The tomcat nominated to be "mother of the year". 

We thought long and hard about how to tackle this absolutely wholesome story, full of twists and turns, and we're still not sure. But one thing is certain, and that is cats never cease to surprise us. Whether it's with a new fur coat discovered, or some new behavior documented - we think we know cats, but they always find new ways to surprise us. And yes, even the most experienced of fostering people, who probably saw everything the stray cat population has to offer, can still be caught by surprise. Just like this one fostering woman from the r/cats community.

It's not every day that you get to see such a maternal tomcat, caring so gently for foster kittens. It's truly such a rare sight, that even the vet was fooled in the beginning to think he was a female cat caring for "her" own litter of kittens. This tomcat is so endearingly caring that after sharing this story with the online feline family, many cat people commented that she should keep him to help with fostering future kittens. And all we have left to do is join the chants: Foster fail! Foster fail! Foster fail!

He made it to the final round, bought a new shirt, took the day off work, and sat down across from a VP who had just found out the job didn't exist.

This man did't get a job position he thought most definitely was going to be his. The worst part is, that the reason it wasn't was completely out of his control. There was no bad feedback, no competing candidate who was simply better. Just a person who did everything right, made it all the way to the finish line, and found out the race had been cancelled two months before it started.

This is that story.

Four rounds over six weeks. A technical screen, a cultural fit interview, a panel with the team, and finally a meeting with the VP. At every stage he was told he was progressing well. That they were excited about his profile. At one point the recruiter texted him personally, not emailed, texted, to say he was their top candidate. He took that seriously. He spent fifteen hours preparing. Researched the company inside out. Prepped for every possible question.

He bought a new shirt.

He took the day off work, told his manager he had a doctor's appointment, and drove to the office. Checked in at the front desk. Sat in the lobby. The VP came down, shook his hand, led him to a conference room, closed the door, sat down, and then said he needed to tell him something before they started.

Raising a cat is a cycle of happiness that never ends.

Every cat pawrent knows the endless amounts of joy their cat brings them. Cats bring so much happiness into our lives that it's sometimes hard to describe it in words. We can tell people who don't know about their precious purrs they do while resting on us, about how cats love sunbathing and get all toasty, about how they perk their tails up to say "hello, hooman, I see you there, and I love you."

This is a two-way street, of course. Because if our cats are happy, they make us happy as well. Raising a cat is like having an endless, unbroken cycle of joy in your house. But cat pawrents already know this. And because you all know this, we asked our Facebook ICHC community to show us all their happy cats, so this endless happiness will reach as far as it can.

Remember - a happy hooman with a happy cat is always a happy hooman.

These workers made mistakes so large that they instantly paid the price for them.

Some workers get way too comfy at their jobs way too fast. They get hired, and there's that period where mistakes are okay, right? You're still learning, there will be misunderstandings. 

But after a while, they're firmly settled in their position, and they can't really be calling their errors "rookie mistakes" anymore. 

Now, many workers are diligent after this stage. But some of them get too comfortable. 

They start bending the rules until they're at the breaking point. I think a lot of workers just like to go against authority for no reason, and will find little ways to get back at their bosses. 

Years go by, and they're bending the rules beyond all recognition! So what happens next? Well… these employees could tell you all about it. 

'We knew it from the moment we saw him' - Forest's pawrents from the Reddit r/Cats community

When you find your soul cat, you just know they're meant to be yours.

Meeting your soul cat is like meeting your life partner - you just know it's meant to be. Some call it love at first sight, some call us soulmates, but we know the forces of feline fate when we feel them. It's like two magnets gently pulling you closer and closer until you're inseparable. We felt it when we met our husband, and when we met our first cat.

Just like we did, the couple in our story below also felt it. They went to adopt a kitten, whom they named 'Forest' (after Forest Whitaker), and instantly knew he was destined to be a part of their family. "Like a good batch of strawberries … we knew it from the moment we saw him", he said. However, when they went to adopt him, they found out another family had already claimed him. They were devastated, but they weren't about to let their soul cat slip through their fingers.

How far will you go to keep things "neighborly" with your landlord?

