Sweet Stories Of Senior Cats Becoming More Cuddly With Age

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kalila courban
May 30, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

Hey! Some cats ain't social and that's just how it is! It doesn't mean their humans don't love them any less, not in the slightest. But, it is always rewarding as a cat-loving human to get some physical affection from your sweet four-legged friends. Well, one Reddit using cat-dude shared a glorious imageof when his senior cat of 10 years finally decided to plop down on his lap for the first time ever. 

More and more Reddit usingcat-lovers chimed into share their own sweet memories of their anti-social cats giving them affection for the first time after many years of not. It seems as though a pattern developed amongst their answers. All of these senior cats became slowly and surely more cuddly with age, ain't that just the nicest thing you've heard all day? Anti-social cats need love too, y'all, don't forget it.

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    Smile - Posted by u/voicelessconstable70 5 days ago 915 13 5 My cat who is not a “social” kitty, and in ten years has never once laid on my lap...tonight we broke barriers.
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    We have got to take a moment to fully appreciate this magnificent image. Ten long years went into the making of this moment, and we intend to celebrate it! 

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    Product - Otherwise Quarter704 . 5 days ago S Ten years. LOL. Cat's thinking: "Don't get used to it. May 23, 2032. Mark the date." 42.7k Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow
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    Mark the date, this only occurs once every ten years! 

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    Font - MegaSeedsInYourBum 5 days ago Sometimes they also know they got old. Growing up we adopted a stray that was a little firecracker. She legitimately chased a fox off her territory and evicted some raccoons that tried living under the shed. She would fight off any cat that dared come into yer territory and ended up with cut up ears from all her fights. In her youth she barely tolerated being touched and you could only hold her for a few seconds before the claws came out. When she got old she
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    Human body - trekuwplan • 5 days ago Such a gift when they finally do it. Mine is 7 and just started walking across my legs without playing "the human is lava". 1.2k Reply Give Award Share Report Save Follow
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    We love this. Yes, trekuwplan, celebrate that moment. 

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    Facial expression - SlowlyGrowingDeaf +2 5 days ago At least now I know there is hope! My granddaughter's cat is not affectionate at all. She will tolerate some pets now and then. She even gets excited to see me in the morning. She starts to run over to me then slows down, stretches, and walks to the right. Such a troll!
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    Font - Aleeleefabulous - 5 days ago . Awwww That's so sweet! I can't wait for my cats to do this to me. They were feral but they've come such a long way. One of them wont even let me pick her up but she comes to me at night meowing for me to pet her. I can't wait for the day that she cuddles up to me. That's like, my dream.
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    Font - JudgiestJudy 5 days ago . In my experience cats only get cuddlier as they age. My childhood cat was an aloof grump until he was about 11-12 and then became the biggest love sponge on the planet. Same with our girl cat. She used to leave our laps in a huff if you so much as breathed wrong, now she'll stick to us like glue and refuses to budge.
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    Font - plcg1 5 days ago • My ex had an older cat who was definitely very affectionate. The very first night I slept over at her place, her cat, who had only seen me a couple times, laid on my chest and purred both of us to sleep. I miss that cat, she was a sweet old lady.
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    Font - Septorch 5 days ago My feral rescue was completely antisocial for 8 years. Then one day she climbed up onto the sofa and sat down on my lap like it was no big deal. I couldn't believe it. Even after that it was always a 'I'll come to you when I want, don't come to me' kind of relationship, but she slept on my feet every night for the next 11 years. .
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    Handwriting - RAH2458 +2.5 days ago Same here. I've got one that's 7 and just In the last year she's all of a sudden wanted attention and wants to play. Her unofficial name for all those years was Grumpy Cat because if you even looked at her she would start grouching. I swear she's been abducted by aliens and switched out.
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    Font - Superninjahype. 5 days ago We had a cat who was the same way, never sat on anyone's laps, but in her final week of life, she spent a lot of time on our laps. Crazy that they have the sense of knowing its coming.
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