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Patience produces precious results with cats.

Knowing your cat is afraid, of whatever it is that they're afraid of - the wind, the sound of a refrigerator door opening, or the literal beginning of a new life - can be disheartening. We don't want our cats to be afraid, and we can imagine any cat pawrent feels the same. But when a cat's life dramatically changes, they're bound to get scared - especially if their previous life circumstances were harsh. But the key is patience - to never give up on a cat in need. And that's exactly where this caring couple is headed - the fruits of their patience and care will be pets, slow blinks, purrs, and many years of cat love.

If you felt like you needed a sign to not give up on a hard-situation cat, a feline friend in need that you don't think you have the power to provide - look at this story as the sign of strength you were looking for. Just know we're all rooting for you, for everyone who takes the time to help a cat. We, and the entire global feline family, who are always at the ready to lend a shoulder, a kind word, and a piece of advice.

If your weekend plans involve staying home and cuddling with your cats, we can be friends.

Now that we're well into our 30s, our ideal weekend plans involve no plans. We don't want to come to your birthday party, we'd rather not meet for a drink (especially if we're supposed to meet after 9 PM), and we definitely don't want to "see where the night takes us". The only place our night is taking us is to our couch, curled up with our cats. 

All we need are some snacks, a warm and fuzzy blanket, and one cat making biscuits on our legs while the other loafs on our chest until we fall fast asleep. And we're not just talking about any sleep, we want a one-way ticket to Honk Shoo Land, where we're sawing logs for at least eight hours. We have to make up for our lack of sleep during the week at some point or another.

We know we're not the only ones who feel this way, so all you fellow pawrents who made their cats the weekend plan, these funny feline posts below are made purrfectly for you. We don't need anyone except for our fluffy felines and a whole lot of peace and quiet for two days. 

For all you saying that it's good to go out and be with people, to you we say that we do that enough during the week. The weekends are for meows, belly rubs, and as many naps in the sun as we can manage, and that goes for both our cats and us. So enjoy your purrfectly peaceful weekend, full of your felines, and only your felines.

There is no such thing as an "unwanted" cat. There are simply cats who have not found their forever humans yet. 

It might sound weird, but generally, we kind of love hearing stories about cats who "no one" wanted. Let us explain. It's not because we like their situation. It's the worst. It breaks our hearts to hear about cats who are waiting for their forever homes and are not able to find them. But we know… we know that if we came across their story, if it got big enough to hit our timelines, then it is going to be big enough to hit other people's timelines as well. And once that happens, the cat community has an amazing way of getting those "unwanted" cats adopted. 

Because, like we said, there is no such thing as an unwanted cat. The internet has proved that. The internet was able to find homes for the cat that no one wanted because of its unique markings that made him look a little weird and the 14-year-old cat who no one wanted after his owner passed away. The internet even managed to get the "world's worst cat" more than 100 adoption applications. Because once we put our minds to something, we can make it happen. So really, if this couple didn't adopt this "unwanted" kitty themselves, they should have posted about it online. We would have made it happen. But this time, we didn't need to. 

A kitten may mew for another round of milk-softened kibbles, but when they're offering to boost their moods for free, the least a cat lover can do is oblige. 

Giving a cat an infinite source of love and affection is how hoomans pay homage to the little beasts for being so gosh-darn adorable. 

Sighing as if the weight of the world falls on their tiny shoulders, cats act like they have the hardest lives. 

In reality, and as many cat lovers work hard to achieve, cats are actually the little princesses or princes in the household who carry the lightest load. They eat expensive prescription cat food for their IBS, they regularly claw at the furniture at their own pleasure, and they nap for 23 hours out of the day. With no careers to speak of, these adorable freeloaders spend their days instead being the light in our lives, bringing cuteness and pawsitivity into every meowment spent together. 

It's for this reason that we forgive the lazy lump of a feline who refuses to listen when cat owners shoo them off the counter. Cats may be the feistiest, laziest, and most expensive meowmber of the family, but they're still our favorite. 

Sometimes a quick snack run turns into a cat rescue.

It started with a random day off and a quick trip for fries and a soft serve. This rescuer had driven over to spend the day with her boyfriend, and the two of them decided to head out to a nearby fast food place off a busy four-lane highway. As they pulled into the parking lot, something small and gray appeared in the road ahead. They thought it was a squirrel and her boyfriend quickly pulled over and ran to see what it was.

Instead of a squirrel, he found a tiny gray kitten sitting right there in the road near a busy four-lane highway. He scooped her up, jogged back to the car, and gently placed her in the back seat. They both knew right then that she was coming home with them. 

