Billy, I am lucky enough to be married to a cat person. Here's a story that all of you might like...
My ex-husband was a cat-hater. I didn't know he hated cats until after I adopted Mitty the Kitty and Dusty. It turned out that he decided to be a cat-hater because his mommy was a cat-hater, and told him that cats were dirty. He believed her. Ex-MIL was the evil breeder bitch from hell, anyway. She had three kids with three different fathers (only married the third one, who was also an asshole)...but I was a slut, according to her.
Anyway, I took in a third cat, the Stripecat, during this marriage. Stripes was a stray who was severely malnourished and also had a broken paw. Asshole ex *ordered* me to *get rid of it*.
Stripecat stayed, and is healthy now. He's still here, but the asshole ex is long gone. He decided that he really wanted to breed (probably because his mommy told him to give her grand-brats), and that's a big part of why he left.
Now, Mitty the Kitty has ALWAYS been afraid of strangers. He also hated my ex, and he hid every time his skanky family came over. He even hid from nice people who came over.
Then I met Catdaddy. He was going through a divorce, and was sad because his ex wouldn't let him visit their cats. The first time I invited him over to meet my cats (I still just had the three at the time), I warned him that Mitty was scared of strangers, and to not be offended if he ran away and hid.
Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather when Mitty not only did NOT run away from Catdaddy, but jumped right up onto his lap.
That is when I knew for sure that I'd found myself a keeper! I tell you, cats KNOW who likes them and who doesn't!
We've been together for nearly ten years now, married for almost six (wedding anniversary is July 22). We now have eight cats, including the aforementioned Mitty the Kitty, Dusty, and the Stripecat. The other cats are Allegra, Lucky, Junior, Squeaker, and Little Mitty. Yes, we have two Mittys...both are tux cats.
Oh...and the Stripecat, the one that the asshole ex didn't want and tried to make me dispose of...chose Catdaddy to be his human, and follows him around the house, even into the bathroom. Stripes even sleeps on the pillow, just over Catdaddy's head. It is so cute.
I am so lucky to have found a man who loves cats as much as I do!
Here is Mitty's Catster page: http://www.catster.com/?70352
From there, you can see all of our other kitties. If any of you have cats on Catster, please feel free to be friends with my cat family!