KISS

Has your cat ever given you the ever so gentle but strict paw on your face to stop you from cuddling them any further? Yeah... the pain is acute when that happens. Like, please, all I want is to love you, why won't you let me friggin' love you. It's a hard life, being cat owner. You have to constantly contain your all-consuming need to pet and kiss and touch the floof while also giving your cat space to be its cat self. 

It's so hard. But... at least when they are feeling cuddly, it's worth it. Because lawd knows there is nothing better than those moments when your cat comes up to you and begrudgingly asks for cuddles. That- that is what being a cat owner is all about.

You've probably heard of the classic saying that if you kiss a frog, it may just turn into your prince charming. But... what if you don't really care about prince charming or finding true love? What if you don't need any man and would much rather have a plate of your all-time favorite meal? What if food was your one and only true love? That's what we'd imagine a cat's wish would be, anyway. 

In collaboration with popular Israeli artist, Ilana Zeffren, we discover the unheard version of the classic tale of the 'The Frog Prince,' one which features a cat as the main protagonist. 

And if you want more cat enjoyment, be sure to check out last week's installment of the very difficult decisions and the perfectionism that comes with being a cat. 

Have you ever kissed your cat on the forehead and thought: "Cats don't do that to each other, right? What does my cat think I'm doing when I kiss its head? Does it think I'm trying to eat it or does it understand that it's affection?" You're not the only one. We all wonder whether our pets understand us or not, considering how incredibly different we are. 

Today, tumblr is explaining to us one of those behaviors that we wonder so much about and - spoiler alert - they don't think we're eating them. Other than being hilarious, tumblr is also good at explaining things about animals, and the explanation tumblr gives for this one is an incredibly cute one. They also explain what cats think when we accidentally step on them, and it is somehow even more wholesome. 

It's been a stressful week, and now, it's time to take a breath, relax, and go cuddle your kitty. The cuddling is the most important part of that, of course. To get you started on your mission of relaxation, we have collected a bunch of gifs of the most relaxing thing of all - adorable cats and kittens blowing kisses at you by slow blinking.

There's nothing that makes us happier than when our kitties blow kisses at us like that, saying "I love you" in their wholesome cat way. It really gives us butterflies, and we make sure to slow blink right back at them, saying "I love you too." It's rare enough though, to catch such moments in picture or in video, so these gifs are few and far between, but they are gifs, so we get these "I love you"s on a loop, over and over again, as many times as we need to see it. 

Animals don't actually kiss. That's ones strange activity that only humans participate in. But animals do some things that would look like kissing to us. They nuzzle and snuggle each other, pressing their noses together or to each other's fur. And though it may not be classified as kissing, it's definitely done to show affection.

The week is finally over, and we don't know about you, but we definitely feel like we need some affection right about now. So, we put together a bunch of pictures of animals "kissing" - nuzzling, snuggling, and showing affection in a way that we would definitely send to our friends saying "Look! My kitties are kissiiiiiiiiiing."

Dogs are awesome!

When you think of cat and fish, you don't usually think about friendship. But this cat and fish are truly extraordinary.

Via: Iizcat 

Maybe a little too much, though.