{"id":3898,"date":"2019-12-20T04:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2019-12-20T04:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:35:46","slug":"frivolous-friday-how-to-cuddle-a-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3898","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 How To Cuddle a Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Do you love sitting with a cat in your lap? There are benefits, you know\u2014beyond the pure enjoyment of the snuggle. There\u2019s scientific evidence that having a cat around is good for your health. But there are other benefits to sitting quietly with a cat in your lap. I mean, you can\u2019t get up to answer the phone; it would disturb the cat. Someone wants your attention? Sorry, you\u2019re busy creating a warm place for the cat. Yeah, no one wants to disturb a sleeping cat. Milk it for all it\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

Our cats, Sophie and Lily, have their cuddle \"\"preferences\u2014mostly it is not to. That\u2019s right, they aren\u2019t real snugglers. They will certainly crawl into my lap, but I\u2019ve come to believe it isn\u2019t their desire to honor me or show their love, it\u2019s definitely a selfish decision on the cat\u2019s part. Lily curls up in my lap when I\u2019m wearing my robe first thing in the morning. \"\"The robe is fluffy and soft. The only other time Lily will curl up close to me is in bed at night. That\u2019s nice. And when I lay on the couch with a blanket. The blanket is the clincher. In fact when I\u2019m feeling under the weather and decide to take a nap or just need to close my eyes for a few minutes with a blanket, I\u2019ll wake up to find one or even two cats curled up with me. How nice that the cats are there to support me when I need it most. Or is it simply the blanket? Our cats love snuggling on or under cozy blankets. Sophie lays on me while we\u2019re watching TV at night. I do a lot of writing at night\u2014with a tablet on my lap\u2014planning my schedule, writing letters, making notes related to my work, etc. Sophie waits ever so patiently for me \"\"to stretch out on the sofa and she immediately joins me. But is it really me that she wants\u2014is she expressing gratitude and adoration? Probably not because if I get up for any reason, I return to find her happily snoozing in my spot. She just wants my spot with or without me.<\/p>\n

Does your cat look at you with what seems to be love? Does she rub on you affectionately? It\u2019s so sweet when they do this, but you have to wonder about their mindset. In our household, this \u201caffection\u201d usually means \u201cI want something. I want that cheese you\u2019re putting in that omelet. I want a taste of the egg you\u2019re scrambling or that chicken you\u2019re cooking.\u201d Give it to the cat or put it away and the cat drops you like a hot potato.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sure we know this about our cats. They\u2019re self-serving and self-absorbed, but maybe that\u2019s one of the things we admire about them. I don\u2019t know about you, but despite or maybe because of my cats\u2019 sometimes snubby behavior, I sure do love those little dickens.<\/p>\n

For future reference I did a little research to find the most affectionate cat breeds. There are many lists on many cat-related websites, but the lists are all just a little different. Several of the cats considered affectionate are hairless or have very short hair, like the Cornish Rex, Exotic shorthair, Siamese… Personally I like longhair cats and there are some on the affectionate list as well–Persian shows up on most of them, only in different slots–sometimes fourth or fifth and sometimes ninth or tenth. Also considered to be affectionate are Maine coon cats, the ragdoll, and the Somali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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