Cats...

I like cats.  We have permanent indoor felines & some outdoor ones.  I am a Cat Person (CP) not a Cat Lover (CL).  CP's realize that cats are just that, cats.  They can be wonderful & fun to have in your life, but they can also be annoying, exasperating balls of puking destruction.  CP's treat their felines as pets, companions in their home.  They realize that cats scratch & sometimes bite.  They are not offended if the cat deigns not to lavish you with its furry attention for hours or days at a time.  CP's realize that if you have a cat & play with it, there will be a price to pay, the proverbial pound of flesh scraped away under the cat's claws.

Cat Lovers on the other hand, are of questionable sanity.  They want to dress their felines up in cute little suits.  CL's only buy the bestest-bestest food for their little babies.  They see their cats as their babies, the equals or worse their betters.  CL's fail to realize cats are just cats.  They are not replacements for human companionship, they are your offspring, & they most certainly do not wish to be dressed up like Jack Sparrow, a mushroom, or any other outlandish outfit you might have found for them.  Cats do not care about going to cats shows or how many articles you've submitted to Cat Fancy.  They might care about being on Youtube videos, cats are fairly vain after all.

The biggest difference between a Cat Person & a Cat Lover is that a CP can let the cat be, while the CL can not.  CL's have their feelings hurt if the kitty doesn't want to come play with them or nestle down with on command.  CP's know that when the cat gets hungry enough, cold enough or just plain bored it will come out & demand attention.  CP's have lives, while CL's lives are their cats.  CP's may have a few cats, but CL's can become the crazy cat person down the road with thirty some felines howling in the night.  The bad thing is that often cats aren't overly fond of Cat Lovers.

I may be rambling now, but to wrap this up, remember a Beatles song, Let It Be...