Boyfriend is Gone & School is Starting

Boyfriend has left me and Kitten.

That is, he has left us to go on a trip to Greece with two of his friends.

Boyfriend is the one making the awkward model-esque pose on the right. By the way, how jealous am I?

This may confuse you -- let me explain: while I have frequently alluded (or outright stated) to the fact that Boyfriend has no friends (mentioned here) I may have been exaggerating a bit. Boyfriend in fact has many friends in Ottawa (where he lived his entire life until I stole him away to Toronto). Anyway, some of these secret friends of his invited him to Greece for a party-boat tour of the islands. How could he say no?

Before Boyfriend left, I tried to take a few cute pictures of Kitten and myself to put in a card that I had gotten for him to open once he got to Greece. It really did not work. These were some of the best takes:

He won't be gone long, but while he is gone, I have been left with sole custody of Kitten. I am currently trying to deal with the gigantic mat that is Kitten's fur. Boyfriend, who is on brushing duty, has been slacking and I have been left to deal with it. Every now and then I will sneak attack Kitten and cut a few mats out or get a guerrilla brushing in, but he generally does not take well to it.

In addition to Boyfriend's absence, school is once again starting, which means Kitten feels the need to spend a lot more time walking in front of my laptop and lying on my things. The past few days I have been working quite hard on applications for 2012 summer jobs and Kitten has been doing a lot of this:

I do have an update on Kitten's toilet training for you, but I think I will dedicate an entire post to that later this week or next... so check back later if you are interested in hearing about the toilet training of my cat.

That last statement just made me question why anyone reads my blog at all.    

Re: Custody of Kitten

The polls have closed and the verdict is in...

In the event that Boyfriend and I were to break-up, I should get custody of Kitten. It's not like I would give Boyfriend a choice in the matter anyway; but it is nice to know that I would have some support. 

I would just like to say that for those of you who said Kitten would fare better in the streets of Toronto, I am ashamed at you. If you had read this post, you would know that Kitten is completely incapable of caring for himself. I am assuming that you voted this way because you would hope the be able to swoop in and claim Kitten for yourself.

I am also assuming that for those five of you that voted for Boyfriend, you only voted that way because you felt sorry for the poor schlub. I understand your feelings of sympathy, but do you really think that was the right choice? You voted to put the life of a little furry, helpless being into the hands of this:

Custody of Kitten

The other day, after a heated debate in Property class about the discrepancies of property rights between married and common law couples, Mike asked me who would get Kitten if Boyfriend and I ever broke-up. 

This is an excellent question and one that Boyfriend and I have discussed many times. Not because we plan on breaking-up, but because Kitten is our most valued possession and it is important to have these things sorted out. 

As I mentioned in my very first blog post, In The Beginning..., Kitten was a Christmas present from Boyfriend to me. I am pretty sure that this solves any actual debate about who would get to keep Kitten. However, this was not the end to our discussion. 

First we argued about who Kitten likes more. I said Kitten likes me more because I am nicer to him; I chase him less and he seems much less anxious around me. Boyfriend said Kitten likes him more because Boyfriend has cheese parties with Kitten and Kitten likes to cuddle with Boyfriend in the mornings. I countered this by pointing out that I too could have cheese parties with Kitten, I just don't eat as much cheese, and that the only reason Kitten cuddles with Boyfriend in the mornings is because Boyfriend is lazy and stays in bed while I get up to do things. We decided that since Kitten has yet to learn English, it would be impossible to figure out who he likes more.

We moved on to trying to figure out who would take better care of Kitten. Boyfriend said he would because he is the one who brushes him. I agreed that this is true, however, a few months ago Boyfriend lapsed in his brushing duties and Kitten became a matted beast. We had to cut all of his mats out and now he looks like he has mange and/or scurvy. I then said that I would take better care of Kitten because Boyfriend has never changed his litter once and I am also the one who feeds Kitten and cleans and fills his water bowl. Boyfriend countered this by saying that he would feed him if I didn't (a lie because once I was away visting family for three days and Kitten had no food when I came back), he doesn't need clean water in his bowl because he likes toilet-water better (true), and I was right, the litter wouldn't get changed. We both agreed that it takes two people to bathe Kitten and to cut his nails.   

Finally we argued about who needs Kitten the most. I said that I did because I loved him more and he was my gift. Boyfriend countered this by saying that he loved him more and that Kitten was his only friend (true) and he would't have anyone but Kitten if we broke-up (true). 

Our Kitten tug-of-war debate has never been resolved... 

So who do you think should get Kitten if Boyfriend and I ever break up? You can vote on the left side of the page.