It turns out that cats love us humans more than we thought. According to a recently published research from Oregon State University, cats form close emotional attachments to people who take care of them, similar to what babies and dogs do. But cat owners already know this, and The Guardian asked their readers to tell them their experiences when they realized that their pets loved them very much.
For one Twitter user, Fletch Williams, it was when her cat “brought me a tissue when I was sick in bed. Something he did only a few times, and never when I was well.” Elizabeth Booth, 60, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, says her black-and-white cat, Billy, would “stroke my hand with his paw while he lay outstretched next to me on the sofa”.
Many readers say their cats helped them through heartbreak or grief. “My boyfriend broke up with me when I was 16,” says Ludovica from Italy. “My cat came to me while I was crying alone in the house. She licked the tears on my face and then curled up on my lap. I really appreciated it.”
How about you? Do you have moments with your pet similar to these ones?
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Both of them do love me, though. When it's time for one of them to be in my room, she will cuddle with me in bed. I often wake up in the middle of the night and find a furry lump next to me.
People assume that when a cat is dying, it will go off to die by itself. But my cat Calli stayed with me up until the day she died. She spent her last few weeks of life cuddling with me in bed and sitting on my lap every chance she got.