despondant meets dependant

Moving into a new home is already an adventure, but this family barely had time to settle in before fate delivered an unexpected housewarming gift. Just a month after moving, a half-grown kitten came sprinting across the street, ran straight to the husband's feet, and purred like she'd known them her whole life. The moment the front door opened, she invited herself in, as if she already lived there.

Since they hadn't planned on taking in another cat, she stayed on the patio at first, complete with a warm bed, heating pad, and litter box. The door was left open so she could leave whenever she wanted, but she didn't budge. Instead, she curled up, stayed put, and waited for her new life to begin. The vet confirmed she wasn't chipped or spayed, so they took care of it all and prepared to foster her… at least until after the holidays.

Then New Year's Day arrived, and with one look, her family knew fostering wasn't an option anymore. Phoebe wasn't just visiting. She was home. And with that, she became their beloved, fifth kitty.

Feeling hungry? So is your little kitty. You better go feed him before he spirals into a panicked kitten frenzy due to hunger pains. When you're at your desk waiting for all your coworkers to be ready to collectively order from that mid level restaurant you may need something to keep your own hunger pains down for the time being – that means cat memes. Lunch breaks are that little relief in the day where you can unwind, stretch your legs, talk incessantly about your pet cat, and share a communal meal with your coworkers. Why not share a communal meme scroll? 

Think of this micro-menu as a buffet of chaos and cuteness. A tapas platter of toe beans and tiny bleps. A Michelin-starred tasting course of pure kitty absurdity. Some say "laughter is the best medicine," but actually, it's cat memes—especially the ones where cats look like they haven't had a single coherent thought since 2016. So before you order that mediocre food to eat alongside your coworkers who you barely like, enjoy these cat memes that are more tasty than the food you're about to eat. You deserve a lunch break that's actually relaxing—not one interrupted by Slack pings or your boss asking "quick question?" (there is no such thing). So grab your fork, grab your phone, and feast your eyes on 24 delectable bites of kitty goodness.

There are so many ways to adopt a cat, and the Cat Distribution System knows them all. Some cats appear when the human needs them the most, and some humans arrive just in time to save a cat. Some adoptions happen overnight, and some take weeks of cat coercion to get that feline friend to become a feline family member. Each adoption is different from the next, but they're all the meowgical work of the mysterious CDS.

But you know what cat adoption stories we love reading about the most? The ones where the cat decides "I'm adopted. I live here now". And honestly, that's the most cat thing a cat can do. They decide something - so it must be the truth, set in stone. And seeing cats just being cats makes our hearts giggle. Especially if we're talking about a cat who decided on their new home, and this home accepts them with open arms. Even if it takes a few meows of convincing.

But worry not, fellow feline fanatic fans, because this cat we talk about is getting all the love, affection, and treats he desires. The Cat Distribution System didn't just send him - he practically acted as a cat agent of the CDS all by himself. Such an independent, tenacious, floofy, sweet boy. We hope he lives his happily ever after.

Of all the people in the world, we should trust vets the most. They study for the same amount of time as doctors, yet make significantly less money, and deal with patients who can't tell them what's wrong. Every vet we've ever met shows up every day because they really love animals. However, that unfortunately doesn't mean that every vet is good at their job. There will always be people who are less careful than others, and we, the pet pawrents, are the ones who pay the price for it.

The pawrent below took her newly adopted kitten in for a routine spay appointment. They even had a 1.5-hour meeting with the vet beforehand, who signed "her" up for this standard procedure. Well, when the momma came back, she got news she certainly never expected. It turns out her "she" was a "he", and they only found that out after they started the spay process and didn't find what they were looking for! The vet didn't even bother to check if she was a boy or a girl, and caused the cat to have to go through two surgeries instead of one easy one. 

She decided not to sue them (they're lucky, we would not have been so kind), but she did leave some scathing reviews about her honest expurrience, and we hope that they learned a very impurrtant lesson for the future: having a vet you trust is worth more than gold.

Rescuing a cat from the street always comes with a certain risk for a couple extra… surprises. Kittens. We're talking about kittens. You never know if the pretty female cat who adopted you might have a couple of them baking in her belly. Of course, that comes with a whole list of consequences, for you and for the momma, but it does happen. And when the pregnant stray cat you rescued finally has her babies, you deal with that miracle the best way that you know how. If she is actually pregnant. 

Some stray cats are just chonky though. As unlikely as it might be for a stray cat who is living off of whatever it can find out there in the big world, some of them still manage to chonk-up. So, if you adopt a cat like that, their size might fool you. It should not fool your vet though. So the fact that this vet thought that not only was this cat a female but that she was a pregnant one when 'she' was, in fact, a 'he' is a unique way to start an adoption. 

As the temperature drops and the grocery-store turkeys start giving you the side-eye, there's really only one reliable source of comfort. Cats.

Cats do not care about the weather, your travel plans, or whether you bought the wrong kind of cranberry sauce. They care about naps, snacks, and asserting dominance over every soft surface in your home. Honestly, relatable.

With Thanksgiving creeping closer, the annual circus has officially begun. You're mentally preparing for the long drive, the well-meaning but exhausting relatives, and the inevitable moment when someone asks what you do for work again. Meanwhile, your cat is preparing too, but mostly by finding new ways to sit directly on the sweater you need to pack.

It is a known fact that stray cats live shorter lives than housecats. The dangers are greater, the food is more scarce, weather conditions are much more apparent when you don't have a warm blanket to hide under once it gets cold. Not many cats live to senior age on the streets. But some do. Of course, their chances of survival lower once they are older and a little slower, so it is up to us to help them. If you see a stray senior cat on the street, try to help if you can. 

That is what the people in this video did. They saw this beautiful stray cat, who has somehow lived more than ten years on its own in the wild, and they knew that a kitty like that, who has been fighting for so, so long, deserved a proper retirement. It wasn't easy to catch this senior stray cat, despite its age, because of just how careful he was. But they managed. And he is now living his best life under all the warm blankets that he could pawssibly want. 

"Looks like you got a case of the Mondays," can be as daunting to hear as waking up Monday morning in and of itself. Mondays have a bad rep, but you know what could help that sad stereotype of the first working day of the week? Cat memes. Cat memes can lift you up like nothing else. Their precious, purrfect, pawdorable cuteness and silliness can make you feel as if you're not even at work anymore, like you've transcended to a different dimension. A dimension of fun, furry feline friends. 

Imagine starting your Monday with a tiny orange loaf staring at your screen resembling a real loaf or bread, or a black cat doing spells and casting them on you when you're asleep. How about a tuxedo cat being dapper and fancy, just for you. Each meme is a tiny slice of feline joy, a microburst of happiness, a reminder that no matter how rough your week starts, there is fluff, and there is love, and yes… there is cat.

So, whether you're sipping your first cup of coffee, powering through emails, or silently contemplating the existential crisis of life itself, these 31 purrfect kitty memes are here to remind you that Mondays aren't just bearable—they're pawsible to enjoy.