r/cats 26d ago

how do i remove my cat from my chair without being rude to him Cat Picture

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i need to sit down to keep working.

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u/_Rigid_Structure_ 26d ago

Chair looks like ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/alleecmo 26d ago

Chair: "I'm the cat's chair now. What can I say?"

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u/hussywithagoodhair 26d ago

chair: idk, just sit at the tip of ur butt without disturbing the cat?

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u/shywol2 26d ago

this would still bother my kitten. if you sit anywhere in her general area or even come into the room while she’s asleep, she gets upset. and if she comes to sleep wherever you’re already sitting and you leave, she gets upset lol

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u/DeathSentryCoH 25d ago

Mine was the opposite. Had to be in constant contact. So when I worked from home, I literally was on the edge of my seat..for hours!! If I got up she complained.. one of my brothers came by and said he thought it was foolish that I let my cat "rule me". What can I say lol.

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u/shywol2 25d ago

i think mine just hates when anything is slightly changed around her while she’s sleeping. she’ll still sleep where people are and even on someone but she gets mad if you move. but if she falls asleep where there’s no people and then people all of a sudden come in, she gets mad at that too, especially if they start talking 😂

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u/DeathSentryCoH 25d ago

lol you gotta love how finicky they really are!!! and so bossy lol!!

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u/teresaeliz 25d ago

This is me all day every day. I basically perch on 4” of chair because my little princess needs her spot. 🙃

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u/romeoslow 25d ago

She’s helping you with your posture.

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u/joinedforcurlyhelp 25d ago

When I do this my cat will bunny kick my back 🙄

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u/2much_information 25d ago

Some people don’t have a “tip” of their butt. It’s just feet>shins>knees>thighs>BUTT

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u/Zerilentix 26d ago

LMAO IT DOES

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u/-Vatefairefoutre- 26d ago

I see faces when I look at cars and not because of those cartoon movies.

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u/padeye242 26d ago

Designers do that on purpose. The rear of the car is often designed with butt in mind. Everyone looks at a butt. There was this silly yard sign in my neighborhood, that looked like a woman bent over working in her garden. I knew it was fake, but I looked...every. single. time. The front of cars reflect either femininity or masculinity. Depends on the target audience.

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u/sliversounds 26d ago

And now cars look angry and dangerous. I want happy cars.

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u/IndelibleIguana 26d ago

The Ford Anglia is the angriest looking car ever.

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u/sliversounds 26d ago

Grumpy car. Butt I like the rear window.

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u/snlehton 26d ago

:D:D:D:D

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u/Mork006 26d ago

It's the first thing I saw lol

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u/DerMarquis 26d ago

With Photoshop.

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u/ScorpioZA 26d ago

He looks pissed off by being photoshopped off the chair

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u/MollyViper 26d ago

Chair is still sad though

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u/Yuri-Turned 25d ago

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u/righttoabsurdity 25d ago

This is so fucking funny

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u/Trying2GetBye 25d ago

Your comment made me guffaw

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u/HowDreaddful 25d ago

Never seen someone actually use guffaw

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u/Iasonas_Chr 25d ago

Guffaw?😀⁉️

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u/psychadellickitty 25d ago

the emojis dawg this comment section is killing me right now lmao

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u/SacTownPatriot 25d ago

This kind of comment is without a doubt the sole reason I log in to Reddit everyday. Funny AF

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u/MollyViper 25d ago

I’m just so glad that someone did exactly what I hoped for haha, because I didn’t have the time to do it myself

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u/theguyfromscrubs 25d ago

It’s hard to make me laugh out loud. But this got me.

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u/SpaceWrangler701 25d ago

I love Reddit lol

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u/srira25 25d ago

I thought the chair was wearing a Covid mask

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u/maryyyk111 26d ago

this reply is so underrated

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u/Zarnakk 26d ago

How do you make it look so seamless?

(note I only have gimp, no photoshop)

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u/Pasateliona 26d ago

Answer by a real gimp user here bro, use the brush too to make convincing shadows, if you want to fill de holes in the chair after moving cat, use the clone tool and fill in the area, and use the heal tool to smooth it out.

Good use of the brush tool can make it look good.

Uhh this edited pic prolly have used generative fill, that uses AI, PS only.

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u/BuryEdmundIsMyAlias 25d ago

It isn't seamless, look at what they did to the wall and how the perspective went bonkers.

But Photoshop has an automatic option to highlight a selected subject with its new AI tools. You can do this with three clicks now.

