Is it a hot take to think this is weird? I think of my cat as my friend, not my child.
I lived in a large town that was depressed and I got a dog from the pound. And a cat that just walked in and laid on the couch, size of a fucking raccoon. (Dog was pissed)
But for 2 years every morning it be up to leave at 7 to go to college, and the dog and the cat would leave with me. The dog would head down the street. The cat would head to the back yard.
Get home at 4 every day. And around 4 or 5 they'd show up one after the other. Dog would bark. And the cat would just be on the deck.
and that's why they run all over you and act like they own the place 🙄
what? you don't want to hang out with my fur babies? their daddy's put in a lot of work taking care of them...
i'm sorry if my cat didn't want to be infantilized she should have though of that before being baby