'Men are temporary, cats are forever': 25 meowing memes for constant cat-cuddlers

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Sep 5, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

Hugging your cat is the best, isn't it?

Cat pawrents partake in many activities involving their cats, with or without your feline overlord allowing it or not. What can we do? We can't help it that, despite them being the fluffy house dictators, they're also such cutie patooties you just want to smoosh all the time. Cats are the cutest kings and queens that have ever existed. Ones that, instead of bowing to them (or in addition - we don't judge), you kiss the little space between their ears. Instead of calling them "my liege" (or in addition - we really don't judge), you pet their little floofy bellies.

Some cats like to be hugged and some less so, but we all hug our cats to some capacity in the end. It doesn't matter how hard is their ruling iron paw, how sassy your cat is, in the end - cats are our babies. And that's the beautiful cat duality we all experience: they're both our undisputed monarchs and our teeny tiny cute babies. They both rule our lives and houses like no boss ever could, but they're also smol creatures that we spoil with many an extra snack.

And all that comes through in the most beautiful way in cat memes. They're hissterical, but also wholesome. They're belly-aching funny, but also "aww"-inducing. They're both silly and adorable. Cat memes are basically a great representation of what cats are - and we love it all.

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