Would you share your wifi with their entire family? Reddit user u/Broken-Orchard explains on r/WIBTA_AITA how he did just that, and now it has ruined his living situation. You see, he works from home in tech and needs good, reliable, and fast wifi. So, he could have gone with whatever the wifi was provided for the tenants, but he decided to get his own fiber-optic wifi so he could work with peace of mind. One time, the landlord needed to shut off the other tenant's wifi for some remodeling and asked if he could borrow some of this tenant's wifi. The tenant, trying to be neighborly, said yes and gave him the login. Unfortunately, this tenant thought it would just be one day, but then weeks later, he realized he had made a huge mistake…

Do you know the secret trick to setting yourself up for a purrfect weekend? (We'll give you a hint - it involves cats, tiny paws, and floof so fluffy you'll want to nap on it)

Whenever people ask us what our "dream job" would be, and we usually tell them that we're already doing it. The only job that for a cat lover that would be better than being a part of the I Can Has Cheezburger team would be to be a live-in nanny for Enya, the famous Irish singer who lives in a giant castle with her cats. To clarify, we wouldn't be Enya's nanny, we would be a cat nanny. Who wouldn't want to live in a castle for free and take care of fluffy felines?

But until we get the call from Enya, we'll be here every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and so on and so forth until the end of time. Because we get to make every day purrfect by finding the fluffiest, funniest, and cutest cats the internet has to offer every day of the week. That means that, on Furidays, when everyone is rushing to make their deadlines before the weekend, we're over here curating a list of pawsitively heartwarming felines from our favorite X page, @nocontextcats, with kittens, tiny paws, and purrs. They have a special calming-effect on those of us with cats on the brain all the time, and whose souls resemble that of a feline-shape (if you've read this far, that's probably you). 

Our trick to purrfecting our entrance to the weekend couldn't be simpler - it has 3 purrcise steps: awww-ing over some cute kittens, scrolling through purrfect paws and smooshy feline faces, and feeling your inner cat purr with happiness. That's what our goal for you is below, and if you feel the sweet feeling of feline serenity by the end of this article, then we've done our jobs successfully.

WARNING: The content below is so cute, it will alter your mood and vibes instantly. 

Yes, my fellow cat lovers, it's memes. Kitten memes, specifically. 

Amidst the chaos and the craziness of the world, we are fortunate enough to experience something many only dream of: the sheer peace and solitude of cat ownership. Kittens have a special way of turning the hardest hearts into goo, meowing and melting their way into our arms and into our lives without much of a fraction of resistance from their nearby hoomans. 

Like local tracking beams, kittens find the nearest, softest-souled human, and they do the one thing they're exceptional at: they mew. 

With their tiny roars of cuteness, they make us swoon and sway our hearts, causing humans to do the unthinkable. After hearing the cries of a kitten and scooping their tiny floof into our hands, we're helpless to resist the next logical step. Kittens immediately find themselves a loving home in this way, cementing their love-filled futures in the hearts and homes of happy humans and curing us of our own purrpetual sadness at the same time. 

Let these kittens do the same to you. 

You may not have a new kitten in your life right now, but you can smell the milk bottles just around the corner, listening to the kitten cries and the cuckoo cat zoomies at 2 AM in your most vivid dreams. Alas, it's the mere thought of a meow, a whisker kiss, or a tail flicker that shows us enough love to transcend into the atmosphere with a mood above the norm and far away from the average. Let the kittens wash over you and take control of your senses, leaving you feeling refreshed, happy, and pawsitively hopeful for whatever tomorrow brings. For at least right now, you have the positivity and pure joy, simplicity, and cuteness of a couple of kittens to carry you onward.

The best memes to keep at your side when you need a pawsitive mood boost.

Here at the ICanHasCheezburger offices, we have a tradition during the last lunch of the week to go around the table and ask everyone about their weekend plans. People share what they are most looking forward to during their weekend, whether it's a fun date night or a family gathering, and everyone gets a glimpse at their coworkers' purrsonal lives outside of the office.

If we're being completely honest, we understand why some people might be wary of this tradition, but not for the reasons you might think. Some people feel ashamed that the only weekend plans they have are to cuddle in bed with their cats and read a good book, while others go out and enjoy their youth at some club, but we say, not anymore. 

These days, being an introvert is not only acceptable, but it is the superior way of life. You should have no problem going into great detail about your favorite things to do during the weekend, even if it's mostly sleep, eat, cuddle with your cat, and read. You should be proud to be the homebodies that you are, and have no shame in it whatsoever. 

That being said, when we say that our plan for the weekend is to stay home, read, and do nothing, we don't say it as an invitation for people in the office to turn to us and ask for recommendations on what they should do while in bed all weekend long. Sure, we are great introverts, and we are proud of it, but suddenly, everyone wants book or TV recommendations, or they want to know what take-out we had on Friday night. Since when are we the influencers on how to spend the perfect night indoors? We don't like people; that is why we preferred to spend the weekend with our cats in the first place. Why would anyone turn to us for advice?

Either way, if you are looking for a fun activity to do this weekend, look no more, because we have a collection of hissterical cat memes just waiting for you below. Trust us, it is the purrfect introverted passtime.

