Twix Is Making Bud Look Bad

“Why don’t you have a nice, cuddly cat?”

Twix is sweet.

Twix is a love bug. Twix will hop up onto your lap and purr up a storm while you pet her. Twix is always up for affection.

She even likes being picked up!

So sweet, she makes Bud look like a cantankerous old man cat.

Everyone in my family has now met my brother’s cat, and it’s dawned on them that not every member of the species felis catus will smack you in the face if you scratch their head too many times or offer affection when they don’t want it.

Bud will. Twix won’t.

Yes, Bud is mercurial. Yes, Bud can be a massive jerk. But he’s my jerk.

And my nieces? They love Twix.

They want to love Bud, but he often makes himself scarce when they’re around and he’s wary of them despite the fact that they’re a bit older now and no longer the lumbering, fine-motor-skills-lacking little humans they once were.

I’ll never forget the day when I saw my oldier niece bicycle kick the family dog, Cosmo, like Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat. She was very young, but still: rapid-fire kicks to the face!

Cosmo growled, Cosmo retreated, but Cosmo never fought back. He was too good for that.

But Bud? He lashed out at the girls once, several years ago now, and they haven’t forgotten about it.

Still, I look at the bright side. Twix has shown the girls that cats can be cuddly and sweet and loving. They’ve got their Twix, and I’ve got my imperious, scheming, turkey-obsessed Buddy.

“Come on, dude, I’ve only attacked like 17 people and occasionally engage in some light mauling.”

22 thoughts on “Twix Is Making Bud Look Bad”

  2. LMAO!! That’s nothing. My first cat, Kitty, ran upstairs under the bed when ONLY shitty pet owners came inside. 2 abuser siblings. She knew who the bad people were. Kitty had a sibling where my brother pulled his whiskers to the point of pain.

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  4. Bud is his own Cat, and he does things on HIS terms.

    Small children are noisy, clumsy and unaware of the damage they can do.

    Bud may be a jerk, but he is YOUR jerk, and I love him for that.

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  6. Viva la difference! I’ve had and known numerous cats throughout the years. All were different and I loved them all.

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  8. You made me laugh!

    Bud must be Puspus’ cousin from over the seas!

    He is such a jerk,I have to really watch him like a hawk when he shows me his lovely fluffy belly to rub,

    reminds me of what the spider said to the fly !

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  9. Ooo thats a good idea, do you think there’s any money to be made?

    We could exploit them, serves them right for being so jerkish ( is that a word?) ……

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  10. My impression of Little Buddy is that he is simply Aware of His Rights, including his Right to Assert His Rights. Rumors that he is grouchy or even overly aggressive are simply untrue! Rock on, Little Buddy! 💟

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    1. “I assert my rights to, like, assert my rights and stuff. I exercise my rights to snacks, human!”

      Indeed, we must not accept this slander of our cats that obviously comes from pro-dog sources.

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  11. The greatest joy of cats is that they’re all personalities in their own right. You can’t hope to understand the whole species, but if you work hard at it you might just make sense of an individual. Maybe. Mercurial is good, predictable is not, though I do understand how this must be confusing/upsetting for many people who feel they would like to develop a relationship with a cat.

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