In honor of National Cat Day, which is technically October 29 in the US, but somehow I missed it -- but who cares, right? we can celebrate cats every day of the year! -- let's look at some of the ways to identify the cat lover in your life.
You know you're a cat lover in Turkey when...
You choose a different table than the one at which you want to sit at a restaurant because you see a sleeping kitty on one of the chairs.
You choose your entree at a restaurant based on how much of it you can give to the street cats circling your table.
No matter what you end up ordering, half of it goes to the street cats anyway.
You stop to love up any friendly kitties you meet on the street.
You promise to purchase all of your books at a specific shop simply because they're nice to cats and let them sleep on the books. You also do the same thing with coffee shops, restaurants, bars, hair salons, any place really.
You take pictures of random cats sleeping in parks, hanging out in trees or doing anything cute.
You have a habit of picking up wounded, sick or otherwise hurt animals on the street and taking them to vets to get better. This particular kitty was rehabilitated in our bathroom and then went on to a new home!
There is never any place for you to sit in your own home because the cats got to all the good seats first.
After having brought two street cats of your own into Turkey, you pick up two more on the street and bring them home forever.
