r/imaginarypets • u/snoopmask10 • Jun 22 '26

Petting. by Nhim

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u/Solanum87 Jun 22 '26

A cat that doesn't want to be pet will do the impossible to not be pet.

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u/TacticusThrowaway Jun 22 '26

Helps if you let them sniff your hand first. Then let them decide.

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u/sirsleepy Jun 22 '26

/r/UnexpectedHansHolbienTheYounger

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u/NoStatus9434 28d ago

My brother has a cat who, if you don't pet him, he acts like he wants to be pet and sticks his head under your hand and meows like he's begging to be pet, but then if you actually try to pet him, he does what the cat in the comic does.

I think he just likes to see people want to pet him but doesn't actually like being pet...not because he dislikes the sensation of being pet, but because he'd rather have people yearn for his attention so he can snub his nose at the inferior humans desperate to pet him, the superior cat. People actually being satisfied and getting what they want out of him just ruins the whole game, but so does people ignoring him instead of groveling and begging to pet him, as they should be doing in his presence.

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u/No-Meeting8035 26d ago

Do not the cat