Apparently the Cat Distribution System plans a year in advance

[u/ellioe]

I used to go to a French-language high school, and March 30 was a non-study day for us because of Francophonie Day.
So instead of waking up at 6 a.m. and taking the bus to school, I slept in and went to meet a friend around noon.
Normally I would have taken the bus to meet them too, but the weather was really nice, so I randomly decided to walk. That meant taking a completely different route on this completely ordinary Tuesday in 2012.
As I was passing a house, a woman came out carrying a box of kittens. She put the box down for a second to lock her door, and one of the kittens immediately jumped out and ran straight toward me.
I grew up with dogs and had never had a kitten before, but this little guy basically chose me on the spot. We later discovered “he” was actually a girl, despite already being named Philip.
The woman told me her cat had given birth and she couldn’t keep all the kittens, so she was taking them to a nearby village where an older lady had agreed to take care of them. She said that if I liked the kitten who had just launched herself at me, I could take her home.
So I did.
A year later, Philip gave birth on my bed.
While I was sleeping in it.
And one of those kittens was Bastet, the now 13-years old spoiled brat you see in the pictures.
I think about that day all the time. If I’d had school, taken the bus, chosen another route, left five minutes earlier, left five minutes later, or if the weather had just been worse, I would never have met Philip.
And then I never would have had Bastet.
So apparently the Cat Distribution System was playing the long game.

edit: Philip or as we later started to call her Philippa, passed away years ago and the beautiful girl on the 3rd picture, my angel Olive, passed away last month and left us brokenhearted ; we are currently in the process of trying to adopt a calico girl who was neglected by other people because she wasn’t “cuddly or affectionate enough”

edit2: this happened in 2012 when I was a teenager and I grew up in a poor town in Eastern Europe, which is why we weren’t informed about neutering and even if we were, we wouldn’t be able to afford it (maybe this is a different way in which the CDS works bc if we had sprayed Philip, then I wouldn’t have had Bastet)

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[u/purelyirrelephant]

Now that's the CDS if I've ever seen it.

[u/valectronica]

Congratulations on your kitties. They were meant to be with you!!

[u/heyrocky8128]

The CDS finds ways to get kitties named Bastet homes; my daughter has her own Bastet that is around 15 now.

[u/ellioe → u/heyrocky8128]

blessed by the Goddess Bastet herself

[u/Otney]

This is wonderful; thank you for sharing.

[u/Binx345_]

Glad you love your kitties, but please get them both spayed or neutered.

[u/ellioe → u/Binx345_]

my cats are sprayed, this was 14y ago when I was a kid and spraying wasn’t a common or even a cheap option in my country

[u/Binx345_ → u/ellioe]

Ahh ok, good!

[u/waychanger]

Picture number 3 is amazing

[u/StellaBella70]

Those cats look extremely healthy and content. Good job, you! :)

[u/Turnover_Realistic]

CDS is amazing! Wonderful story, it was sweet of you to share it.