When it comes to the handling of money inside a marriage, both parties need to agree on big expenses so it doesn't cause strain or financial problems.

When two people choose to marry or move in together, they both need to make compromises to maintain harmony inside the house. Those compromises may entail many different things, but finances are definitely something to keep in mind and one really important issue to discuss beforehand. Couples choose to approach budgeting in different ways, but the most important part is that both are in agreement and stick to what they've decided for the sake of their wallets and of the relationship. 

The issues begin when one of those parties actively chooses to go over budget, provoking problems and/or showing that they don't care about their joint financial stability. It's even more problematic when they already have big fixed expenses, like paying rent or a mortgage. 

This couple went through an issue of this kind. They both split all their expenses 50/50, including utilities and mortgage. They both cover half of the mortgage every month, but this time, the husband was making some extra big expenses without talking about it with his wife. He bought a gaming console, a set of new golf clubs, and went away for a weekend with his buddies. He spent so much that he ran out of money to pay for his part of the mortgage and asked his wife to cover it. In other words, he expected her to pay for the entire mortgage by herself that month. Naturally, she refused. He was supposed to take care of half of the payments and be responsible for his own finances. He didn't, and now he feels annoyed because his wife doesn't want to take responsibility for his missteps. He claims that they're 'supposed to be a team'. Well, if they are a team, each of the members has to take care of their own responsibilities for the entire system to work smoothly. 

No matter whether you have joint finances or individual finances. One is always responsible for their own money and can't demand that others take care or our own mess-ups and reckless behavior. 

Fall + cat memes = the best time ever. 

Fall is a special season. The leaves start to change color, there's a new feeling in the air, things get colder, closer, chillier, and you start having to take your sweater with you wherever you go. There's nothing wrong with these changes, and in fact, changes are the only certainty there is in the world. Orange cats have their stereotypes, like having one brain cell, being a little bit on the slower side, and that's why these orange cat memes are falling headfirst into fall. They're absolutely ready for the cold weather, the air to cool down, to play in piles of leaves, to go to pumpkin patches and climb all over them. They're ready for fall to start, and to kick the season off right, we've given you these delightfully funny orange cat memes. Perk yourself up with some pumpkin spice and some orange cat memes for feline fall. There's no point in ignoring the changing seasons! Go ahead, scroll away. And remember to kiss an orange cat if you see one. 

This is just too adorable. 

As a stray cat, you have to pick your prey with caution. What if you choose the wrong owner and end up in a small studio apartment with a neglectful cat dad? Or someone who works all day every day? There's no saying who the person is when a cat chooses them, the only thing they can do is use their animal instincts. In the story below, the kitty chose a pretty good one. This kitty was smart and chose a carpenter. She came around slowly but regularly. She came around and around and eventually the guy decided to use his skills for the greater good and build her a cat house. He grabbed some scrap lumber from a dumpster at his work and built her an insulated home. It took a couple of weekends but he's really proud of his work. So next time she came around he got to show her her new flat. She took a little tour of the apartment. It's too adorable. He named her Penelope and the two will be neighbors! 

Is a small business owner always going to be obliged to offer their friends and family a discount on their services?

No doubt about it, making the decision to run your own business is usually a tough one. It requires a person to be incredibly dedicated to what they do, and usually to accept a significant period of struggling to turn a profit before the business in question actually manages to make some real money. It is no wonder so many prefer to be an employee, despite its numerous downsides.

When we are close to somebody who is starting a business, it is prudent to expect that they are going to be having a hard time for a while. It may be a passion project, but that doesn't automatically make it easy. Still, there are many ways to be a good friend and support somebody who is facing the challenges of entrepreneurship; we can be a shoulder to cry on, and perhaps even more importantly, we can offer them our custom. More than anything, a new business needs some exposure, and for people to be paying real money for whatever it is that they are offering. That is how it works.

The only right thing to do when a cat chooses its human is to let that cat go to them. 

Fostering a cat is a beautiful thing. Sure, not everyone can do it. Some people - like basically all the writers at ICHC - have a bad habit of wanting to adopt every single cat that we see, and so fostering and getting attached to a cat that we are not supposed to keep is a bit problematic. But the people who do it are angels. Giving a cat a home until they are able to get one furrever instead of having them stay at a shelter or, god forbid, have them thrown back outside, is everything. Teaching these cats that humans can be kind, can be gentle, can be loving. Some of these foster cats come from the streets, and it takes a long time to gain their trust. But it's worth it. Once they learn that humans are not that bad, they can finally go home with one and live the spoiled and happy life that they actually deserve. 

