Dear Sammy,
The woman I live with is obsessively clean. Just when I get my beds and blankets smelling just right, and with just the right amount of hair to make them comfortable, she takes them away and throws them in a water machine. When she’s done with them, all my hard work has gone down the drain. Literally. It’s not just the annoyance of being without these essential items for sometimes hours, but when I finally do get them back, it takes days to get them back to where I like them. Then, the cycle starts all over again. And that’s not all. She chases me around with this horrible noise machine that picks up all the fur I’ve left to mark my territory. If I’m not quick, one day she’ll catch me an remove all my fur.
Normally, we get on famously, but this obsession is threatening our relationship. What’s up with her? Is it some sick game she’s playing just to mess with my mind?
Consternated in Carmichael
Dear Consternated,
Calm yourself. Your person is neither mad nor obsessed. After many years of observing them most catsperts agree, people are creatures of habit. They can’t help themselves. Once they do something once, they have to keep doing it. For some reason, in the distant history of personkind, one person thought it would be a good idea to wash everything. Now, they all do it. While it makes our life more difficult, have to constantly remark everything, it does give us something to do between naps.
In the meantime, if your bed is in the wash at naptime, just find somewhere else to nap. Any cushioned place will do, the dining room chair, the people bed, the sofa. I had a letter about a cat who enjoyed stinky socks. Not my cup of tea, but to each his own.
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