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Originally Posted by Jayems
You'll never know the pure joy of an excited dog so happy to see you, waggin his tail like his butt is about to fall off, until you own a dog. And not just a family pet. Your dog. (or, in my case, my fiancee and I's dog).
Stupid cats never do that, and I was a cat guy for 95% of my life. They could care less you're home. They could care less when you want to give them attention. However, I've had some pretty rad cats in my day, but they're all easily trumped by the pure awesomeness of my current dog.
I'm done gushing.
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I should add that along with the "dogs are for men and cats are for women" stereotype, the one I hate second most is this one.
There seems to be this common perception that anyone who has a cat or prefers cats has no idea that dogs tend to be more loyal and that the idea of a stereotypical dog traits are foreign to us. I've had cats and dogs and I know full well the pure joy of an excited dog happy to see me, I also know about having to go out 365 days a year to walk the damn thing. Just like how I know that cats are WAY easier to maintain and have some huge upsides too.
Just because someone said they prefer a cat for the listed reasons doesn't mean they "will never know the joy" of anything.
And Jayems I'm not saying this is what you meant (although your post did come across that way), I'm just saying in general dog people tend to be really, really stuck up when they are talking to cat people.
You could almost say that dog lovers are like women. They are so insecure about themselves they need the constant reassurance that they are loved that they have to get a dog. Cat lovers are like men, we know we're cool, we don't need an animal whose world revolves around us to feel good. I'm like 2/3 kidding.
I didn't mean for this post to sound too catty (pun intended) but I'm so used to getting the condescending act from people I talk to about cats. (Again not saying it was you Jayems, I just mean in general)