The family in today's story was doing that for two cats - a momma cat and her kitten. And of course they got attached. It was unavoidable. Not only was this mother and daughter due two of the cutest cats in the world, but there was also a six-year-old in the family. Now, as you can imagine, if we, at our age, still get attached to basically every cat we interact with, for a child to live with one for a while would be life-changing. 

This family had no doubts that they wanted to keep the momma cat. And the kitten? The 6-year-old boy decided that the best person to give this kitten to was his favorite teacher. The teacher was ecstatic, but when he came to get the kitten from their home, something unexpected happened. The momma cat walked up to the teacher and laid her claim. This is her human is what she decided, not the big family. And the family did the right thing - they let the bonded pair stay with each other and go to their forever home together. 

Starting Caturday on the right paw means starting it with the best cat content of the week! 

There is only one thing that you should be doing on Caturday, and that thing is whatever you want. This is the day of the week when we truly get to embrace cattitude, when we can truly act like our cats. We can do whatever we want, even if it means doing nothing at all. Sometimes, a good Caturday looks exactly like that. Peaceful. But what's also incredibly impurrtant is starting Caturday on the right paw, and the only way to do that is with some purrfect internet cats! 

In our weekly Caturday meowgazine, we bring you the best of the best that cats on the internet have to offer. The most viral cat tweets, the silliest cat memes, and of course, the most heartwarming cat stories that people couldn't stop talking about. The beauty of the internet is that no matter how much the world is going up in flames, cats on the internet continue to thrive. And we make the best out of it. Have a purrfect Caturday, ya'll, and see you here next week for more. 

Fall baking is not just for humans. Your cats would love some freshly baked treats too. 

There's something about fall that makes us want to get cozy with a blanket, stay inside, and bake approximately 500 things we absolutely don't need. Suddenly, every afternoon feels like the perfect excuse to turn on the oven, make something delicious, and pretend like we're the kind of person who has their life together. And while your cat probably isn't interested in your pumpkin spice obsession, they are interested in snacks. Cats love snacks of all kinds. So why not use up some of our cooking time to make them something delicious too?

We not whip up something special just for them, and it doesn't even take that long! These homemade cat treats are delicious, and we promise, unlike the fancy cat toys and high tech gadgets that you buy them, this is something that your cats will actually really appreciate.

Sometimes your actions say more than your words.

Working in the service industry can be so hard. People who have never worked in customer service love to assume that it is easy. As if it were just smiling and being friendly. It kind of is, until the customer finds your "friendliness" annoying and starts mistreating you, or thinks that you are being mean because you are tired, or just wants your life to be as miserable as theirs. We can think of millions of reasons why customers mistreat the personnel working in customer service. But there is no way of end to that list. People are just mean to employees. And that is exactly why working in customer service is SO hard.

In this story, we can argue that this mistreatment is worse than any other. But the truth is, it has become so common. This kind of behavior from customers toward employees. When I read the story, it didn't even surprise me. This is how A LOT OF PEOPLE behave and treat the staff that is working. It's unbelievable, and it shows how bad we are as a society. This kind of attitude is not only inadmissible, but they should be ashamed of themselves. This is not okay. And change should be made immediately.

Unfortunately, as I said, this kind of behavior is common, so common. But that doesn't mean that it is acceptable. This comeback that the hairstylist made is great, funny, and smart. But in her case, I would have simply thrown them out of the salon. That kind of person should be denied service. If they can't treat people right, then they don't deserve anything. You get what you give. So, let's hope that this word turns into a better one in the future. In the meantime, we are stuck with awful people who find joy in bringing others down. They love to mistreat and mock other people just to feel superior or better about themselves. In reality, they are just miserable beings who do not deserve anything. 

Sometimes the best thing you can do during a shift is go home.

Messing up at work is something that everybody does now and then, and dealing with the fallout doesn't always get that much easier. While all workplace mistakes come with their fair share of embarrassment, it has to be said that the potential level of mortification is multiplied when we talk about customer-facing jobs. These are the roles where employees don't just have to prove their professionalism to management, but also to random members of the public. Failing at that means double the consequences.

