The other night my wife and I were sitting in bed, winding down before bedtime. Frankie was on my lap like he often is.
Rose looked at him and said something like, “Do you know that Frankie never lies on my lap? Not ever. And I’m the one that saved him.”
It’s true. We adopted Puck for Rose but Puck took to me more so she wanted her own cat. . . again. When we found Frankie he let Rose hold him and snuggled up to her enough to win her over and get adopted. After that, he was my cat
So, while Frankie was on my lap, Rose said to him, “Frankie, you come see Mama! C’mon Frankie, come to Mama.”
Then, as if he understood English, he got off my lap, walked over to Rose and let her pet him for about eight seconds, then walked back and got on my lap again.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Bad Cat Chris 
Oh we all know they understand a whole lot more than they pretend to! LOL
Hugs, Pam
They do. They just choose to ignore us.
That’s kind of heartbreaking. Rose should have her own devoted kitty.
She does now, Floki. Sometimes Floki gets on my lap and Rose calls him a traitor, so he gets off. 🙂
He sounds like Roary!!! Roary much prefers my husband to me. But….my husband was the one who went to see him BEFORE we adopted him, so he met my husband first. My other two kitties were totally MY cats….Roary could take me or leave me. Tell Rose I feel her pain but it is worse for her because SHE rescued him. Ingrate. (Kidding!!!)
I was with her when we adopted Frankie so there’s that, too.
But you can’t hold Floki, he will only let me do that…Dr. Dolittle!
But he will get on my lap. 🙂
You must have the more interesting lap.
That must be it. 🙂
That is sweet. I rescued all our cats and most seem to prefer my hubby.
I guess you understand.
You really can’t help it you’re a cat magnet!
I wish I was that good at attracting women when I was in high school. 🙂
I used to have that problem too. “I’d” get a cat, then they’d want to bond with my husband.
Everyone talks about cat ladies but there are plenty of cat men.
My daughter always complained that no matter who brought home the pet, it always ended up with me or my oldest daughter. It was true. All the pets gravitated to two of us while the other four had empty laps. Go figure.
I guess pets are attracted to certain personalities.
I think they like the ones that feed and talk to them the most.
You are probably partially right but I also think they like people that have a calm disposition. We once had a cat named Flash that was nervous around everyone except me and my wife, and even my wife made him nervous sometimes. My Mother, who is quiet and soft-spoken, once came to visit for a week or so and after one or two days Flash was lying on her lap.