I can relate to this actually. My first cat, Mia, I saw her as more than a daughter than a pet myself. Days when I would be at school, I would call home and my mother would say how sad my Mia is, being gloomy and being distant from everyone in the house. But, the moment I come home, she perks up and comes running towards the door before I manage to even take out my keys xD. Even when sitting by myself in my room watching TV, she'd meow and claw at the door and want in just to jump in my lap and fall asleep. I cared for her since she was a kitten, and I honestly think that she had attachments to me exceeding that than just a provider or caretaker. I cared for her as much as she did for me. Can honestly say that she was one of my best friends in my life.

Point being, I know exactly what you're getting at, more or less.

That is so sweet! And I totally understand. My one cat was hand raised by me. (b/c some evil person dumped him off in front of the vet's office my cousin worked at.. and he needed a home) He was to little to be away from a mother, and had to live in... a large hamster cage for a while due to how small he was. He is my one cat who is very attached to people. He loves new people when they come over.. and has to get in their faces and figure out who they are... and well.. try to get attention from them. My other two cats hide when new people come on.

But I have seen cats form attachments to just one person. My one girl cat is very loving to me.. and no one else. It's strange.. but since i am the whole who loves on her the most.. she sees me as the human to trust. She has been very aggressive to other humans before.. including my mom whom she has lived with for years. Yet If I go in and get her when she is upset.. she instantly calms down and stops trying to lash out. So i think its very clear there is attachment in cats. Ands I love hearing about it!

Funny enough, my Mia acted in a similar manner towards members of my family as she grew older. She began to be a bit.. hostile like, towards my mother, brother, even grandmother, all of whom she's been around countless times. Yet when I see her, I just pick her up and she turns into a giddy little kitten, purring and rolling about in my arms and sometimes just falling asleep. Sometimes I would even play with her by nudging her over with my foot and rubbing it lightly over her tummy, sometimes she'd just lay there and enjoy the foot-petting, and other times she would try to wrestle me, at which I would use both my feet and move one to make her go one way, move the other to make her move the other, then both at the same time and she'd lightly gnaw at my toes. Then when she's done she'd stretch out then plop her furry plop in my lap and curl up, almost saying "Mine~" or the sort.

Awwwwww that is such a cute story to read! And such a wonderful bond. My mom used to believe that my oldest cat has never purred in her life. And almost every time I touched her, I could get her purring in seconds. Granded, she is a female cat and a bit independent. Not exactly a lap cat.. and she isn't the type to sleep with you.. (unless she's cold xD) but she is very sweet in her own ways.. and as she gets older... she is actually a lot nicer. My mom can even get her to purr now. Which amazes her. My friends cat was very attached and loving to him.. but hissed at and bit at anyone else who he came in contact with. However.. after spending some time with the kitty.. I was able to get him to curl up in my lap.. Which amazed my friend, and his wife. He has now become loving to the wife.. and they had kids. The cat is very sweet to the kids now too. I find that truely beautiful.

A neat thing about cat behavior. Cats only meow around humans and wild or feral cats don't create similar sounds at all instead making chirping noises. I kind of feel like cats try to talk like humans.

Yeah.. that is a VERY neat thing to learn. I found it very interesting that cats do something only to communicate with humans. I mean yes.. kittens call out and meow for their mother in the same way.... but adult cats learn that when they meow, a human will react to that. So they keep meowing.. so that they have a way to get our attention and "talk" to us. I find this fact really remarkable! Makes me likes cats more the dogs too.. because dogs will bark at each other.. as well as humans. But i think dogs see us as part of their pack anyways... Cat's see us as something totally different.

hahaa o0o00o0 new reading! I agree to some point. i dont think cats do that as a means to manipulate us.. since I dont think cats understand what it means to manipulate. I think they learn that if that make that noise.. it causes a reaction in us.. and if repeated.. gains them food.. or gets them to be let out. That doesn't always work with them making a noise. My oldest cat Pooka...... LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES to tap on plastic bags... why? because she knows i can't STAND that noise when I'm sleeping, and it wakes me up and usually causes her to be yelled at. But after doing it enough... I finally can't sleep and eventually get up. I do try and not give in when she does it. I will either take the bag away, or put her out of the room, then go back to sleep. But after 14 years in my world.... she STILL does it every time a bag is around. Hate to say that sometimes.. it does work.

But as much as they do things like that.. There have been times when I asked them to do something for me. Like come snuggle. Or join me in another room. (they love coming into the bathroom with me... sorry for the TMI.. but it's weird that they love to do that!) I will ask her to come over and jump on the couch with me.. and she will. So i guess it is a give and a take.

