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Haha yeah, my wife (was girlfriend at the time) decided I needed some company while she was going to be away in California for 8 months of the year for 2 years... came home from work one afternoon and she had 2 little kittens from humane society waiting for me "surprise!". We've got 4 now, another rescue that one of her coworker's found abandoned that I raised from just a few weeks old (bottle feeding every few hours, the whole 9 yards), and then the 4th was another coworker rescue situation of an older kitten that was being mistreated by some neighborhood kids that coworker took in and couldn't keep- we were going to foster, but he became permanent too. The Cat Dad cup came when i was raising the tiny one
I was always more of a dog person and wasn't a big fan of cats. After ours dogs had both passed away my wife really wanted to get a cat. I said I didn't think we should get a cat. So we compromised and got two cats.
Nice compromise, hah. I fought another dog for years until Covid. Whatever that saying is about dogs during that time frame. I love the dog to death but repairing both knee ACL's has cost a fortune.