After repeatedly asking to enter a woman's apartment to gain access to the building's roof to search for their son's drone, these increasingly aggressive neighbours refused to accept that the tenant is entitled to keep strangers out of her home.

Where is the line between a helpful neighbor and protecting your own personal boundaries?

One injured kitten was all it took to turn a reluctant foster into a cat mom.

Sometimes the cat you never planned on keeping ends up becoming family. One rescuer learned that after spotting a tiny calico kitten dragging a badly injured leg through their apartment complex parking lot. The kitten disappeared before help arrived, and after days of searching and worrying, it seemed like she was gone for good. Then, five days later, she was spotted hiding in the woods nearby. With help from a local TNR volunteer, the kitten, later named Willow, was finally brought to safety.

Willow wasn't exactly grateful at first. She hissed, swatted, and wanted nothing to do with the person trying to help her. But after weeks of vet visits, patience, and learning that she was finally safe, she slowly let her guard down. Before long, the frightened little kitten who refused to be touched was asking for pets and purring.

As Willow grew more comfortable, it became clear she'd benefit from having another cat around. Enter Bonnie, a shy former feral who had been struggling to adjust in foster care. After a slow introduction, the two became inseparable. Bonnie, later renamed Ivy, helped Willow learn how to simply be a cat, while Willow gave Ivy the confidence to come out of her shell.

Today, the pair spends their days wrestling, cuddling, and looking after each other, while their human can't imagine life without them. What started as an unexpected rescue became a home filled with two cats who helped each other heal in completely different ways. It's a beautiful reminder that sometimes the cats who take the longest to trust end up forming the strongest bonds.

Maybe instead of hinting that you want something, it would be better to just say it out loud.

Living with a roommate can be hard. There is no doubt about that. You are sharing your space with another human being who is not your boyfriend or girlfriend, nor a family member, and sometimes they aren't even your friend. They are just someone that need to share an apartment due to their financial situation. That's it. Taking that into account, it seems obvious that roommates are going to have arguments. It's a part of it. You can't even agree on everything with a friend. Why would you with an almost unknown person?

In the story below, we just see one of the million arguments that two roommates can have. It's normal. The thing that isn't is the fact that the female roommate expected the other to read her mind. She had her long-distance boyfriend coming over, and instead of simply asking if the male roommate could stay at his girlfriend's apartment for a couple of days or live there one night alone at least, she just expected him to do it without her asking. The whole problem isn't only the fact that she didn't want to share the space during her boyfriend's stay, is the fact that she was unable to express what she thought and what ideas she had. If she had told her living companion this, maybe he would have arranged something. Of course he could have denied anyway, but it would have been better to ask than just say little hints, expecting him to do something with that.

What is the problem between people and having conversations? Can't we just express ourselves to avoid having miscommunication problems? There is no need to start a scheming plan to plant an idea on somebody else. You can simply tell them. Is easier to tell them. But still we get these kinds of situations that could have been avoided with simple communication. Next time, speak your mind! Is easier than all this hinting and scheming. I can assure you of that. 
 

We cat lovers and cat-kind are far more alike than we might even know. In many cases with think the same, feel the same and as you will come to find in this collection of candid cat memes, we even share some of the same intrusive thoughts.

It might seem far fetched but us cat people are a very specific breed of hooman. We do not suffer normal hoomans with all too much sympathy nor patience, we do not care for dogs and high energy, and most important of all we have a seething disdain for anything in the world that is not included in our primary social circle. Which are all qualities that our cute cat kids have as well. So you can start to see that we cat loving hoomans are indeed not so different from the cats we love. Heck, it's likely a large part of the reason they tolerate us so well.

So if you want to find out just how similar to a cat you actually are, this is the place to do it. We will give you a little intro to test the waters so you can see if you are a good fit. First off, have you ever thought it would be nice to take a random person's pain, double it and throw is at a coworker? If yes, then you have the second stage. Have you ever said you will never do something again, but then end up doing just that thing again? And finally, if you have passed these stages we have the third question. Have you ever wondered if someone is thinking about you enough, and if not, how you should annoy them more so they start thinking about you? If you answered yes to all three you are basically a cat. 
 

Reading a policy literally turns out to be the most subversive move available in corporate life.

Nobody broke a rule, nobody staged a protest, someone just filed paperwork early enough to make it airtight. The fact that it worked says less about cleverness and more about how rarely anyone bothers testing whether policies actually apply evenly.