Some people will be more understanding than others when their server or similar seems to be having a bad day, but it isn't always easy to predict who is going to take a mistake in good faith and who is going to give a hard time about it. In times like these, the worker in question is going to have no choice but to find out what kind of customer they are. It can feel a lot more difficult to own a slip-up than it can to deal with a time when the customer is in the wrong, as it is a matter of competency. 

In a viral online detailed account of their situation at work, this developer looks for advice on how to turn their new status as the sole caretaker of a fragile legacy system into fair compensation without making the request sound like a threat.

They don't call them "cat burglars" for nothing. We just wish they would steal diamond jewelry or expensive watches for us instead of trying to gnaw on the piece of plastic we just threw away.

You know what they say about cats and curiosity, right? 

I'm not sure where the stereotype of cats being "picky eaters" came from because every cat I've ever owned has loved to eat everything, including things that are not food. From plastic containers to sewing thread, my cats love to sneak into my craft room and gorge themselves on a buffet of whatever they can find. Why do they do this when they have a purrfectly healthy and tasty bowl of wet and dry food waiting for them in the kitchen? It's not a rhetorical question - I actually have some answers for you!

Small items like hair ties, string, or ribbon move unpredictably and resemble small prey. Cats usually start off by batting them, playing with them, and then dive into the deep end and try eating them. They may not be "tasty", but they do satisfy an instinct deep down in your feline's DNA. Also, just like hoomans, cats might start eating things out of boredom, or to self-soothe. Have you ever been stressed and felt like you wanted to eat a giant candy bar? Well, it's pretty much the same thing. Repetitive chewing can become a comfort behavior in cats. 

So, all in all, they're combining prey drive, curiosity, sensory preferences, and sometimes self-soothing behavior with the unfortunate inability to understand that a hair tie is not a mouse. Below, we gathered some hissterical, and slightly concerning, responses from cat owners who named the non-food item their cat will 100% try to eat the second they look away. Use these answers as a guide for your own cat, or just simply to laugh at how strange cats can be. There is no right answer, except that the string on your floor is not even close to being a real snake.

 It's my home, my rule, isn't it?

Sometimes homeowners are right in their decision-making. It's not always when I side with them over a neighborhood dispute. But when I do is because they definitely have a valid point. Like in this case. This homeowner decided to take down a wall that was making his parking space smaller. As he bought a new car, he needed the space. So he did what everyone would have done in his case: take down the wall. Now, everything was fine until his neighbor, who was taking advantage of the wall as if it was his parking space to use, got mad at this.

In this story, I don't believe that anybody would side with the neighbor. I get that it is not ideal to lose your parking space all of a sudden. But that is not reason enough to make a complaint. He was never entitled to the parking space. And the homeowner just did what he wanted with his house, which he is entitled to do. So, in this case, this neighbor will just have to accept the situation and shut up.

Autumn couldn't have come a meowment too soon - it's time to welcome in all the fall feelings and felines with colorful leaves, pumpkin everything, cozy blankets, and cuddly cat memes. 

There comes a point every year where summer stops feeling like freedom and starts feeling like a purrsonal attack. The sun won't stop yelling at 100 degrees and 200% humidity. Everyone keeps pretending to enjoy sweating through their clothes in the name of "making the most out of the season." Parents are exhausted from entertaining their kids 24/7 without school. And honestly? I've had enough.

Bring me the crunchy piles of leaves that I loved to jump in as a kid. Bring me the oversized sweaters purrfect for swaddling my cat with. Bring me the warm drinks that cost too much but make me feel emotionally stable for approximately 17 minutes. And most impurrtantly, bring me the cold weather that makes me want to stay indoors with my cats and never leave.

Autumn is simply a more cat-coded season. Cats know that the second the temperature drops even slightly, it's time to locate the softest blanket in the house, curl into a purrfect loaf, and act like they invented the whole concept of coziness. This is the exact energy we are carrying into this collection of cozy cat memes. these are not just random feline funnies tossed into a pile like fallen leaves - they are tiny seasonal serotonin boosts for anyone who is ready to trade summer sweating for sweater-weather softness.

Change is hard for most people, which is why I thought this menagerie of memes might help your heart transition from hot, humid survival mode into cinnamon-scented recovery mode. Everything is better with cats, right? And pumpkin spice, but that's a topic for a different article altogether.

Starting a new job usually means getting paid… not handing your employer $1000 before you've even made it through training.

