A perfectly timed demonstration of boundaries
I’d been writing and debating boundaries with myself most of the afternoon, and at the same time had a lovely day with Miao Cat.
On cue she climbed over quietly from the other chair where she had been snoozing just as I was beginning to flag and despair, laid down in my lap and purred away for well over 10 minutes!
She then proceeded to move onto the table so that I couldn’t write – not that I wanted to right then, being quite blissy just spending cuddle time with her.
–This is how you do it (set boundaries) she said, and her whole emanation totally changed. She was still an inch away but everything about her told me just to be still and do not touch!
About 10 minutes passed before she said –ok, you can touch me again. So I did and she purred.
-But KitKit, extroverts don’t seem to get subtleties like that, they seem to think the world is all about them.
-That’s not your problem. Snooze.
And then we just stayed like that, until my leg got numb about half’n’hour later. Companionable silence, very intimate. Me observing everything about her, counting her whiskers, adoring the pretty paws…..
21 September, 2012.
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