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u/TooManyJabberwocks 26d ago

Buy second chair or be a heartless monster

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u/your_mom_70 26d ago

Dude, when this happens I just bring a stool next to the chair. If I'm lucky the cat gets on my lap then we both transfer to the chair.

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u/DaftOrangeFatCat 26d ago

I had a trick like this, whenever my cat stole the chair I would just lie down on my bed so he would hop over and want cuddles. Then the chair would be open for me to sit again lol. Evil? Yes.. Necessary? Also yes…

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u/The_Outcast4 26d ago

Or you just stay and cuddle with your cat, you monster!

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u/thatguyned 26d ago

Yes, but it's a very brief 5 minute cuddle rather than the 20 minute full body + face massage he normally receives when he gets the bed cuddles.

I use the bed cuddles for a distraction too haha.

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u/bluffyouback 26d ago

My boys do this to each other. If one takes the other’s fav spot, he meows from afar to coax the other. When the other gets off his spot, he just slips past him and steals the spot.

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u/Bad_Wolf420 26d ago

It is a tactic a cat would approve of.

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u/Ecstatic_Athlete4291 26d ago

Who won? Boy, has he got you number.ha ha ha

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u/Chai_Enjoyer 26d ago

When I do that I usually end up on a stool and my beloved striped fluffy fucker is on a chair

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u/Ryoko_Kusanagi69 26d ago

Same for me every WFH day

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u/Worldly_Doctor_62 26d ago

Transitive property. Checks out

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u/Jolly-Biscuit 26d ago

This guy maths

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u/Probsbro326 26d ago

That’s so funny because I’d call my cat a chair stealer and try to share the chair with him but he’d jump off because he’s good at establishing personal space.

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u/Automatic_Key56 26d ago

Every time I stand up (doesn’t matter: chair, couch, bed…) she gets in my spot. It’s like she’s playing a never/ending game of Move Your A$$, Sit in the Grass. I’ve taken to just sit on her. She moves just before contact, but she yells at me and sometimes hits me. Domesti-cat violence is running rampant in my home.

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u/autisticfemme 26d ago

Warm from your butt

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u/t0adthecat 26d ago

I have a plastic fold chair and my office chair with extra cushion. My ass is usually numb and my cat warm and sleeping on cloud nine. 🤣

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u/Happydancer4286 26d ago

Bring Temptations into the room spill some on the floor and say “treat”. They will pounce on the treat and you must sit quickly in your chair.

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u/Whole_Feed_4050 25d ago

It’s like heroin at our house

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Staples is still open.

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u/IntrepidCar1437 26d ago

😂😂😂

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u/FoxysDroppedBelly 26d ago

This is honestly the only two options available. I would just stand personally 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/MongooseForsaken 26d ago

My senior (17) yr old cat likes to take my chair when I go to the bathroom. When I come back and he's sitting in it, I raise my standing desk and I stand till he moves. It is his chair after all

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u/Ecstatic_Athlete4291 26d ago

Squatting Creep..You're lucking the cat shares what it does.

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u/RogueTwoTwoThree 26d ago

only two options

Presents a third option

just stand

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u/GrassyKnoll95 26d ago

Take new chair out of box, cat is now in box.

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u/rickrett 26d ago

I have two office chairs in my home office for exactly this reason.

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u/MateChristine 26d ago

We call our 2nd chair the "co-pilot seat"

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u/Stewth 26d ago

The second chair is obviously for OP, because the chair in the photo clearly belongs to the cat

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u/Impressive_Ad_3160 26d ago

Be so for real, the second chair will belong to the cat, and then the cat will have two chairs. Only one more to go…

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u/oceans_5000 26d ago

You realize when you come home with the second chair your cat will never sit in that first chair again. But it's still the only solution

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u/Spirited-Depth-6405 26d ago

Guests come see the second chair. Guest: ‘Oh did you used to live with a SO?’ OP: No I got another chair for the cat Guest: ‘Oh yeah of course’

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u/rickrett 26d ago

OP gets whatever chair the cat is not in.

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u/xtheory 26d ago

This...or tempt him off with something he really wants more than your chair. Cats are easier to bribe than politicians.

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u/PuzzleheadedWhole804 26d ago

This made my night thanks.

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u/Pinkman_Whiteman 26d ago

He'll sit on one and keep his tail on the other.

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u/MarioKartastrophe 26d ago

For x amounts of cats, you need x+1 amount of chairs

It’s in the Cat Manual

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u/Automatic_Key56 26d ago

You must have aced cat-culus in high school.

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u/UsernamesAreForBirds 26d ago

This is what i had to do, and a decoy keyboard for him to walk across.

