My poor cat, Mister Fluffy Pants, has been low on the food chain at my house for a while but whilst โbig-spooningโ his furry warmth in bed recently, I realised he was the perfect companion.
Let me share with you 10 reasons why cats are better than husbands. Itโs a no-brainer when you think about it.
1.You can have more than one cat, and many people actually recommend it. They play together and keep each other company. No one has ever recommended having more than one husband. Itโs not only taxing emotionally, but it would be physically arduous.
2.A cat doesnโt gag if you fart in bed. In fact, I suspect mine secretly likes a Dutch oven because heโs doesnโt move. Some mornings I expect him to be dead, like a canary in a mine shaft, but so far so good.
3.A cat doesnโt complain about cold hands touching him. Havenโt worked out how to train him to warm my feet, but Iโm sure there is a technique that Hollywood animal trainers use for stuff like this. Iโve heard about people rubbing honey on their feet for their pets to lick off with their warm tongues but I think socks are far more practical.
4.My cat is totally happy to eat the same oral care biscuits and meat in gravy for years on end. No imaginative or time-consuming food preparation required. Husbands? Not so much.
5.Mister Fluffy Pants gives me complete control of the remote control when we snuggle on the couch, as long as he can sit on me somewhere and somehow. If I donโt let him get cosy, he does sometimes stand on the remote and ruin everything. Iโm pretty sure itโs premeditated.
6.If he wakes me up amorously pre-dawn, I can shove him unceremoniously off the bed and he doesnโt take it personally or bear a grudge.
7.Never, ever finishes the wine and doesnโt put a freshy in the fridge. In fact, never drinks my wine full stop. He will lick the ice-cream bowl after Iโm finished with it but Iโm cool with that arrangement.
8.Never wants to sit up late watching tv and is always ready to go to bed when I am. Any time of day or night.
9.Never leaves the toilet seat up. In fact, doesnโt mess my bathroom at all. Admittedly, he occasionally kicks a cat nugget out of his box by mistake but picking that up with toilet paper is preferable to Toilet Ducking someone elseโs bowl skids.
10.Takes care of his own washing. Sometimes yaks a fur ball on my cow-skin rug, but otherwise, heโs fresh-smelling, self-cleansing, and requires no folding or ironing.