Whereas I and my brothers outgrew the phase of just manhandling each other ten years ago. Apparently she comes from a house of sisters, where this behavior is normal. But Captain, as an introvert and adult woman, I don’t like it when someone who’s not the list of approved “touch me whenever you like” people touches me.Ĭaptain, I’ve told her repeatedly to stop, that I don’t care if there’s cat hair, that I like it just fine, that maybe I want to take my babies with me all day! Her response is “It bothers me” as if that’s a valid excuse for breaching the sacred three foot bubble. Or she’s got a thing about stray hairs that just makes her nuts.
I can only surmise she’s a “motherly” type, who thinks she’s helping. She does it in casual conversation, when other people are present. She does it in class, when I’m sitting beside her.
Awkward conversations with classmate free#
This young lady feels extremely free to reach out and being removing cat hair from my person whenever she’s within arm’s reach. However, for my 22 year old cohort-mate, this is a way of life she can’t abide. I can spend the minuscule bit of energy not devoted to school driving myself nuts about it, or I can just let it go and enjoy the fact my kiddos love me and want to be with me. And before anyone asks, yes I do try to curb the worst of it, but my cats are prodigious shedders.
Because honestly, my entire life (furniture, clothes, cars, to my casebooks) has some cat hair on it.
After being a cat mom for 10 years, I’ve come to terms with it. Meaning that no matter what I wear, I’ve got some visible cat hair on all my outfits. Some background: I’m a law student of a certain age (mid-30s) and a custodian to 2 cats (a black and a gray). I come to you with a question regarding boundaries and the ways to professionally enforce them.
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