Cats and Dates
Navigating the World of Dating Over 55: Lessons from My Cats
If you can rescue and tame one, you can keep them
I’ve dated in eras from no-sex-allowed dating, to anything goes free-wheeling in the late 70s and 80s, to whatever is going on now. It’s easier to just hang out with my cats. However, my numerous cats over the years have taught me lessons about dating.
Cat commitment versus people commitment
Monogamy is not strong among cats.
Same with many people in the dating world of older singles. They’ve either tried monogamy and didn’t like it, or were monogamous for many, many years and are suddenly free to let it all hang out.
Cats do practice a form of monogamy. I had a pair of mating cats before I had them spayed and neutered, and wound up with eight kittens.
I don’t know if Max and Cassia were in love in the way we define it, but they cared for each other.
Cassia was missing for a night. The next day, Max came to the front door meowing loudly. I opened the door, went outside, and told Max to find Cassia. He turned around, led me to a bush in the front yard, stopped, and looked up at me. I parted the branches of the bush, and Cassia was…