The kitten was only about six months old with a tiny little head and the sweetest meows. Despite everything, she was calm once she was safely in the car. There was no way she was going back anywhere near that road. The snack run had quietly turned into a rescue.

That little gray blur is now known as Wrenchwrench. She's grown into a confident house cat who spends her time doing important cat work, like enthusiastically shredding her scratcher and sitting proudly beside the evidence afterward. For a kitten who started out alone in the middle of a busy road, she seems very happy with how things turned out.

Cats are known for their chaos causing abilities, which for their pawrents is quite the challenge to handle. But when it is other people's cats expelling their mad energy in their own homes, the viewing experience is just delicious.

Sure, we are getting enjoyment at the expense of others' misfortune. But considering that most of us who are enjoying this madness are cat pawrents ourselves who often have to handle such chaotic events within the walls of our own homes, it is ok. And let's face it, there are not many feline related things that are more enjoyable when you look at them happening in someone else's house.

So we implore you to indulge in this delicious collection of chaotic cats so that you can for a few brief moments enjoy the misfortunes of others until your turn to ride the crazy cat carousel in your home comes back around again. Because it's coming is inevitable and when it comes for you, you will most certainly not be laughing the way you will while perusing this list. 
 

Sometimes, we forget that in toxic relationships, the cats go through it too.

Adopting a cat with your partner can sound like such a great idea to untrained ears, but to us, it sounds more like trouble than anything else. We are all for adopting cats, we want to make sure that is clear, but adopting cats together… that is something that, in our opinion, should be reserved for very well-established relationships. Because it is all fun and games until a breakup happens and a custody battle over the cat ensues.

Both partners in the relationship bond with the cats. Sometimes, it's a clear choice who the cat will go to after a breakup, but other times, it is not. Sometimes, people talk about splitting up bonded pairs of cats after breakups. Sometimes, people use cats as a card in a breakup, trying to get the cat from the other person to cause them pain. But no matter what it is, the first victim of the whole situation is, of course, the cat. And that is why we hate it. When the relationship is toxic, the cat suffers too, and it is important to remember that and then to act accordingly. 

Gotcha!

You know who are. Some crimes are serious, but others lack a certain…criminality. Stealing hearts is one thing, hoarding cat photos, or being hopelessly obsessed with whiskered cuties are all worse that you think! Catnapping is on the rise. This collection of catnapped memes might be exactly what your criminal mind is looking for. They're charming, mischievous, and ridiculous. They feature the true masterminds of chaos: cats who seem to have no care in the world as to laws or common sense. One moment they're sitting quietly like innocent little angels, and the next they're launching themselves off the wall trying to do parkour. They're not even doing it to be entertaining, they're really just that insane. 

Of course, every great criminal operation requires a variety of personalities and skillsets. There's sneak, stealth, brains, brawn, and everything else. The beauty of these cat memes is how relatable they are. Even people who don't live with cats can understand the universal humor of a fluffy creature acting like the main character of the universe. A cat staring suspiciously at nothing? Suspicious….A kitten attacking it's own reflection…even more suspicious. 

These little outlaws mirror your criminality as a catnapper. The cats themselves seem like natural criminals, but they're too cute to be arrested. They sneak around quietly, plot strange night activities and zoomies, and treat your belongings with the upmost disrespect. But at I Can Has Cheezburger, we want to encourage you to keep on keeping on with cat memes. Enjoy these bandit little cuties! 

He now runs what we like to call the "underground orange market".

If dogs are the paladins of the pet world, then cats are the rogues. They're naturally shady, can sneak into nearly any location, and you never see them coming. They can pick any lock and steal any treasure. Not only can they do it, but they like doing it. There's a reason why there's a term called "cat burglars". We have to imagine that the person who coined that term didn't just name them that because they didn't like cats.

And the best part yet is that cats can be trained to steal, although it's usually done unintentionally. If you've ever owned a feline or two, you've probably expurrienced them leaving "gifts" for you. These gifts can be anything from leaves they hunted to rodents, to random pieces of garbage they found. Cats basically think that we hoomans are giant, dumb cats who don't know how to hunt, so sometimes they bring back presents to share with us so we don't starve.

Well, one neighborhood orange cat started to take this concept to the extreme (as most oranges do). After a friendly fellow fed him a piece of chicken, the cat started leaving him gifts in order to get more chicken. These weren't your average gifts. Apparently, he even brought him a full granola bar and a sponge to trade for some chicken. 

Whether he liked it or not, he's now running a mini "orange" market where he gets people's stolen goods for a morsel of chicken. Will he use his new powers for good or for evil? We guess you'll find out below.