to them that's all. That was not all. Or maybe it was. So anyway, we decided to get married and stuff, and after almost a year, a few weeks before the wedding I showed up at his house. It was the pets play time, so they all came running to the gate barking loudly at me. I may have wet my pants a little. Then he stood up and walked up to the gate. Phew, I thought, there's my man! He's going to come save me! He smiled and said "well, you have to get used to this" and walked right back after opening the gate for me. Ouch. I nervously petted them and walked in... they settled down soon and ignored me for the most part of my stay. I even ended up making friends with some of them. (For the record, I eventually realized they are absolutely adorable).
A few months back, the husband suggested we adopt a cat from the animal shelter here. I was surprisingly drawn to the idea even though I had no clue about what to expect. We went to the shelter a couple of times and I was mostly just watching as I let him pick. So that's how we ended up adopting Captain Murugan....and the rest is history! It would not be an exaggeration if I said he (the cat) changed my life! He runs to the door everytime I go home, he will wake me up in the middle of my sleep and demand to be cuddled, seeing him eat his entire bowl of fish just makes me so happy! Oh and he's such a great selfie cat. Here are some selfies for proof.
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So what prompted me to write this post was a couple of events that happened recently. We had a visitor a while back who was really afraid of cats. Guess what I ended up saying? "Oh don't worry he won't do anything!". A friend of mine who stayed over at our place, I think felt kind of uncomfortable with him playing his usual games under the couch when she was sitting on it. Again, I said without even thinking "yeah, he only does that with people he's really comfortable with!!". Later, when I went to bed, I couldn't help laughing at how things have changed. I am now the obnoxious pet owner! And I am kinda proud of it. ;)
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