hey so, as a man who works with other men, here’s a quick relationship tip: if he doesn’t much like cats, that might be just a personal preference. if he hates cats, if he tells you he hates cats as soon as he hears that you have a cat and love your cat, he’s an asshole. he’s telling on himself.
every guy i’ve ever worked with that makes a point of telling me how much he hates cats as soon as i mention that i have a cat and love my cat, is always someone who is regularly cruel for fun and who laughs in the breakroom about the mean things they do for fun to their girlfriends and children.
I wish I could articulate all the ways this makes sense and why it makes sense and stuff but it’s just like… something something misogyny something something resentment of creatures that don’t need you and don’t hang on your attention and approval all their lives.
My dad gave me this exact same advice when I was a kid. “Anyone who hates cats is a control freak and an asshole.”
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You know as much as I love cats I am gonna play devil’s advocate here and point out that there’s probably a good chunk of guys out there who have only encountered poorly socialized cats and/or were improperly taught how to interact with cats and were never able to get along with them because of it. In those cases, people hating cats because they think they’re all assholes is, while far from correct or good, at least understandable.
Not that I think hatred for animals is a healthy thing, but I think y’all may be reading into this a bit.