Cats always make the memes much more meowing wholesome.

Hey there, feline fanatics! Hope your morning's off to a purrfect start. The first thing that happens once we roll out of bed is a mad dash for coffee, like a cat with the zoomies - no coffee, no functioning human, it's basically the law of every modern human's household. But here's the catch: our cat has his own opinion about priorities, and in his mind, coffee should rank somewhere well below "paying attention to him immediately". So naturally, the second we start brewing that much-needed cup, he unleashes a full vocal protest, meowing like the world is ending because he's not getting the spotlight fast enough. The only thing that shuts down the symphony of meows is us finally sitting down with our mug, at which point he plants his face directly against ours - a move that's equal parts affectionate and strategic, since it guarantees our coffee comes with a complimentary dusting of cat fur.

Now, this might sound like a whole lot of grumbling, but honestly? We wouldn't trade this chaotic little morning ritual for anything. There's something genuinely nice about starting the day with our cat close by, soaking in his company while the coffee works its magic (and the cat works his meowgic). And once we're properly caffeinated, there's one more morning tradition we never skip: scrolling through a solid stack of wholesome cat memes, the exact kind you'll find waiting for you right below.

A cat person's morning can't really be purrfect until the coffee is hot and ready, the cat is purring his lungs out like a tiny tractor that runs on diesel, and the wholesomeness of online feline funnies is rolling on your screen from top to bottom. That's what we call a catted-up morning - which is the best kind of morning any cat person could wish for.

A shower for a cat sitter

This sort of pettiness is something only siblings can understand, and I think one has to dabble in this type of silly revenge from time to time when it comes to brothers and sisters. The mature thing would've been to deny feeding the cat or to confront her about the pricey shower somehow, but the $20 resolution kinda cracks me up. What would you have done?

Should the bride alone pay for everything at the bachelorette party, or should expenses be shared with her friends?

Weddings and bachelorette parties can get very expensive. Between the shoes, the dress, the hair and make-up, the gifts, and who knows what else, a lot of money is needed. Some brides have crazy expectations for their parties, and not everyone can meet them.

A bridesmaid shared on r/bridesmaids her story, describing the crazy demands from her best friend, who is about to get married. The bride wanted to go to Paris for her bachelorette, and her friend explained to her that it was not realistic, no one could actually afford it, and convinced her to do a weekend at the bride's lake house. So far, so good, but the next part of the story is at least questionable. The friend refused to pay for decorations, a night out for dinner, groceries for the weekend at the lake, and made the bride pay for absolutely everything for her and the rest of the guests. No one paid for accommodation, food, or presents. 

At first glance, it is understandable that not everybody has the same budget to pay for everything that goes into a bachelorette, and it sounds unfair when a bride demands that her friends spend a fortune. However, in this case, the bride completely disregarded her original over-the-top plans and settled on something suitable for everybody. She was perfectly reasonable.

What doesn't sound reasonable is her having to pay for everything for a bunch of people just because. The dinner could have been split among everyone. Each of them could have brought a little something to contribute to the decoration of the house, and the groceries they ALL shared. That way it wouldn't have been a burden to anybody. 

What seems to be happening here is a severe case of what experts call "envy." The bridesmaid says the bride is rich, her parents are rich and don't have money issues, so it's okay for them to pay for everyone, since they can afford it. The thing is, what's fair for one is fair for all. It's unfair for a bride to demand her friends spend a fortune, but it is also unfair for a bridesmaid to refuse to contribute with ANYTHING and force the bride to pay for everything.

What do you think? Should the bridesmaids contribute something when brides ask for reasonable things, or should they always take care of absolutely everything on their own?

What should a person do if a cat chooses them, but the cat is already taken?

There are many questions about handling cats with morality and about being an ethical cat lover. But some also involve another human being - namely, a cat's owner. Some people adopt their cats - whether from a shelter, from a friend who let a Trojan Cat into their home, or from the streets - but some cats adopt their people. The problem starts when the cat who chooses a person has already been through the first option - they're already adopted. A person has already scooped them up from somewhere, given them a home, taken them to the vet, and loved them - and still does. But then the cat goes off to choose someone else. That's quite the dilemma, isn't it?