High school reunions are inevitably awkward, but how about a reunion where only two people show up?

Unfortunately, this nightmare was the living reality for this woman, who shared her story in Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit. She explained how she drove 13 hours back to her hometown to attend her class reunion, when, at the end of the day, the only other person to show up was the former classmate who organized the whole event. No, these two did not remain close, so it's safe to say that the subsequent hours they had to spend together felt like weeks.

While we certainly do not blame their classmates for coming up with lame excuses to not attend (I myself would likely have done the same), we still extend our sympathies to both of these women, who were forced to act like this wasn't a sad turnout.

Getting fired from a job you have held for 16 years is bad. Getting fired because your manager wrote you up for not coming in on a day the building was physically closed is a different category of bad that does not have a clean name yetThe workplace situation where the paperwork is being used as a weapon, and everyone involved knows it, but the system keeps processing it anyway, is not the most uncommon one, it just makes my nerves feel like they're on fire, so I have to write about it. 

It's like me and this guy's new supervisor are both obsessed with writing people up. Anyway… What does have a name, a very straightforward one, is the r/WorkAdvice Reddit thread where this infuriating story was posted.

When things work in thirds, you know it's some fairytale type of thing. When there's that amount of repetition, it's time to take it seriously. 

Imagine it happening three times! What would you do?

From Reddit's r/CatDistributionSystem, this lucky person got visited by the CDS three times already. Since they're used to how it works, they knew exactly what to do. They noticed paw prints all over the car and motorcycle, but they had no idea why it was only on their car. They park in a covered space with storage above, so it seemed like a mystery. They were preparing for a motorcycle ride when they saw kittens scrambling around. They immediately got them so they wouldn't be hurt or anything. The mom is a kitten herself, so they want to capture her and protect her. She didn't look happy to see her kittens being snatched, but she is next on their list for them to adopt! Read the full story for all the adorable details. 

What do you usually do on Fridays? 

It's springtime, which in most places means there's sunshine, flowers blooming, and a sense of joy in the air. Combine spring weather with the weekend and you've got yourself a recipe for fun. There's something magical about curling up with your cat on a sunshine-filled spring weekend day. You're cozy, you're warm from the inside and out, and you don't even have to go to work. The weekend is purrfect for exonerating yourself from your responsibilities of life, and to have a little break from the constant socializing with people you'd prefer not to see.  

Spring weekends have a meowgical ease to them that it feels unreal, like you're floating on a cloud. The sunlight lingers through your window like a halation of calmness, you can feel the air's breeze gently caress you, and the world seems to loosen itself and it's tightness. Months of cold weather has led to this point of springtime purrfection. There's no better way to spend the weekend's long days than curled up beside your cat, and watching the world around you. 

Cats were designed for cozy. The way they loaf, lay, curl, and lick themselves silly is direct proof that they were meant to be like this. They instinctively seek out the warmest patches of sunlight in the house, they stretch dramatically on the floor. They bask in sunlight like a plant in photosynthesis. So before you go back to work on Monday, make sure to scroll this collection of cat memes. 

At what point does "trust the process" become a kitchen emergency?

Every home chef starts with confidence, optimism, and a dangerously casual relationship with recipe instructions. You watch one cooking video online, suddenly believe you understand flavor chemistry, and the next thing you know, your pasta has fused into a single architectural structure. Cooking fails are basically the universe reminding everyone that owning spices does not automatically make you a professional chef.

The funniest part about kitchen disasters is how quickly things spiral from "this looks amazing" to "maybe we can still save it." One tiny miscalculation somehow turns cookies into concrete slabs or transforms dinner into something vaguely science-fiction themed. Still, hopeful home chefs continue returning to the kitchen with unwavering confidence, fully convinced the next recipe will finally be their masterpiece.

No good deed goes unpunished. 

On the popular subreddit, r/ChoosingBeggars, a colleague thought they were being helpful and kind when their colleague asked to go to the grocery store on their lunch break. Laden with hundreds of items, multiple bags, and an entire freezer section of ice cream, this coworker realized they weren't just there as a lunch favor; they were there to finish someone else's chores. 

I remember the first time I did groceries myself. 

I was a teenager and had just gotten my pre-driver's license. Although I wasn't technically supposed to drive alone, my mom was in a pinch and needed some quick groceries to be picked up before a family dinner, so I eagerly offered my services to help out. With a handful of cash in my pocket and an undeniably long list of grocery items to buy, I dashed into the store with more gusto than sense. Immediately, I was lost in the aisles; not because I didn't know where I was, but because I didn't know what I was doing. 

I was distracted, filled my cart with randomness, and found that at the end of my journey, I'd forgotten at least 3 different items from Mom's list. But, still, I came home with a handful of heavy bags and a heart full of ideas. My mom, of course, was furious I'd forgotten to grab butter, but the memory of my first time at the store is so vivid, not because of her fury, but because of the weight of the bags I brought inside. Without realizing it, I'd purchased hundreds of pounds of food. 

However, the woman in this next story was likely well-aware of her grocery store's weight limit, and because she wasn't a naive teenager, there's no excuse for ignorance. She knew exactly what she was doing when she manipulated her coworker into driving her to the store, and although she sugar-coated it with naivety, the fact remains: she just wanted a ride home after a big grocery run. 

There's no shame in that desire, but hoodwinking someone into doing your dirty work is just wrong. 

Trying to make positive changes in your workplace can be difficult when your managers insist you rule by committee.

When a company gets stuck at a standstill, there can be many causes, but… it's possible that it's being bogged down by too many layers of leadership. This can be frustrating for everyone involved. Workers feel micromanaged, having to ask permission for every little thing, often from bosses who could care less. The managers wish their employees could take on more responsibility, and they're dealing with a backlog of requests they can't keep up with. 

Employees who aren't permitted to bring big ideas to the table and then act upon them get fed up with this fast! 

But this worker had an amazing idea, and asked other people how their malicious compliance has benefitted them in their own workplaces. 

How far are you willing to go to know what petty people are saying behind your back?

As much as we might try to be okay with everyone we know, no one can avoid being disliked by someone. People will always find something to complain about, but if you're lucky, that is as far as they will go.

A big problem might arise when someone who has a quelm with you decides to do something about it, while you have no idea it's happening. Every high school deals with kids starting rumors about other kids, and unfortunately, these issues are not contained to schools alone. Many adults might find themselves defending their honor over a lie someone else spread about them, just because they rubbed them the wrong way.

Workplaces are the adult version of high schools when it comes to these issues. Every workplace deals with countless false rumors spread between colleagues and silly rivalries between coworkers who have decided they don't like each other.

The problem shared below is somehow so much worse…

This ex-employee was shocked by what their ex-boss was saying behind their backs, and they turned to the Reddit community r/jobsearchhacks to share how they successfully dealt with it. It all started when they left their previous job eight months ago and started their journey of job searching. They were frustrated when every time they got a callback, something mysterious would happen that led to their rejection. No matter what this person did, they couldn't find a job.

Finally, they started to connect the dots and realized that the problem might be with their references. Their theory was that their ex-boss was purposely sabotaging their chances of getting a job by spreading lies to every recruiter who would call him for a reference. This led the ex-employee to test this theory by faking a reference check and calling their former boss to see what he said about them. 

The results proved that the boss's behavior was no different from that of a petty high schooler, but luckily, consequences were in store…

If this woman wanted to see her kids during her ex-husband's weekend with them, she should've thought of a better excuse than this. 

Divorces can be tricky for families, as emotions run high and kids get caught in the middle. Some of the best divorce advice is for parents to try their very hardest not to involve the kids in their interpersonal disputes. The kids won't really understand it, but it'll complicate their relationships with both parents. 

And, as you can read below in this story shared by a father seeking advice, not every parent can maintain that level of maturity and rationality during the divorce process. 

This Mom decided that she needed to see her 7 and10-year-old kids soooo badly during their weekend with Dad… but the reason she gave to her ex-husband is perhaps the worst reason she could've picked. 

The working world is full of unpleasant people, and there is no animal that knows how to keep people away better than our sassy feline friends, so we offer a little of their wisdom to help you through your day.

It is a shame, but much like family and school, so too at work you do not get to choose the people who surround you. Meaning you likely have to put up with more than a few nosey Nellys and sarcastic Susans. So it is lucky that we enlisted the support of some of the internet's sassiest felines to provide you with some inspawration fur keeping these undesirable hoomans away from you. After all, there is no species on the planet that is born with the spice and sass of a cat.

So grab yourself a pen and paper and get ready to make notes on how to distance coworkers and make them slightly fear you.

 

Is AI creating more interpersonal workplace drama than ever before?

This team manager, who shared her story to Reddit's r/coworkerstories subreddit, certainly seems to think so. When she received an AI-generated summary of a work call she missed, she was aghast to read comments about her ineffective leadership in the email. 

Yes, apparently, Gemini took notes during a private conversation that was had between two coworkers, one of whom was a close friend of the team leader, before the meeting officially began. Those notes ended up in the summary, which has now been read by everyone on the team. It's going to be hard for those coworkers to walk that back!