I have the same rules for my cats. Then I see little paw prints on my stovetop in the morning.
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Mine sometimes blocks me from coming to bed until I give her pre-bed cuddles. I gotta pay that cuddle tax before I get to bed for bedtime cuddles. She's got me hooked.

Mine mews more and headbutts me. She is super vocal though.
I make little blanket/pillow forts for my cat and she just stays there. The deeper and darker the better. She is never happy when I have to destroy it.
I will gladly dive into said belly.
Either very happy and content or waiting for a prank to play out. I can't tell. Either way that is an adorable kitty. 🥰
I always assumed the no BC was because the church wants more members to grow up and hopefully tithe more. Either way the results being what they are and the church not using their position to inform and care for their people is a valid complaint.
His early stand up is awesome too. While deployed in the military, my buddies and I watched For What It's Worth and Killin' Them Softly so many times. We just repeated jokes to each other most of the day. It really helped kill the time with all the waiting.
I just don't understand his obsession to die on this hill.
Man, nature is brutal. I knew about the corkscrew thing, but I didn't know it was longer than their body at the start of mating season and regrows every year.