But I had been gone hours

Tell me your cats don’t do this!!!!!!!

When I was in grad school and only had Mean Cat, she used to meet me at the door of my apartment and stick to my ankles like glue for at least 5 minutes on arrival. “I’ve been so loooooonely, you were gone foreeeeever, I’m so booooooored….” So out of the kindness of my heart, I acquired a kitten (later known as Big Cat) to keep her company while I was at the library. Mean Cat was horrified–her plan had backfired! Instead of convincing me to stay home all day every day, I had saddled her with a terrible monstrous little biting mewing thing that wouldn’t leave her alone… She still has not forgiven me for this. And she never bothers meeting me at the door anymore, even when I’ve been gone a week. :) The boys, yes, but her–never.

*Another* dress is now covered in dark-grey-and-pale-fawn-coloured hair.

They just want you to remember them when you go away in your fancy clothes. (I have ferret and cat fur all over my stuff. *sigh*)

No matter what color you wear, your pets will shed something that shows. It’s a law of nature. They must have stealth contrasting fur hidden somewhere about their persons.

Mine being a tortie and a calico, they shed every color there is anyway, and dark clothing put on a cat-free bed is immediately covered in white hair. With such talent, they could rule the universe, if they weren’t so indolent.

Pet hair is the Force; it surrounds us, and penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together. May the Furs be with you. :-)