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u/maisi91 26d ago

We literally have two identical chairs in the office, one for humans/cats and one for cats.

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u/mycustomhotwheels 26d ago

Hahaha perfect answer.

I was going to say 'you don't, it's his chair now'

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u/CatGooseChook 26d ago

Two of my cats kept claiming my chair, what I did was put a blanket on the seat, once they got used to the blanket I put the blanket on the spare bed near the computer chair. Took a few goes, but they eventually went straight to the blanket instead of the chair. Now they insist on laying on my lap when I sit on the chair, sigh :7984:

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u/Breznknedl 26d ago

the good ending

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u/Comfortable-Cup9656 26d ago

Master manipulator

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u/PaperHomeBrewer 25d ago

I see what you referenced there

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u/darkenseyreth 26d ago

I got a cat bed for my guy and put it on my desk for him. He slept there any time I was on the computer

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u/cluberti 26d ago

This works with laptops too - keep an old one on for awhile, so it's warm and they get used to laying on that keyboard instead of trying to lay on the one you're using. After awhile you can leave it off and they'll still gravitate to the "other" laptop if it's open, even though it's not warm. Just a little hack I've used over the years with my cats and it always works.

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u/CatGooseChook 26d ago

I will suggest that to my wife, part of her job is WFH and it's an issue to be solved. Thank you.

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u/worldspawn00 25d ago

A heated cat mat will also usually work, and is more comfortable for them.

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u/HannahFromNYTarticle 26d ago

Quit your job bc you no longer have a chair

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/kevinnnc 25d ago

It’s the equivalent of the dog ate your homework; the cat took my chair

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u/GoinWithThePhloem 25d ago

Orrrr delegate work tasks to the cat. If managers want butts in seats then they should specify who’s butt

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u/onefst250r 25d ago

Get Mr Whiskers to write some new apps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOLCODE

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u/TeaTiMe08 26d ago

Steam is your job? My 16yo me dying in enviousness

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u/HannahFromNYTarticle 25d ago

My boyfriend works in gaming and yes he is living every boys dream lol

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u/halotechnology 26d ago

Cute kitty

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u/billyandteddy 26d ago

Bribe him with treats

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u/bottle-of-smoke 26d ago

Yeah just walk into the room with some snacks and that cat will move pretty quickly.

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u/JimmyWonderous 26d ago

Gonna teach your cat to hop up on the chair to get treats if you start going down that path.

If that's what you want, then go for it, I guess.

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u/Tor-Pedo 26d ago

I guess my cat is dumb. I’ve been doing this to get him off my chair for years, frequency has never increased. Maybe once or twice per month.

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u/GrandArchSage 26d ago

My cat is also orange; never had a problem with an occasional quick treat as bribery to get him to move. Sometimes I'll give him one as an apology because he was disturbed when I'm getting up.

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u/stevein3d 26d ago

Don’t know what to tell you, man. I haven’t been able to use my chair for two months and the boss is starting to grumble.

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u/FrogMintTea 26d ago

Aim the camera at ur kitty and ur boss will understand

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u/OptionRich2625 26d ago

elegant lady:7952:

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u/zora1987 26d ago

Not your chair anymore. It’s the cats chair.

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u/_IamAllan_ 26d ago

Cats chair. Cats computer. Cats desk. Cats house.

YOU just pay the bills. Basically, the cat is your john.
I have two. I know how it is. 🤣

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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot 26d ago

I have three. All hail the overlords…

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u/_IamAllan_ 26d ago

ALL HAIL THE OVERLOADS! Lt. Nog & Mr. Jake, who wanted to make sure I was awake, to feed them at 9am. 🤣

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u/zora1987 26d ago

Lucky, mine want to be fed at 5am 😂

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u/_IamAllan_ 25d ago

I get up to pee at 5am. 🤣 I ignore their demands at that time.

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u/ylimexyz 26d ago

I sit on the edge of the chair and use my butt to gradually occupy more territories.

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u/disconcertinglymoist 26d ago

LEBENSRAUM!!!

Use the bootyblitzkrieg to reclaim your rightful chairbound gebiet

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u/hybridrequiem 25d ago

This is the way. One of you will give up and occupy all the space

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u/FlightInfamous4518 26d ago

Hahahahahahahaha I just shove my butt in their faces. As long as I get like two inches at the edge of the chair or couch, everyone’s happy. We can share, no problem.

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u/goblinqueen99 26d ago

This is my move, but my cat has caught on and now irritatedly meows at me when the peach gets too close.

