I Do Not Like Cats
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat
By Grant Madden

People who love cats have some of the biggest hearts around.
~Susan Easterly

I do not like cats. As a young boy, I kept an aviary filled with exotic birds from around the world. One by one, cats cleaned me out. First, when I was a child, then as a teenager, and finally as a university student.

“I’m done,” I declared after my final loss. “I do not like cats.”

Twenty years later, I met Suzi. As our relationship began to get serious, I needed to run through the checklist of deal breakers to make sure she was The One.

“I do not like cats.”

She didn’t flinch. She didn’t argue. So, I thought I would go ahead and draw the line. (Keep reading)