By now, I've read multiple stories about a new position or a new job. Most of them talk about how a hiring manager leaves the candidate with no response for months, or how the initial salary expectation is not met once the person is employed… But this is the first time that I'm reading a story about a candidate who has to pay to be able to start working at the company that just hired him.

According to what they told him, this has to be paid on his first day, either in cash or by check, and the only way for him to get it back is by staying for a full year and being in a good position. Also, there's a disclaimer that states that the company can keep the money if they decide to terminate his contract for any reason. Have you ever heard of something like this? Because this is my first time.

The employee thinks this job is a legitimate one, and he doesn't feel they're trying to scam him. Actually, he met the team, is a small one, but he feels they're honest. He thinks this might be because the company wants to hire someone who's going to stay for the long run and wants people to commit and to put their 100% into the job… but charging $1000 is not the way to go.

A lot of things can happen in a whole year, and that doesn't mean that someone is going to be quitting. If I were in that position, I don't think I'd pay that amount of money to start working… it doesn't really make sense. Besides, I'd be very hesitant about the fact of not being fired, and that would make me anxious and not be able to concentrate properly. 

The employee hasn't made a decision yet, but many people are telling him that it is not a legitimate job because no company made their employees pay just to start working. 

Being an English teacher and a cat parent is a combination that makes so much sense.

When I think of all the cat parents I know, the thought of how wholesome they are eventually creeps into my mind. Because they're just so kind and great people. They just also happen to raise a cat child (whether the cat itself is as wholesome as they are, or a zoomie demon of menace, is a different question altogether). And then there are also the English teachers I've had in my life. I'm not sure if any of them had a cat, but they were all also very kind people, always the best teachers of the year.

So now I want you to imagine this wholesomeness that comes from being a cat parent and being an English teacher, and combine them into one person. The result is cuteness overload. One student on Reddit shared the proof that woke up all the dormant people of the online feline family, because her English teacher said his goodbye to the class with an email attachment of his beautiful cats. And really, they are absolutely stunning. A 10/10 parting gift, if you ask me. Looking at these floofy felines is basking in glory - even if it's through some pixels on the screen.

I'm not really sure what about English teachers is so wholesome (maybe it's something to do with the language?), but it just is. And when they're also cat pawrents, it's where the adorableness potential really shines. Apparently. It's not accurate science (for this, you have to look for the STEM teachers). It just is like that. And for this particular teacher? We can only wish him a great rest of his life with his ameowzing cats.

Another week, another Caturday, another round of ridiculous and adorable lolcats!

If you've been here for the past week, just as you've been for most of the past two decades, you've seen our exciting lolcat announcement, where our dear Big Cat Boss explained to you all about what we're doing right here. We're bringing the most cherished lolcats, a true staple of the grand Cheezburger network (and internet cat meme culture in general), to the year of our Ceiling Cat 2026. We love lolcats, and we dearly appreciate the community that makes them, and the last thing we want is to see them disappear because of outside constraints. So here we are, compiling lolcats from the previous week to grace your eyes every Caturday.

I swear that some lolcats make me laugh harder than the rest of the cat memes, cat jokes, and cat tweets I spot online daily. I go over them every week with glee, knowing some of you are here, making moar of dat lolcat goodness from before I graduated. That's hands down impurressive. So without further ado, let's dive into this week's lolcat ocean.

I don't want to be prejudiced, but brothers are complicated, to say the least, when it comes to household chores

I know this story is complicated, and the sister who has a daughter could be living outside her mother's home, but I feel like that's the easiest way out of the equation.

Sometimes, mothers don't know what to do about their son's untidiness, and they decide to make it anyone else's problem. I get it; it's not on purpose, and most of the time, it's not even a conscious decision.

They want to solve an urgent matter, and they will do what's easiest for everybody. And when somebody never cooperates, it's easier to stop trying to make them change and work with those who do.

The problem is that this way of solving things can't be sustained forever. At some point, something has to occur that forces a person to learn to do their chores. And if you don't learn that when you're young and living at home, life will teach it to you the minute you get out.

But what happens when you're still living with your mom and sister and you're making everyone's life harder? Do mothers have a tendency to forgive boys' mistakes more easily?

I know a lot of families that follow this exact dynamic. Are we going to fall into the common place of blaming the mother? Or is it the sister in the wrong here?

