A few months ago, I watched this Instagram Reel where this man was just fawning over his cat. The cat wasn’t doing anything overly cute. He was just sitting on a counter, but this man couldn’t get enough of him. All of the comments on the post were so charming, and I especially like this one:
After watching that video, I started writing down all of the crazy things I say to my cats throughout the day. Keep in mind: I live alone so I’m saying all of these things out loud to nobody but my cats. This could be the most embarrassing post I write but whatever. I am obsessed with my cats!!
“Look at Lila! She’s so pretty!”
“That was so cute, Lila! The way you were just lying on the ground!!”
Walk by Lila. “Hey, cutie pie!” Walk by Eloise. “Hey, other cutie pie!”
I wake up and see that Eloise has jumped up on the bed next to me. “Are you sleeping with me? You make me so happy!”
“Hi Lila Bear! Are you a baby bear???”
“Look at you guys hanging out with me! You guys looooove me!”
“Look at my babies! They’re just hanging out with me!”
Eloise is sleeping on the couch. “LOOK AT YOU! DAT’S SO CUTE!”
“Hi babes! I love you! You guys are my best friends!”
“Aww look at her. She fell asleeeeeep.”
Anytime I leave the house, I tell them exactly what I’m doing and when I’ll be home, and then I end with “Be good! Don’t get into any trouble! I love you!”
And when I come home, I always enter with, “Hello, my loves! Mommy’s home!”
Eloise jumps on the table next to me after eating. “Was that yum-yum-yum in your tum-tum-tum?”
“Ugh, Lila, it’s illegal to be this cute. I have to call the cute police!”
Anytime the girls are together. “OMG! SISTERS!! Are you guys loving on each other?!”
On the phone with my mom. “Want to see the cutest thing you’ve ever seen in your life?” Inevitably it’s one of the cats sleeping and my mom HAS to tell me how cute they are or else she’s in trouble.
“Hi, muffin. I love you so much! You’re my bestest friend.”
Are you as ridiculous with your pets as I am? If you don’t have pets, what’s something ridiculous you say on a regular basis?
Your cats are adorable, what a great idea for a post! Yes, I have my own little language with Cody, our 16 year old Shih Tzu. I don’t even realize I have these little conversations, but my husband laughs at me when I grab the little guy for a cuddle. He thinks it’s cute and Cody seems to love it. I call him my Boo. Obviously with the craziest guttural tone of voice “ awww, how’s my Boo doing”. Where this voice came from who knows LOL!
Awww! I say over and over to Rex “You’re so good! You’re so good!” and “Hi! Are you silly? Are you my puppy?” Lol, good thing no one is recording me over here. I also say “Oh you. You! Youuuuuuu” The boys make fun of me for that last one.
I talk to our robovacuum this way. Like…all the time. Good boy, Eufy! What a smart fella’.
I’m sure the kids think it’s ridiculous, but they humour me and don’t tease about my pet-like adoration for a vacuum cleaner.
Oh yes- I’m absolutely ridiculous when I talk to my cats. “Hi there little bunny-bun!” etc. This of course is if my daughter isn’t around. If she’s there it’s more like “Oh, hello Muffin. How’s it going?” I’ve learned what irritates a teenager.
I’m laughing at Elisabeth saying she talks to her vacuum cleaner like this…
Haha! I definitely talk to myself, talk to the pets that are around, and talk to Bob the bike. I am not as loving as you. Usually with the cats I just sat for, it was more like: where’s sissy? Want some pets? Wanna treat? (Or if I pet them and they are wet) Did you go out on the catio? Did you have fun out there?
With Bob it’s more like, come on Bob, you can do it (when climbing a hill). We are almost there. Stop being silly Bob (when he falls down). You okay buddy? (When he falls down) Or…God you’re heavy (when I’m pushing him up a hill).
Oh, for sure, I’ve always talked to my cats! So many things like this.
In particular, when I go out, because Maggie hates me to leave, I will tell her, “Yes, I’m leaving and never coming back. See you later.” And then when I get back, “Mama’s home! Yes, yes, I know, I was gone forever but here I am.” Even if I was gone for five minutes, she has to express her disapproval.
I love that reel and love this post so much! NED IS ALSO A BEAR! OMG. Have we talked about this?!
I am definitely as ridiculous. I tell Khali I love her a zillion times each day, that she’s my best friend, etc. etc. We almost always leave her in charge we we leave. We tell Ned to make good decisions. We have voices and personalities for all of them. This is all very normal 😉
Guilty as charged! I talk baby talk to the dog more than I talk to everyone else in my life combined. What can I say, she’s easy to talk to! We have a ton of songs that we sing to her. Our greatest hits are:
– Lollipop – instead of “lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli lollipop”, it’s “Doggo Pup, Doggo Pup, oh Doggo Doggo Pup”.
– In da Club “hey shorty it’s your birthday. We’re gonna party like it’s your birthday”
– Pretty Baby. “Everybody loves a baby that’s why I’m in love with you”. I can’t help singing it because it’s perfect for her – she’s pretty and she’s a baby. However she HATES the song.
No pets here, we’re not allowed in the apartment. But I did have tropical fish one time and talked to them when I cleaned the tank, or fed them in the evening. I even named them all. But I really really miss having a dog.
Oh my gosh, I love this. I am so guilty.
Back when my two kitties were around, I would say: “whoz a good kitteh?” like 100 times a day. Or” whoz a preddy kitteh?” Or, “who likes a belly rub?” OMG ridiculous but so cute.
“You are the prettiest cat in the whole UNIVERSE.”
“You are so brave and smart.”
“You are so fast.”
We all sound like total idiots with our pets, don’t we? They are the reason I get out of bed in the morning.
I want to heart this post and all the comments with the silly talk confessions. It’s been a while since I had my one and only cat miss Smilla, but we talked all the time. I miss her. 💕
Ha! Ha! I love this! Oh yes, I’m completely ridiculous when talking to my kitties.
“Well hello Luna B. Kitty! How’s my little cookie? How’s my little pumpkin girl? Oh, she’s a good girl! She’s a Goooooood Girrrrrl! So pretty. Such a pretty kitty. Most beautiful kitty ever!” And on and on!
I am 100% with you on this. (I am tempted to say 1000%, but math prevents me from answering this way.) I loved talking to my dogs this way. My Genevieve was such a GOOD GIRL, the prettiest girl, and we made up obsessions from her point of view (all Shelties were either Mommy or Next Door Neighbor) so now I want a Sheltie named Next Door Neighbor and my family thinks I’m weird. I talked to Mulder all day, every day. He was such a GOOD BOY. Do people call their cats GOOD GIRL and GOOD BOY? I’m not sure that cats are actually looking for this affirmation, while dogs clearly are.
Oh Stephany, you’ve become such a cat lady 🙂 and I mean that in the most endearing way!
I don’t have pets so I don’t know how I’d talk to them if I had any… but I know that people really have their own “language” with their pets.
Sometimes I’m convinced my cats can understand every stupid thing I say to them and are just biding their time to work out their revenge.
Hahahahaha….. I do not have any pets…. but would you believe I actually talked to a cat out loud today?
I said something like “hey there … you good?”
So I can only imagine the many things you say on a daily basis.