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You are here: Home / Kitty Wisdom / Is Your Cat the Boss in Your House? You Are Not Alone – These Famous People Are Known Cat Slaves

Is Your Cat the Boss in Your House? You Are Not Alone – These Famous People Are Known Cat Slaves

May 11, 2022 By: Summer Samba24 Comments

If you think your cat is the boss of you, check out these famous people who are also cat slaves.

If you live with a cat, chances are, your daily life also revolves around your cat. Their meal and snack times. The napping spots that are strictly enforced and unencroachable. You’ve given up trying to keep them off the dining table. If your cat wants 90% of the bed, lucky you – you get that little 10% corner. Clearly, your cat is the boss of you.

If you feel like your life has spun out of control, that you’ve become a mere servant, catering to your cat’s every whim, what can you do? The answer is simple: join the club!

Many famous people have been cat employees, including two presidents. There was Abraham Lincoln, of course, who even fed one of his cats from the table during a state dinner. And there was also Calvin Coolidge, who turned Washington DC upside down in search of his lost cat, Tiger. After a police search and radio broadcast, Tiger was found napping in the Navy building.

And of course, authors are famous for being cat slaves. Mark Twain was just as frantic as Calvin Coolidge was when his cat Bambino disappeared. The newspaper ads he put out only resulted in people showing up with Bambino lookalikes. Bambino? He sauntered back home on his own eventually. Ernest Hemingway’s Key West home is synonymous with polydactyl cats. When Hurricane Irma raged through the area, people were at least as worried about the cats as they were Hemingway’s home, now a museum (both cats and home made it through).

And pop culture icons worship their cats too. When Freddie Mercury was touring with Queen, he’d call home to talk to his cats. Taylor Swift was so influenced by her feline companions that she made the almost career-destroying choice to appear in the awful film adaptation of Cats.

When you’re in company like this, do you even have a right to complain? Enjoy your servitude.

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Comments

  1. BellaDharma an BellaSita Mum says

    May 17, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    HAHAHAHAHA!!! What a cute post Summer!
    I have been a “Cat Servant” since 1969…..an entire Lifetime…
    Wouldn’t have it any other way!
    And BellaDharma agrees 150%!!!!
    {{{hugs}}} BellaSita Mum & **purrss** BellaDharma

    Reply
  2. Fur Everywhere says

    May 13, 2022 at 9:53 pm

    I love that more and more people are falling in love with and spoiling their cats. That’s the way it should have been all along 🙂

    Reply
  3. Athena says

    May 12, 2022 at 1:41 am

    My mum was born to be my slave and she loves it!

    Reply
  4. Catherine A Lingg says

    May 11, 2022 at 10:16 pm

    To put it simply Summer, I can’t imagine life without my cats. They own my heart

    Reply
  5. Cathy Keisha says

    May 11, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    I’d better be boss of my house.

    Reply
  6. meowmeowmans says

    May 11, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    Yes, indeed. We are card-carrying members of this group! 🙂

    Reply
  7. pat k says

    May 11, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    I had to come back at end of day to read other comments.
    It is as I suspected…..there are multitudes of loyal cat “servants”.

    Reply
  8. Ivan and Izzy from WMD says

    May 11, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    You are wise indeed, Summer!

    Reply
  9. Brian says

    May 11, 2022 at 3:50 pm

    We’re members too and darn proud of it. That was really interesting sweet Summer!

    Reply
  10. Melissa & Mudpie says

    May 11, 2022 at 3:18 pm

    Sounds like we’re in excellent company!

    Reply
  11. Mickeys Musings says

    May 11, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    Yes mum is my slave and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
    We have a very strong bond 🙂
    Purrs, Julie

    Reply
  12. Memories of Eric and Flynn says

    May 11, 2022 at 1:36 pm

    Aren’t all cats the boss?

    Reply
  13. The Whiskeratti says

    May 11, 2022 at 11:38 am

    I’ll never complain. I have been a proud tail servant for many years.

    Reply
  14. Ellen Pilch says

    May 11, 2022 at 9:10 am

    I do enjoy my servitude. It is obvious when you enter our home that it is for the cats. XO

    Reply
  15. The Poupounette Gang says

    May 11, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Our #1 declares herself honoured to be part of such an illustrious group of people!

    Purrs,
    Tama and Benny

    Reply
  16. Mickeys Musings says

    May 11, 2022 at 8:47 am

    Oh yes!! I have trained my person very well 🙂
    Talk about living the good life!!
    MOL!! MOL!!
    Purrs, Julie

    Reply
  17. Katie Isabella says

    May 11, 2022 at 7:12 am

    I am totally a servant…Servitude is my name. NOTHING is done without consideratuon of HER. How can you love a little furbling as much as we all do!?

    Reply
  18. The Florida Furkids says

    May 11, 2022 at 6:38 am

    We’ve always known that cats RULE!

    Reply
  19. pat k says

    May 11, 2022 at 6:22 am

    My son and wife are “on staff” for two cats. They really
    enjoy their cat friends. For myself, I talk to their cats
    on FaceTime. Our whole family has enjoyed cat company.

    Reply
  20. Eastside Cats Blog says

    May 11, 2022 at 5:16 am

    I prefer ‘enthusiast’, but being in servitude to cats is okay too, Summer.
    You know whom else is a cat lover in Hollywood? Nicholas Cage. Miss Ellen from 15andmeowing.com knows that!

    Reply
  21. Ernie the Island Cat says

    May 11, 2022 at 5:14 am

    Well, I always knew cats are #1!

    Reply
  22. Cleo says

    May 11, 2022 at 2:30 am

    Ha, “servitude” is a word that should replace “cat ownership”! That opening question in this post is a no brainer, I say, and I’d be surprised if there was actually a human in existence that felt otherwise. Excellent post, my dears.

    Reply
    • Katie Isabella says

      May 11, 2022 at 7:11 am

      YES! I agree 1000000%

      Reply
  23. Carrie says

    May 11, 2022 at 1:33 am

    I am a proud member of this club!!!

    Reply

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