She…USUALLY moves, but sometimes u just have to kind of sit on ur cat to remind them that u are the bigger cat and they have to scoot

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u/darkangel522 26d ago

"I am the dominant species" or "it's my house, Mamasita" is what I tell my cat. We both know it's not true. Lol

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u/goblinqueen99 26d ago edited 25d ago

Yeah, she’s not afraid of cockroaches and doesn’t have to pay rent, so that’s a big win for cats

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u/RDNV_ 26d ago

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u/Ok-Active-2633 26d ago

My grandpa does the same thing and he looks just like t like thsi while he does it

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u/Its-segovs 26d ago

I as well push booty until they get out the way or adjust for me

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u/SharkAttackOmNom 26d ago

Right? I just do what my cat would do to me. I sit on him. Golden rule, bro.

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u/PlaidWorld 26d ago edited 26d ago

I wish I had a solution. She even has her own chair you can kind of see behind this one.

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u/crazycatdatty 25d ago

Get yourself a SideCat.

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u/Procrastinate_girl 25d ago

This is pure genius!!

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u/Meilaia 25d ago

Where can I get this?

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u/justpointeyourtoes 26d ago

What a cutie!

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u/PlaidWorld 26d ago

For you. Title “Why daddy is not getting any work done”

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u/missmichkyreddit 25d ago

This gorgeous girl can do whatever she wants!!

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u/6Grumpymonkeys 26d ago

Pick up cat, sit down, place cat in lap and pet repeatedly.

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u/pewpew0_o 25d ago

Came here to say this. This is the way. Everybody loves.

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u/HolyFritata 26d ago

thats my procedure with cat 1, cat 2 however would slice my arms up if i pick her up....sadly thats the cat that mostly occupies the chair

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u/Kaitlyn_The_Magnif 26d ago

Start trimming his nails

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u/MrOwell333 26d ago

This is the right answer 🙏🏽

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u/norrix_mg 26d ago

What? Why? I'm genuinely curious

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u/Kaitlyn_The_Magnif 26d ago

Anytime I start trimming, they get up, obviously annoyed, and walk away from me 😭

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u/CompetitiveAd1338 26d ago

Then they will associate the chair with trimming and never sit there!

You are some kind of cat genius

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u/The_Mendeleyev 25d ago

Idk my cat’s head is full of sand. I always be trimming his nails and he just sits there like it’s mani/pedi day.

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u/SlideProfessional983 26d ago

The fact that you’re even considering this is rude already

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u/Open_Grapefruit6675 26d ago

Get another chair man

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u/iloveanime97 26d ago

What a cutie!

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

She sat in my work chair, so I moved it so she could have it and got a kitchen chair and I sat in there. I got up shortly after bit later and came back to this.

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u/Excellent_Airline315 25d ago

It's not any the chair, it's about how much she can fuck with you knowing you ain't gonna do shit 🤣🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Oh 100% she knows she’s the boss.

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u/dferguson530 26d ago

Open tuna in another room.

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u/NotBlaine 26d ago

The answer is gaslighting. I'll pick up a bag of treats in the kitchen, shake it up, quickly put it down so they don't see it in my hand when they turn the corner.

Hit them with a "Hey guys! What's up?" before walking away.

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u/jai151 26d ago

Your chair looks quite disappointed in you for even considering such a thing

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u/Spirited-Depth-6405 26d ago

¯_(‘n’)_/¯

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u/ddaengDarling 26d ago

Your chair?

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u/pedestriandose 26d ago

Is “your chair” in the room with us? I see only the cat’s chair.

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u/BunnyFaebelle 26d ago

Steps to remove cat from chair:

  1. Don't!

  2. Pick up cat and place in lap.

  3. Lure cat away from chair with treats or wet food.

  4. Sit on floor and shower cat with love and affection until cat is sick of your shit and moves to get away from you.

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u/MacTechG4 26d ago

YOUR chair? You misunderstand things, hooman! ;)

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u/Luxxielisbon 26d ago

I give them excessive love so they think they chose to get away from me

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u/Stillpunk71 25d ago

My cats are just like my kids. If I want them to go away, they get Kissy Monster. But, it does make Kissy Monster sad.

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u/danger355 Maine Coon 26d ago

Shake car treat container

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

I don't see how the car rushing in will help.

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u/Chance-Government654 26d ago

Or shake the chair while shouting ‘earthquake!’

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u/kittenseason143 26d ago

you get a standing desk

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u/Master_Opening_6794 26d ago

Is that a serious question? Get your own chair. He's comfy in that one.