In the case of Oreo, the Spanish cat, it seems like he clearly chose the temporary resident who's about to leave in a few months over his actual family. Was it the cat's fault? Not at all. Cats go where they please, and they please to go where they feel most comfortable, most loved, most safe. It's not the cat's fault he feels this way in a house that's not his own. Is it the man's fault? Now that's a tricky question. Our instinct says "no" - there's nothing wrong with loving a cat that loves you back. If it's mutual, then by all means - give cats love! We're all about cat love here. Is it the cat's family's fault? That's where the grey area hits the hardest…

You see, if a cat doesn't feel like they 100% belong where they are, they will find a way to show it. Especially if you let the cat roam - which is another problem in and of itself. And Oreo is a cat who roams the backyards of neighbors, getting to know other people who like him. He sounds like a very likable cat. But if you do, and you don't answer your cat's needs 100%, you might find that your cat is two-timing you in another house. Is it your fault? Maybe. Depends on the situation itself. But won't it be worth it if a family in this situation looks at it as a wake-up call to what they offer their cat?

Every day feels a bit better with a cat around…

This is for all of the pawparents out there who are missing their feline friend a little too much today. Sure, there are days in which spending time at work far from your cat doesn't seem to be as heavy as other days, where the simple idea of leaving home is just awful. But we gotta do what we need to, so if we have to leave the house for work, then at least we can bring these doses of cat memes to make the distance feel shorter.

And the best part of all of this is that I'm sure the cat is happy to be alone for a bit. I can imagine the type of pawparent you are: you understand that your cat needs space and is independent, but you just love to be around it and to squish him as much as possible. And let me tell you: that's not what your cat wants. Although it misses you, your feline buddy enjoys the time it has for itself.

That doesn't stop us from thinking about them, though. It's hard not to wonder what they're doing while we're gone. Maybe they're sprinting through the hallway at top speed for absolutely no reason. Maybe they're enjoying a long nap in the exact spot you were sitting before you left. Or maybe they're patiently waiting for the familiar sound of your keys at the door, ready to greet you in the wonderfully unpredictable way that only a cat can.

When does being helpful become being taken advantage of?Summary: A homeowner asked his elderly neighbours to stop parking in a privately owned driveway after they began occupying it without permission, with escalating entitlement and occupation of his private property. 

We all deserve to be softer with ourselves, to listen to our soul when we are overdoing it and to give ourselves the space and softness to recover from the maelstrom of life. And to support that recovery we made this collection of soft cat memes to provide some cat comfort.

As you feline lovers know all too well, there is nothing like the comfort of a cat. You might be able to say that a dog has more joy, that a bunny has more cuteness, but a cat, that is all about the comfort. You can see it in the way they always make sure their sitting spot is just right, the way they will not eat unless their bowl is in the purrfect spot and the way that they will go toilet on the floor if they do not feel comfortable in their litter box. Comfort is a key pillar of a cat's life, so it is only reasonable that they are able to share some of this comfort with the creatures around them, namely us hoomans.

So we invite you to settle into these sweet cat memes to make the rest of your working day just that little bit easier. For after you have allowed yourself to restore energies, your brain will feel lighter and your mind tighter. So find a cozy spot to curl up in like a cat who has reached peak comfort and enjoy the cat comedy on display. 
 

Being nice and friendly is not only something we do to feel better about ourselves. It is also an incredible way to light up someone's day!

The person in the story below did something that could be deemed as a social experiment. This person realized that most men don't receive compliments on a daily basis. Most of them go by with months of nobody saying something nice about them. This stuck with this person. They thought this wasn't only sad but also easy to fix. They saw it as an opportunity to do better. They decided to start saying aloud all the good things they noticed about others, whether it was because of a new piece of clothing, the way they did a task, or simply because they looked good that day.

This had an impact almost immediately. Not only did they discover that men were looking happier after hearing the compliment, but they also started to treat this person better and trust them easily. These compliments weren't in excess. They were simple things that this person noticed, as if it was just highlighting the positive aspects of these men. And how they acted after hearing the compliment motivated this person to do it even more and to also start having more friendly relationships with these men. For example, in the gym, they just told someone that their grip in a certain exercise was great, and that made the two people closer. This person wasn't inventing anything. It's just saying the good things you think about other people.

Maybe we need to pay attention to stories like this one, with actual emotional value and a good teaching moment. We need to be more like this person. Bringing kindness and friendliness to every place we go. Telling compliments just to say them without expecting anything in return is something so kind and heartwarming. We have to start doing it, make it a trend, make 'being nice' our whole personality. 
 

Cats have a cute way of converting people into the canonical cat-worshiping cult we call being a "cat person".

I'll be honest - growing up, I was firmly Team Dog. I begged for one every single year, made elaborate PowerPoint-level arguments for why our family needed a golden retriever, and got the same response every time from my mom: "If a dog enters this house, I'm leaving". And listen, I liked my mother more than I liked the idea of a dog, so I always folded. Cats, in my mind, were just the consolation prize - the pet you got stuck with, not the one you actually wanted. I had no idea how spectacularly wrong I was about to be proven.

These were the similar thoughts of this one woman who admitted to not liking cats… on the internet, of all places! Which is the actual digital realm that they rule with an iron paw. How dare she. But she explains in detail how the impawssible has happened - all thanks to one cat she couldn't leave behind. After two dogs, a cat of all creatures caught her attention. And despite not being a cat person (her words, not mine), she brought her home. And this cute cat didn't just convert this woman to becoming a cat person - her husband is now a proud cat person, their son is absolutely smitten with the kitten, and even the two dogs are "cat people" now! Following her around, like two servants to their queen.

You see, eventually I also adopted my own kitten, and within about a week, I understood absolutely nothing about my past self. It wasn't one big dramatic moment - it was done by a thousand adorable cuts. It was her sprinting across the apartment at 3 AM for no reason whatsoever, or the way she'd headbutt my hand until I gave her attention like she was doing me a favor by allowing it. It was realizing I'd started narrating her thoughts out loud to literally anyone who'd listen. Somewhere between the kitty sunbeam naps and the dramatic loaf-of-bread poses, "not a cat person" quietly became "unironically has 400 photos of her cat in her camera roll". My childhood self would be stunned. My mother, for the record, remains smug about being right.

This one's for the Monday warriors and cat people alike - if this week is already testing you, you've come to the right place.

There's a special kind of unfairness in watching your cat greet Monday morning with the exact same energy as every other day, while we humans are out here dragging ourselves out of bed like we're emerging from hibernation. Cats simply do not participate in the concept of "the weekend is over". There's no alarm dread, no scrambling for the right outfit, no mentally rehearsing excuses for being five minutes late. Their Monday looks exactly like their Saturday: stretch, judge the room, demand food, locate the sunniest patch of floor, repeat as needed. It's honestly a little infuriating how well they've got it figured out.

And maybe that's exactly why we can't stay mad at them. Cats have quietly mastered the art of living entirely in the moment, unconcerned with deadlines, inboxes, or that meeting you forgot was on the calendar. While we're mentally bracing for the week ahead, our cats are fully committed to their fifteenth nap of the day, occasionally interrupting our stress-scrolling with a demand for attention or a well-timed loaf onto our keyboard. There's a weird kind of comfort in watching a creature be so completely unbothered by the exact thing that's stressing us out. And that's why we love cats so much.

So if Monday's already got you worn down, consider this your permission to borrow a little bit of cat energy - even if just in spirit. Since we can't all nap through our responsibilities (as tempting as it sounds), we figured the next best thing is a solid dose of feline chaos and comfort to ease you into the week. Here are feline funnies to make this Monday just a little more bearable, one ridiculous cat moment at a time.

The friendship management is getting too insane

We did it; we finally lost the plot. I can't believe friendship requirements are getting so bizarre, and nobody can step out of their own heads or their specific set of "needs" to meet another person where they are. Is it that difficult to understand that your friends are not perfect and that sometimes they are going through stuff and can't be there for you in the way you'd prefer? Especially if that same friend later shows remorse and an honest willingness to repair, is it that hard to empathize? If we are going to live by this rigid standard, we have to know that when we make a mistake or go through something and let's say we forget a friend's birthday, they are going to cut US off; is that the world we want to live in? I'm genuinely so tired of living and reading stories like this. I truly think therapy speech has gone way out of hand and we need to return to simple humanitarian values.

Fur, it's here, it's there, it's tangled in your hair. When you brought home that fluffy little bundle of joy the last thing you cared to think about was how you were going to get on top of the fur they will leave behind. But sooner or later we all burn out from the endless lint rolling and rounds of laundry. So we enlisted the support and advice of some experienced feline pawrents to shed some light on how to potentially win this fight.

