Why don’t you love me?
Well, my boyfriend's cat HATES me! I'm not being dramatic, Buddy literally hates me.
If we are laying on the couch and Buddy decides to lay down as well, he will walk around the coffee table, then jump on the couch, just to avoid touching me in any way.
If both of us are gone from the apartment and he hears the door he will turn around and walk away when he sees it's just me!
This may not sound like that big of an issue, but I have a really difficult time when a baby or animal doesn't like me. It's like it's this innate desire I have to be loved by all things, especially adorable things!
It's like when I hold a baby and it starts screaming like I'm the creature from the black lagoon! Holy crap kid, just let me hold you!
Animals are even worse. If I come across a dog or cat that won't let me pet it I take it as a serious offense. I will spend the next how every many minutes I have in its presence to persuade this animal to fall in love with me. LOVE ME YOU BEAST!
Snow White was able to charm forest creatures with just her voice, Mulan had a dragon that accompanied her everywhere and saved her life, even the Stark kids have dire wolves that are fiercely loyal!
You know what I have?
I've got an 8-year-old cat that despises my existence!
There goes another dream of being a princess.
I do everything in my power to make this cat like me. I buy him toys, pet him, allow every single piece of decor in my home to be moved if he desires a particular spot to sleep in, I even buy him special scratching boards!
You know what I get from this?
NOTHING!
It's almost if he despises me more for trying to win his love. He's a vindictive little brat. The hardest thing about this whole thing is how sweet and cuddly he is with Lee. He lets him pet and love on him all day! Buddy curls up in his lap while he watches tv or reads. Wherever Lee goes Buddy is never far behind. The fact that he is such a sweet cat is so frustrating because I don't understand why he won't be sweet to me.
What did I ever do to him? I didn't steal his human, it's not like we left Buddy back in Nashville and moved to Boston without him. I literally chose this apartment so he could come in and out of his own private entrance! Do you have any idea how difficult that is to find in Boston!?
Buddy needed outdoor space, where he couldn't get to the road, and a way for him to come in and out of the apartment without having to go in the hallway and access another door...and I found it! Yet, he still refuses to love me.
Lee keeps telling me to give him time, that the longer we live together the more he will grow to like me. Well, that's just not good enough for me. I want Buddy's love, and I want it now. Besides, I am literally one of two human beings in his life and he can't be bothered to notice me? If he was a human roommate that acted that way I would have already done something super passive aggressive, like taken all of my kitchen stuff and locked it in a cabinet, or marked the levels on my almond milk. But no, because he's a cat I'm supposed to just "let it go". I'm sorry, but that seems like a double standard to me.
I gave this cat some of my fresh salmon steak Friday night, and he didn't even touch it! I'm at the point where I'm going to walk around with a bag of catnip in my pocket trying to lure him into my loving arms.
I'm not giving up, and I will definitely keep everyone updated on how this goes.
Wish me luck.
Love,
Lilly