Domestic Cats Developed the 'meow' to talks to Humans , it of course is an Adult version of the kittens Cry ... Cats normally use low chirps & purr-rears & body langauge to talk to other cats ... When a Cat talks to a Human like that it shows lots of Trust ... or just that they view you as a very large ugly cat LOL . ATM I have 2 Cats a male "Tiger" & his Sister " Missy" ... they are seriously the Quietest cats I've ever had the fortune of having as friends ^^ . They talk to me as they to to other cats , mainly I think because they know I understand them .

Cats Tails are a prime source of info , a few tail talk signs are - When entering a Room with people , or being greeted by name the cat will Straighten it's tail , hold it up & bend or hook the tip .. this is a Respective greeting . if they swing it slowly with a slight fast snap or just a lazy sway .. they are at ease & happy ... Now if they wag it like a dog .. prepare for some claw marks LOL

Yep! Tail talk is very important! My male cat barely meows at all. Yet he is the most attached to humans. My two girl cats are the ones who meow the most. The only time my male cat Herny cries is when he feels abandoned. .. and his cry is the saddest little mew.. I have ever heard. While my other girls just.. MROWWWWWWWWW their heads off. My one will even talk to me. I meow, or say her name. .and she meows back. Rather cute. But body language is so important to understand with cats too.

The one thing that puzzles me with my eldest female is this one tale habit she does that i find VERY odd for a cat to do. She will be laying next to me, and i'll start petting her. At times adding the tail into the petting. After a bit, she will start flicking her tail around and of course.. i think it means she's annoyed and so I stop touching it and just lay there. Well, she will then actually move her tail and lay it in my opened hand and keep it there till to close my fingers. She slowly will pull the tail out, but then laying it back down in the exact same spot. Right into my open palm again. And hold it there.. until i repeat the action. Sometimes I will hold down on her tail to see if I am really annoying her, but she does nothing. I open my hand and she slides it out again, to repeat the action. After a while, when i stop the game all together, she stops and moves her tail into another spot around her put stays put. Never once during this game.. as she gotten really pissed off at me.. and left. Even when i get rough a bit. It's like a game almost. She puts her tail in my hand and i'll close my hand on it.. and she pulls it out. NOW since cats flicking their tails around mean annoyance... I find it funny that she does this. She is never annoyed to the point of leaving my side after this act or even during it. Maybe she trusts me and knows I wont hurt her tail? I honestly don't know .I have never had a cat do that before. The only reason I think she knows it's a little game is that.. i will watch her pull her tail out of my hand, and flick around around and lay it down some place else close to my hand. But she instantly moves it.. keeping it flicking until it lands in my hand again.. Only when it's in my hand.. does she stop flicking it. I always found that to be weird for a cat to do. Maybe my hand is always is the most comfortable area for her tail? Or maybe she is just playing a game with me? i honestly have no idea how to read that behavior!

I've hand a Cat that did that too , I don't think it's the same flicking . Normally angry flicking fast & goes for a minute or so without stopping ... When my cat did 'the game' as you called it he only flicked it once or twice ... I have noticed that 90% of all the cats I've ever had Enjoy it when I Lightly Tug on their tails , just enough to make them move not like a Yank or anything , I'd never do that because it can hurt them , OH & mostly the girls like me to do the tugging to lift their back end up for a second ... it really Thrills them as they even in a bad mood will calm down if I do it ... now all all cats are indivigauls & I dunno if thats a common thing but nearly all of my cats have loved that action .

Yeah, I think that the communication "reverting to kitten behavior" is simply because they don't know how to do so beyond the meowing. I understand my queen's body language and her mewls and whines, and she does mine, too. D: She's twelve, I've had her since she was about four weeks old.

The kitten thing i think is very true. All my adult cats still do the kneeding thing. I don't think i've really seen a feral cat purr and kneed things. Nor have I seen adult big cats do this in the wild.. (most big cats don't even purr. The cheetah is the only big cat that can.. i believe) Still.. it shows that they do stay in a some what state of kittenhood when coming in contact with humans.. and how they interact with us. Maybe because they show them the same behavior a mother cat would.. and we are always bigger then they are? It's hard to say exactly... but very fun to think about.

Yeah, kneading and purring shiws affection, and I actually have seen big cats knead their human caretakers, but not so much the purring. When feeding them though, get the ruck out of the way, the cats have to be caged to be fed. I have only seen heetahs purr for a human, not a lion or tiger. There was a show on local broadcast gere about big cats, and the caretakers could just tackle the lions, full grown, to the ground, and the lion would just flop over and nuzzle them.

I think it's kinda that the caretaking thing a little bit, but if you're nice to the cat, the cat will be nice to you.

I totally agree...also I'm more of a cat person too though I love my sister's dopey dog<3 anyways Growing up...95% of the cats I had in my life were all some type of black cat...I always hated the superstitions attached to blackcats...but I find it funny that some old neighbors of mine thought I was some kind of warlock with my familar following me around...they also assumed my small blackcat had some kind of dark goth name...even though I'm into the gothic subculture black clothing suits me and all...my little furry friend name was actually buddy love<3....er anyways....all my cats were so affectionate...though expressing there love was a bit painful sometimes...when I forget to clip there claws....but I always love my kittycats<3

Black cats have their own eleglant beauty. Kind of like white cats. You only have to own just one, to become attached to that color choice. My friend had a tortie cat, and a white one. Now she is very attached to white cats because of her bond with her first all white cat. She also loves torties as well. I have a tort that is almost all back herself. Her other colors are very dark and barely there.. So i might as well have a black cat. Lord knows I can't see her in the dark!

I can tell my cats love me lol

Hank loves to chat with me.
He'll do squeaky meows, I'll say something, and repeat.
He brings his toy mouse to me all the time, and while he does like to play fetch, alot of times he just wants me to hold onto it like its a gift.
If you reach over to pet him, he'll happily close his eyes and lean into your hand before you reach him yourself.

Dean is a little cuddle monster.
He'll cuddle with me in the mornings the moment I wake up.
He also cuddles with me while I'm on the couch.
And while I'm cooking, he's always laying on the kitchen floor behind me with his belly exposed to me, just watching.

Dean only kneads when he's super affectionate and you're petting him, and he'll only knead on you.
Hank on the other hand, kneads the moment his paws touch soft fabric like a mink blanket.

God forbid they can hear me but can't get to me.
They tear at doors, walls, and floors trying to find a way to get to where I am, even going so far as to mash their face under the door as much as possible to meow loud enough they're sure I can hear.
Yet, they don't do this with my husband.

I know my cat gets lonely! She will sometimes let out this really mournful meow, and come bolting to my room for cuddling when I call out to her. And it's definitely not for food because she already has that available to her.

There's also that practice of paw-kneading. It's used by kittens to coax the mother to provide milk - normally adult cats grow out of it (mine hasn't) but they can be encouraged to continue it (once again - perhaps they see humans as their perpetual "mama cat"). I call it a kitty-massage. :)

My cats are my baaabbbies!

Well, I think my cat likes me, but the thing with him is that he loves me on his own terms xD If I want to cuddle and he's not in the mood for it, he'll let me know. But at the same time when he wants attention I can't get him away from me! He'll also get this look in his eye when he's about to sit in my lap, or he'll meow at me when he wants me to come over to him.
And I recently found out about cat head bumps and he does that to me all the time, so if that isn't love I dunno what is. It might not be love as far as humans know it but I do think it's some kinda love.

Cat's are a lot more intelligent than people realize. I have two. They have two distinct personalities. They also are capable of learning through my actions (the know the doorknob opens the front door, and the latch opens the back, tapes are where the water comes from, stuff like that) They also are capable of 'revenge', being dicks if I'm rude or ignore them.

Although I treat mine as humans. So it may be different if you treat them strictly as pets.

Hahah, cats are funny things. My female is a 7yo medium coat domestic, torti. My male is an 11yo medium coat domestic, orange and white.

Eclair, is as needy as they come once she gets to know you. Meowing for attention, batting be let on a lap. Sleeping in the same room as her people. But she's shy and skittish around new things/people.

Vash.... still confuses me. He had his gorgeous puffy tail amputated because of cancer, but he still wiggles his 'bobtail' for emphasis. He's sometimes cuddly. Sometimes bratty. Poops on the floor (behind the door when he's mad). And if you really get him mad he'll pee in your shoes or on something he knows you pay attention to. But he'll still wait for people to come home just so he can be nearby so if he's in the mood for cuddles he's not far.

Cats can be sooo different, but at the same time so similar. It's always fun to hear cat stories. There's always some silly story of what they got into or some random thing they did. Hell... Cat videos on the internet! x3

I envy the love your cats give you. :D

Our cat gets really fussy when one of us isn't home. He gets all upset and wanders the house and gets destructive and disruptive.
He's also very vocal. He chats back and forth when you meow at him, he meows for attention. He also only lets me scoop him up for any period of time and gets fussy with my roommates.
One of the funny things the cat does is meow at me after I sneeze.
He also tries to get us all out in the living room by pestering us or going to my other roommate's door and meowing.
He's got a lot of personality and he really loves us being around.

Oh yeah, he also comes running to the door when we come home.
Heck, I even play fetch with him using a rubber thimble.

Ill have to agree with you kayiko both me n bubblegum being both cat people we see the same kind of reactions your talking about although with our current cat as we adopyed her young, she has really taken to bubblegum as a mommy/mummy and she tries to sleep u.der the covers with us, s ratches the door if ee close our bedroom off, she will even ignore us if we ignore or tell her off for doing something naughty, she has alot of character that one XD. The lil mischeif maker.

If you spoil any animal, including humans, they will latch on to people for support.

Whoa. I learned something new here.