Are there any proven techniques that work to discipline a full-grown adult into doing what he's supposed to do? Is he a lost cause?

Is jealousy in the workplace dangerous? Is there anything we can do about it?

Jealousy is a controversial emotion. We all feel it at some point, but none of us wants to admit we do. I believe jealousy, when it's ours, can help point us toward our desires and, if we play our cards right, transform into admiration.

It's definitely much more fruitful to relate to the people we look up to through curiosity and compliments than through jealousy and bitterness. The chances of reaching our goals become much, much higher, and we even create an opportunity to be helped by those who are currently in a position we'd wish to be in.

It's much easier to do something about jealousy when it's an emotion we're feeling, but when we suspect someone else feels jealous of us, things get a little more complicated.

First of all, most likely we can't confront the person with what we think is going on, precisely because it's an emotion nobody wants to admit they're having, and even more so if it wasn't communicated directly to us.

Jealousy coming from someone at our workplace, taken to its extreme, can be pervasive, but in everyday work life it's mostly harmless. We have to find a way to ignore it, since our coworkers' emotions are not our responsibility.

Of course, we'd be more than willing to help them reach their goals if they related to us more positively, but when all we receive is negativity and pettiness, there's not much we can do.

Our kindness and overall neutrality should become like a fortress where all the bitterness bounces back. Maybe after some time, the person will understand that the only way to get a promotion is to learn from those in a higher position, and if she doesn't, well, that'd be on her.

At least that'd be my tactic for confronting this issue. What would you do in this situation??

Who says only hoomans get to fall in love? 

Our kitten cuties are not only affectionate and cuddly with us, but they can be just as clingy with each other. Granted, some cats are a lot more independet on don't want to be cuddled unless they are the ones coming to us and actively choosing when, where, and with whom to cuddle for a determined amount of time. But others just can't live without our hugs. 

We don't want them to feel lonely when we leave, so sometimes we get the brilliant idea of getting a second cat to keep our first cat company. That can go really well or really wrong. If our first cat is territorial, be prepared to hear them chasing each other and quarreling like cats and dogs (pun intended). They will learn to tolerate each other eventually, but oh boy, will they make you sweat. 

But don't panic just yet! There's still another option. They might actually like each other, and if the first cat is sociable, they will surely become the best of friends and love each other eternally and unconditionally. When they get attached, they get attached for life. That's the thing about our pets: they will be forever loyal to us and to each other. If they share time and space and keep one another company when the owners can't be there, they will form the most pawdorably purrfect bond of all, and then we will be lost. How can we handle so much cuteness every day without going mad and never wanting to leave the house ever again, so we get to stare at our furballs all day? It's almost too much for us to handle; we're simple hoomans trying to get by every day and go back home to cuddle with our cats.

This collection of cute, cuddly photos of loving cats will warm up our hearts and make us want to get a second cat this autumn, so we can give them as many hugs as possible! Grab your kitten, a blanket, and get on the couch with these loving furry babies. 

Some days call for less doomscrolling and more cats being sweet, silly, and unaware of the state of the world.

Science can confirm that cats are one of the most intelligent animals in the world. They are not only very adaptable with their bodies, but also highly emotional, which gives them the ability to be careful and mindful of where they go and what they are doing. These skills are not only great when it comes to survival, but they also know how to relate and behave with humans. 

Since they are very intuitive and can read between the lines, they pick and choose the human that makes them feel their best and most secure. That is why every cat person out there says that when a cat picks you, it is the best bond and feeling ever. You know that they are very independent and can survive without a human if they wanted to. But if they choose to have someone by their side, that person is going to feel the luckiest, because it is the luckiest. 

I have some friends that were chosen by their cats, and they talk about them with such love and care that, for me, since I've never owned a cat, it's a crazy thing to understand. I've always had dogs, and I've always considered myself to be a dog person, and thought that I would end up having multiple of them… but when I talk to my friends, and they share what their life is like with their cat, it makes me want to reconsider my desition. Of course, I could have cats and dogs, and that's it, right?

With dogs, things are much more innocent and fun. Dogs are more needy and need their person next to them every day and every night. And I love that about them... but I kind of want to experience the feeling of having a cat and how that works. So, while I arrange and make a cat choose me as their owner, I have collected the most beautiful cat portraits on the internet. They are soft and wholesome, especially when feeling tired and want some warm cuddles.