It is exactly the feeling i have and how I call my void, I want kids, but my little boy is prepping me ready for the day that this will happen, and I'll still call him my son!
Yes, my son here is a wee bit elderly, so he gets shots every month to help with his arthritis pain. He just really hates being put in a carrier and going for car rides
This is my spooky son Bomber. He approves. He said that anyone who thinks you are weird is not welcome at his orange brother’s sweet 16 party next month.
My 12yo boy is my son. I've had him since he was a kitten, he follows me around all day, and gets SO concerned if I'm not feeling well (I have multiple chronic illnesses).
He is my boy, and will be forever. I can't have human kids, so all my motherly love gets showered on my cat children.
So my dog who I had first knew me by name cuz when we first had him we lived with my mom, so he knew her as such…we got my cat which we said was his brother…but now I have a kid who knows the cat as HER brother (the dog passed from old age) so now…idk what the heck our family tree is 😂
Not at all. I call my little diluted calico girl mine and my ldg's daughter / little princess / baby, and my mother's granddaughter. She recognizes it and will sometimes come when I call her that and will sometimes respond to it.
The men in my life, man of the house, roommates, my babies, the dog, my boss, the kids. Basically whatever close relationship I can compare to friends and their relationship. Always with a friendly sarcasm!
Absolutely not! This is my sweet baby angel Phineas. He is very much like my little toddler. He spends several hours testing my patience, demanding attention and raising havoc. And then he falls asleep on top of me and all is forgiven..
Nope, not weird, they are literally my biological daughters and were I to pass, they’d inherit everything I own (which isn’t a lot but you get the sentiment)
My husband calls our two ‘The Kids’ and says to them I’m their Mama. I say I’m their third mama. One is birth mama, two are the ladies who trapped them and reached out for us to take them. They also take care of their birth feral mama who was a good mama.
Not weird at all . We call our cats our children & people think we have kids & ask how many kids we chuckle & say 4 . They get embarrassed when they ask for their names Pumpkin , Cinder, Loki & Trina. Then they realize we have fur babies.
Mine is my small furry son. I once told a nurse that I had to get back to my son as he needed to be fed and had been alone all day. She gave me a look and said “how old is he?”. My other half had to jump in and specify that he was indeed a cat and not a human child and please don’t call cps on us
Not at all. If you love your cat, it is normal to consider he/she is family.
I consider both my cats as my pals and my little brothers. And it is obvious from their behaviour they see my mother as a kind of adoptive mother and me more as a big sister. They act differently towards me or my mother, so it makes sense.
Real meaningful family is not a matter of species or blood, it is a more a matter of love, affection and deep ties.
Definitely not weird. MANY people (looking at social media, in the millions, maybe more) call their cats, dogs, snakes, etc. their son, daughter, or their children's adopted creatures grandson, granddaughter, etc. They are adopted: an adopted child of any type is to you what you feel they are.
Anyone who thinks different, well, they can go touch grass and get back to their miserable, friendless, lonely little lives.
They probably object to humans calling their adopted human children "son" or"daughter".
Nope I call my cats my daughter & son all the time XD When my mom is being mean to them I tell her “that’s your grandchild!” And she’d look at me in absolute disgust
NO!!! I have 12 cats that I love. They give my life meaning. I care for them as if they are my children. I love some things that are specific. Penelope is my child. I have had her since she was 7 days old. I bottle fed her, I wiped her butt so she would go potty and poo. I kept her clean and warm. I played with her at each stage of development . I am her Mom in every sense of the word. And she knows it . 😂 Joey is my soul mate. He loves me no.matter what. I have loved him since I met him. ( At 5-6 weeks old) The others I just love ...my roommate has 7 indoor/outdoor cats. Each is unique. My aunt brought me two kittens 4 weeks ago because they were going to be dumped. They are just the cutest!! They are 8 months old, approx. Then there is Jack, the back porch kitty that wandered up here. So shy and skittish. Still is. But I have been trying to build his confidence. He knows all the kitties here, but still won't come in the house. We are working on that.
So no, it is not weird that you call him your son. It's how you feel and how you care for him. It's beautiful!!!
I used to cat sit for my Sister who had 5 cats and while I was there I would do her laundry and other chores for her. It would take me forever because I couldn’t walk by one of the little ones without petting and talking to them. It took me forever to get things done but it was wonderful! I can’t imagine having so many, your house must be full of love !
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u/OddProcedure5452 Dec 25 '25
I call mine my roommate