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Why Your Cat Thinks You’re Rude

Were you brought up in a barn?

Christine Schoenwald
Creatures
Published in
5 min readJul 11, 2020

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Photo by Dan Wayman on Unsplash

Cats are great at communicating when it comes to being hungry, needing affection, or going outside.

However, when you make a feline-faux-paw or do something they find egregious, they don’t say a word. If you’re not paying attention, you might miss your cat’s frustration at something you unintentionally did.

You may be a rude asshole in your cat’s eyes and never know it.

Cats have their own behaviors, manners, and etiquette, though they tend not to share these rules with humans. They expect us to know without them having to take the time out of their busy days to explain it to us.

The problem is since we’re ignorant of our missteps and mistakes, we tend to repeat them.

Every cat will put their spin on these rules, and some may not apply to your cat. Remember having a copasetic existence with a cat takes perseverance, and you still might not get it right.

Things humans do which cats find rude.

Blowing air on them.

One way to discourage your cat from biting you is to blow a puff of air in your cat’s face. While it doesn’t harm them physically, your cat looks at it as…

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Christine Schoenwald
Creatures

Writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Next Avenue, Business Insider, and Your Tango Christineschoenwaldwriter.com