'Best decision we ever made': First-time feline pawrents adopt fluffy Siberian shelter cat and realize they were "cat people" all along

Hey there, feline fans. Do you remember your "cat awakening?" That meowment when you realized you were a cat purrson? For some of us, it's instinctual. We felt it from the very meowment we set eyes upon these graceful, meowjestic living room-lions that filled a cat-shaped hole in our hooman hearts. But for others, it is not so clear. Some people need to find the right cat to understand that they were "cat people" all along, just as some cats need the right hooman to open up and share all of their fluffy love.

Once that cat comes along though, you can never go back. They fill your life with so many meowrvelous memories that you can't imagine your life without them. And that's exactly what happened to the first-time feline pawrents in the story below - they adopted a fluffy Siberian cat, and now their family feels purrfectly complete. "[It's] the best decision we ever made" - sounds familiar, doesn't it? Scroll down to read the full fluffy story below!

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