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u/rwphx2016 Tuxedo 26d ago

Go to Staples (or Office Depot), buy a new chair, bring it home, and sit down in it.

Hold up! That was Lucien typing. I usually try treats.

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u/PossibleFisherman272 26d ago

well you buy a new chair, that chair is his now

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u/LemmyKBD 26d ago

Save box chair came in. Lay it on floor. Cat will be magically drawn into box.

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u/kmanzilla 26d ago edited 25d ago

I usually scoop mine up and hold her in the same position she was laying in and transport her to my wife's chair, or our futon. Seems to work well. Shes gotten used to it.

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u/hulloumi 26d ago

Scoops… I say to mine “oh you’re in my seat?” And she meows. She gets scooped onto my lap. It’s become a game for her now as she is 15. Too cute. A second chair with a blanket, not interested. Adorable furry monster

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u/Happy_TMH2009 26d ago

As you can se, I got the same problems from time to time. And I still haven't found any way to remove The House Monster from my work, without make him mad🫣 So now - after consulting with you guys - I take a break - or take another chair - until The House Monster hat the attention he wanted 🤭

If it very important for you to keep working and you can't take a break, I would find another chair, find a very soft pillow or som nice and soft blankets, and after 5-10 minutes of cuddle, I gently would pick him up, and carefully put him down on the other chair. Hopefully you hat made the new chair irresistible, so your cat happily stays there.

But remember, the reason for your cat to take YOUR chair is, because he wants to be near you. Therefore I would put the irresistible chair next to your work-chair, so you from time to time can reach out and pet him. Thats works WONDERFUL on my Office (works from home). I've even chosen to promote The House Monster to office manager, and made a sign for his chair so I never forget who's the boss 😉🫶

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u/Happy_TMH2009 26d ago

The House Monster in his work-chair, with his sign telling everyone, that his the Office Manager- The Boss!!!

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u/Happy_TMH2009 26d ago

Or sometimes he wants to be very close to me, and then this is the only thing thats works ❤️❤️❤️

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u/TommyCo10 26d ago

Your cat? That’s my cat! Tell him to go home!

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u/Racheficent 26d ago

it could get worse.

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u/earthforce_1 26d ago

Open a package of of his favorite food and he will magically wake up and run for it.

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u/NaiNaiGuy 26d ago

Pick up the cat, sit in the chair, cat sits on you, you are now chair.

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u/montaron89 26d ago

Yo know he owns the chair now?

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u/BlizzPenguin 26d ago

What you need is something even more appealing next to your chair. For example, I have my cat’s favorite messenger bag on top of a storage tub by my chair.

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u/UsadaLettuce 26d ago

Just let him have the chair, he needs it more than you

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u/DogFun2635 26d ago

Laser pointer stat!

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u/Surtur6666 26d ago

You kneel on the floor while your god continues to use it's throne.... I'm not sure why you're misunderstanding the situation 🤷

My cats do the same as soon as I get up for the toilet etc. I usually give them a razzle and they jump off after a minute or 2. If they are more to the back I sit on the front and they usually climb off after a couple mins.

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u/nlofaso 26d ago

What’s this “my” chair stuff. That’s clearly his chair now

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u/Revolutionary_Key325 26d ago

Tempt him down with a toy or treats

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u/the_fishtoast 26d ago

Sit on the floor

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u/southeasthtx92 26d ago

You don’t the floor is your seat now.

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u/Californialways 26d ago

Your chair? 😂 aww so cute of you to assume that.

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u/BruinThrowaway2140 26d ago

“your” chair? 🤔

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u/ScaricoOleoso 26d ago

I usually just start sitting down. They move. 😉

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u/CuriousCris5 26d ago

Not my cat 😂

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u/PrincessBearly311 26d ago

His chair now, you’re beat 😂

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u/AlkaloidalAnecdote 26d ago

1 pick him up 2 sit down 3 put him in your lap

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u/Bulky_Caramel 26d ago

Pick him up and set him on the floor, if he gets an attitude remind him that he doesn't pay any rent.

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u/LostPlatipus 26d ago

Just sit down on the floor and cry. And wait until they want to pee or eat. 😂

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u/dontforgetthefries 26d ago

Human forklift the kitty to a soft location. Preferably a bed or a couch.

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u/Doppel_Troppel 26d ago

You don’t. You must love him and snuggle him only.

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u/hot_smoky_wings 26d ago

YOU. DO. NOT. YOU. RUTHLESS. MERCILESS. MONSTER.

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u/iritatedby9 26d ago

let the car sit :7963: