I often observe my kitties and think "Are they happy? Do we look after them properly? Play with them enough? Feed them the right things? Love them enough? Do they love us back? What is it like to be a cat here?" And then I get a bit melancholy.

And I have to remind myself that Marsie loves to sleep under my chin at night, and Thor loves nothing more than to be rolled with the lint roller and goes a little bit loopy when I do that for him, and Loki tilts his head up and closes his eyes when I go to give him a little scritch and Cleo chirrups and trembles when I pet her and I think they are fine.

I'm sure your kitties know how loved they are.

maybe I'm being a bit hormonal and projecting! Too many feels

If it helps, I wonder that sometimes about my babies. I always wonder if I'm treating them well enough or if there's something more they need. But they're fat and playful and purr the moment they see us. I think they don't require too much to be happy.

I just want them to have the longest, happiest and most stress free lives.

I don't get people who think cats are aloof and anti social. These guys follow us everywhere. I currently have 4 carefree snoozing floofs all around my feet.

I had never spent time with a really sweet cat until I got older

Now I have like the cuddliest cat ever who wants to snuggle 24/7

last night in our tiny gaming room (2 big computer console setups in the smallest bedroom in our house that is also a storage room) we had all 4 of them. Big house, all 6 of us crammed into the smallest room.

Like yes. Aloof, antisocial apex predator my butt.

this is what an apex predator looks like

that tunnel sure is doomed. It never had a chance

we have one of them too. Mars uses it to sneak up on his big brothers. It's so noisy tho, not a great ninja prop.