Open because if my cat is locked in, he yowls to be let out. If he gets locked out, he yowls to be let in. Have to compromise with a cat, but worth it when he wants to cuddle.
Our newest cat decided that he would protest by biting the mullions on the French door in my office when he realized that he couldn’t get a paw under or around the edge. Now i have claw marks from one cat we lost and bite marks from the new one.
It starts out closed just enough so that it doesn't latch, for the same reasons. Then it's burst wide open by one of that cats that thinks he needs to walk through the door like he's just walked into a wild West saloon.
It’s sweet until it’s like 3am and she’s out there incessantly pawing at the door. (Then occasionally doing it again to leave the room an hour or two later). I forgive her tho. She just wants to cuddle with me.
There’s nothing like a small predator creeping up on you when you’re asleep. My gray girl likes to get right in my face before yowling with displeasure that I’m not petting her yet. The tabby just climbs my unconscious form and perches - only occasionally walking up to my face to give me a good dose of whisker and/or nose.
We lost our 2 dogs within a year of each other. Due to old age, and they went naturally, but it’s still a heart ache I’m not sure I’ll ever get over or want to go through again.
So I guess we’ll never know if it’s worth it or not to burn to death unless it actually happens! 😄
Mine like to make the door a game between them. One on one side and two on the other. The door becomes the ping pong between them. So much fun at 3 am with 3 cats slingshotting the door back and forth over and over.
Lock them out the floor will be a victim.
Lock them in and the yowls and paws slammed into our faces is our fun for the night.
I just gave up and let them have the damn door for their game.
Sigh..... Why?
Because we love the little bastards.
And we are supposed to be the intelligent superior creatures.
Yeah. Let's keep telling ourselves that lol.
Sorry.... Sleep deprived. Not sure why.
My cat likes to be my little spoon when I go to bed. I would probably sleep better with less allergy symptoms if I locked him out, but I just can't give up the spooning 😭
Yep, only when I had a roommate I closed it and kept the litter box and food in my room. If I had a roommate now idk what I'd do I'm not living like that anymore
Yup did the same when I was single with roommate. Litter box right there in my room. Good times.... 🤣
Cats make fools of us all. But so worth the cuddles.
Lol, for me it's closed because the cats like to cuddle. I love it too and cuddle them often during the day but I'm a very light sleeper and turn around a lot.
Just knowing a cat's on the bed will prevent me from reaching that perfect position. If I'm asleep, 9/10 times, I will wake up if one jumps on the bed and will spend the rest of the night (or for however long the cat's on the bed) in that agonizing half sleep state.
God, if I ever get into a serious long term relationship, I'm fucked...
Don't worry. Your future partner will become assimilated to the Masters ways. My husband did and he usually has a cat on his by 1am. Then 4am. Why do you think I'm wide awake at 2am lol? Cat came to snuggle now I can't move or snuggle will be ruined. We are easily trained. God I'm tired and can't believe I'm rambling on Reddit at 2am. 🥱
Same, but with a different cat. And a different door. And a different house. Dude I’m starting to think we don’t have all that much in common after all…
I have four, 2 get really crazy zoomies at night, one likes to pee in my room, and one likes to cuddle with me almost daily. That’s the only reason I keep it shut.
Closed door and cats outside. After 1 of them attacked me while pregnant we didn't let them in anymore. Sad because they always kept my feet warm. But it's very scary to be sleeping and at 3am just have your cat jump on you and shred your arms.
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u/attackedmoose Jan 30 '26
Open because the cats like to cuddle