I feared I was kitty proof until recently
At least, the cat in my local doesn't seem to like me, and I've taken it very personally. But then my friend's cat was all over me last Sunday, which suggests it's not all cats, and that maybe the cat in my local is just a little wary of the large bloke lumbering around the bar reeking of stout reaching out with a massive corvine hand to pet it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:03, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

my friend's cat always seeks me out when I'm over there
and rubs all his fur all over my face and licks my skin so I feel thoroughly shite by the end of the evening. He takes offence if I try and boot him off my knee though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:06, Reply)

In theory you can build up a resistance to animal allergies
I suggest Wiggy surreptitiously slip one or two cat hairs under your pillow each night, and gradually increase the dosage as you show fewer and fewer symptoms, until eventually you don't notice that he has in fact replaced your pillow with a cat.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:11, Reply)

well that's the thing,
I grew up with 5 cats, it was only when I moved out at 18 and went back to visit that I noticed the symptoms of allergies, so maybe I could become resistant once more.

I would love a pillowcat.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:47, Reply)

He could be rubbing his kitty bumhole on you though.
That would be worse.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:12, Reply)

You need to bend down to their level, make a weird noise and let them sniff your fingers
then if they like you they'll submit to you petting them.

Or, if they're like mine, they'll headbutt you and scream at you until you fuss over them.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Yeah, your cat sounds more like my friend's cat.
My friend described her cat as a complete tart, who is happy to remain indifferent to her presence, but will lap up the attention as soon as any visitors come near the place.

The cat in the Sultan, on the other hand, might just not like the smell of Hop Back Entire Stout.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 Jul 2010, 12:17, Reply)