Now, of course such a subject had to be discussed on Reddit's r/Catownerhacks subreddit, a place for feline pawrents to propose the best ways they have discovered to dote on and care for their cats. And considering the commonality of the feline fur problem it was not hard to find some clever and creative solutions that are being used in households around the world. There were of course the traditional options such as vacuuming, or robot vacuuming if you want to be futuristic about it. But then there were several interesting ideas put forth such as food supplements, baths and more.

But I bet you are asking yourself why would there be some many solutions to a problem that feels as though it is rather singular in nature, after all there either is, or isn't fur in your house and on your clothes. But the truth is that there are two main different schools of thinking on this subject, those who deal with the symptom of the fur and those who deal with the root of the issue, the shedding. I myself am not too sure whether it is possible for just one of these schools of thought to be responsible for a singular fix, but a combination of both might do the trick. At the end of the day a cat is going to shed, you might get most of it in a good brushing session but more will always come out. On the other hand vacuuming is helpful but arduous and time consuming. But put together you might just get the best of both worlds.

 

Are you "wasting a recruiter's time" if you decide the job they are offering is not meant for you?

The way we've always seen it, a job interview process is a two-way street that is not only meant to determine whether a candidate is fit for a job, but also if the job fits them. 

For some reason, people think that since there is only one job and usually hundreds of applicants, the hiring process is meant to find only someone who can do the job best, but they fail to understand that the job should also meet the top candidate's criteria. If it doesn't, then it's simply not going to work.

So, why is it okay for a company to waste job applicants' time by making them go through multiple interviews and assignments, only to eventually reject 99% of them, but then complain when one candidate does the same and pulls out of the hiring process when they realize they don't want the job? If they don't care about wasting others' time, they shouldn't be surprised when others waste some of theirs.

The reason why the recruiter here was so mad has more to do with just his wasted time and effort; he also struggled with keeping his massive ego at bay.

It all started with one job candidate, who decided that they did not want to keep going with the hiring process because they realized they were content with their current job. A day before their second interview, they emailed HR and the recruiter, informing them of their withdrawal and thanking them for their time. The candidate expected that to be the end of the process, but they were shocked to receive a stern message from the recruiter, accusing them of handling the situation all wrong and wasting everyone's time. 

The candidate shared the entire message online, and we could not believe what we were reading. The complaints the recruiter made were so unbelievable, we actually feel bad for the company that has to keep working with them.

A 13th year is an important one, and she got to experience it in a special way. 

Norse mythology, certain contexts, and mathematics are just three reasons 13 is a special, or unlucky number. It doesn't mean you have to listen to the hearsay, but 13 does have something in it. 13 as a birthday is usually special because it marks some transition from childhood into the beginning of adulthood. When it's a kid's 13th birthday, it's important that it's made out to be special, like in this story below. The girl went to adopt a cat on her 13th birthday with her father. She meant to get a previously declawed cat, but even though it didn't work out that way she loves her babies all the same. She was looking around, and a white cat was trying very, very hard to escape, and it got her attention. Her open cat carrier was sitting in the room and the white cat politely let herself inside. It was so special to the girl to see that this white cat chose her immediately, without her having to do anything. She looked around a bit more, but ultimately decided on this white one. 

When they were going to go pay for her and fill out the adoption paperwork, another cat came over and joined in. He loved them immediately and started purring. The dad noticed that there was a sign saying, "buy-one-get-one-free deal" for cats that day. They decided it was a sign for them to adopt him as well. The worker was over the moon because he was a void cat who had been there for 3 years without any signs of someone adopting him. They weren't actually declawed before, but the family loves them all the same. They'd rather have scratched couches rather than cats without claws. The void cat is usually standoffish, but not to this family who took him. The two cats latched their claws into the family hearts. Since then, the white cat, Talia, crossed the rainbow bridge. But their void, Lincoln, is still fresh as a daisy. Enjoy this adorable story of life, cats, and 13th birthdays. 

Inversion of marriage

I'm going to be very careful because this is a little funny, but it's also very serious, and there is a slight element of inversion that's interesting to me. On the one hand, we've got a man telling his partner she is "beggy" after she asked for something, and on the other, we've got a woman who got legally married, still calls her husband her "boyfriend," and thinks the legally marrying part is the least official bit, whilst the party and the kneeling down are the 'real thing'; all that sounds a little backwards to me, but well.