Sometimes one has to put ones foot down.

It is tough job, yes that is true, but someone has to do it and so I did.

First rule: be aware of devious traps

At our house I am blessed with a wise female better half and a lovely half way teenage daughter. Both very smart and caring human beings. They let me have my own personal office where I can retreat in to do my thing. We all agree on important things like: "We all are equivalent and unique." And I can say that I do feel blessed. Yet I also know that we, the other sex, men, are a bit thick when it comes to female trickery. We men already have learned that it has no use to lie to a woman. Because our own mother told us over and over again: "I can see it right away when you lie, so don't you even try mister!" And so we like to hang out with the lads and drink whiskey or beer and sometimes both.

We are like a see through glass for the opposite sex. In the meanwhile they have another advantage, woman exactly know where our soft spots are. It is almost like they have mapped us out completely. And it is a good thing they do not all have dolls that just look like us and a bunch of needles. It can be those little things like: "Joanne got flowers from her husband the other day, he is a handsome young viral man, is he not?" And that same evening she has got the biggest set of flowers that money could buy. No, of course no manipulation, that would be way to obvious, because it there is one thing that we men are not, it is being competitive. We do not respond to that, at all.

They wanted a cat again

Now I do like cats, grew up with them. And I like those little creatures, you can shout their name and they only come when they feel like it. But since our last cat disappeared I thought it was enough. And I was really sad that he got lost. He was my little mate, in a sense, even though he was one of the emasculated ones. Not by us though, we got him from the asylum, there it was default procedure. And I was like: "Hey man, I feel your pain..." When I went for a stroll in the evening he always wanted to come, but I was afraid he might get hit by a car, while crossing the road. Still a bit sad about me lost little hairy chum.

The ladies, especially my offspring, my little precious princes, wanted a cat again. They knew I would not settle for a dog, ever, not until we had a house in the forrest. And they have been discussing this with me a lot of times. So, if I did not want a dog, then how about a cat again? Now by incident it would happen to be that a niece of my better half her cat was expecting. Who would have thought about that coincidence! And I said: "What coincidence? I do not get it..." Well, they wanting a cat and there soon would be kittens available. Slowly I was being played like a violin. And these kittens were to be the right age to leave the nest at my daugher her birthday!

One of the little manipulators attacked my backpack

photo cc-by-sa @oaldamster

And thus we went to see the kittens

The ladies wanted to visit the kittens, just to have look and at the first time we went there they were still very young. The niece told us that there was a lot of interest for the little ones. And if we wanted one, we better make a choice quickly. It is so nice at those times to actually be in a minorty of one. And then the: "Take your time, think about it for a while..." When we got back home it was the: "Why not..!?" And how I needed to move on. Yes, and my feet where still where I put them: down on the floor! But I was getting weaker, they had worn me down mentally. With their talk about these lovely little kittens and these little videos and all those photos. Well, just look at the photo I took, if you like cats, you get it.

A male kitten, white, with one grey and one green iris, let us call him Bowie! Yes, I caved in under the emotional pressure, we would take a kitten, a new friend in our home. There was so much joy and pleasure. My daughter had made this video of the little one. She told me how cats would spread their paws if you open your hand after you touched their tummy. Ow and so cute, ah well, you know how that goes, right? So I got that video send to my mobile and well yes, it is kind of funny to watch. Therefore I will share it with you. Be warned though, utter cuteness ahead, my daughter tricked me with it.

Wow, look it really responds to the hand

video courtesy of my lovely daughter

They could be deaf

Often white cats, especially when they have two different colored irises, tend to be deaf. It is not clear yet if the little male kittens, they look like they are twins, are really deaf or have a hearing challenge. Oh yeah, did I not tell you? We are getting both the brothers, because the other person who would get one, was not that eager anymore, for some reason. So then it was like: "Why can we not take them both? They are together all the time, and it would be mean to seperate them now..." And the last time we went to visit them the three ladies made sure I watched the two bros sleep together.

Yes, I fell on the floor with my both feet up. We are getting both kittens soon. The Bowie twins, probably deaf and all, but welcome in our home! It shall soon be blessed with a cat again, well okay two. But I will not get them emasculated, no way are my little boys getting their nuts cut off. Really, I mean it, I am putting my foot down on this one, rock steady...!

Have a great one!

EDIT: text corrections.