Not everybody is a cat person, it's all good.

Cats tend to gravitate towards people who DON'T like them because they're that sort of creature. They are sick of the patting and the cooing and the tail pulling, and they just want to go to the person who's pretty much ignoring them.

It's weird, I know. :)

I'm glad you survived the "cat incident".

I was going to say, you ought to try a little reverse psychology! Next time you see a cat try to be like "here kitty" and chase it down and pet it for all your are worth. It will run in the opposite direction! They are crazy animals! We have 2 kittens. Like the cats much better than the dogs! Have a lab and a JRT I would love to send you!

I hate cats too. I think it's because they always look like they're up to no good or that they're secretly plotting to take over and subdue the humans, kind of like Stewie Griffin on "Family Guy."

My skin crawled just reading your post. I have the same relationship with cats as you. I hate them with every ounce of my being. They chase me down like a lion after her prey. And then they rub themselves all over me until my eyes turn red and I start to sneeze. Evil creatures. Obviously part of a vast right wing conspiracy.

I have read somewhere that cats meeting each other take direct eye contact as a threat and think the other cat is ok if they do glancing and avoiding direct eye contact. So indeed, looking at the cat and doing the "here kitty kitty" thing will scare the wits out of the beasty.

That is so true. My boyfriend was a dyed-in-the-wool cat hater and refused to have a cat until the orchard rat problem got too bad at our place in the middle of an orange & avocado orchard. He relented and I brought home a tiny fur ball from a litter of kittens some guy at work was giving away. It's been ten years, the cat has been a merciless killer of vermin and she LIVES for Ralph. For years, he'd put her on my lap, she goes to him. She sleeps with him. She naps on him. She follows him around the farm. And she's won him over.

I have a needy cat-he has issues being having had a rotten kittenhood. Anyway, he is always interested in people who could not care less about cats, especially if they have allergies, and especially men. I'm a dog lover too, really, but they require too much work and I travel alot.

First time commenting here..love your stuff by the way.

I live down in Tacoma and I have the perfect kitty for you. His name is Nemo and he is a masochist. You cannot make that cat happier than when you are smacking him with a wooden spoon. We found this out by accident...but he stands there purring his heart out and then meows and tries to paw at the spoon if you stop.

If he had thumbs, I'd never see my riding crop again.

Cats are evil little creatures and it gives them immense pleasure to see you squirm. They will always terrorize humans who don't like them or are allergic. They especially like to pick on those who are afraid of cats.

Always good for a laugh.
I agree with you and your funny commentors.
I have to say though I always feel birds are the ones really looking at you like they are going to fly at your head.
Last year at Disney one flew at my husband and stole his ice cream off his cone in the middle of a CROWD of people by the Tea Cup ride. I can't write anymore bc I am still laughing about it to this day. The look on his face - and the fact that noone around us even slowed down. It really was surreal.

Love your writing style.

Couldn't help but post after reading this. You are definitely made of patience. I am exactly the same way with cats. I once accidentally (I SWEAR!) kicked a cat in a mad panic when he tried to weave between my legs. The cat owner was not impressed and rightfully threw me out of her apartment.

Ha, this entry made me laugh. I love cats, find them highly entertaining and affectionate--to the right degree for my personality. Dogs--not that I hate them, but they're too high maintenance and their personalities vary too greatly from breed to breed. Plus that whole backyard/walking with the baggie thing just gags me. Anyhoo, while I don't agree that cats are evil, I do agree that they gravitate to those that don't like them. Probably for their own amusement.
I did find an instant bond with the commenter that mentioned the evilness that are birds. GAWD. I HATE birds, now that's some evil right there.

Cats are always attracted to the cat hater/allergic person. Never fails.

personally, i love cats.... but i understand that not everyone does.

i agree with the other posters, cats will hunt down people that ignore them and bother them.

I am crazy about dogs too... cats, I can do without... hence they follow and nuzzle and love me. egh! so so true!

I've been bothered more times than I can count by people's dogs jumping up on me, so I know just how you feel.