# The life of a cat lady is starting to look appealing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126 "2013-03-05T22:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/21 "2013-03-07T12:30:39Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Let’s not mix our tropes here. The guys in the woods with dogs and guns are all former special ops branch super-men that we occasionally consult to save the world. The Crazy Cat Lady’s male equivalent is Comic Book Geek Guy. I’m thinking hermit more than Rambo. There is a long noble tradition of hermits. Crazy Cat Man is just sad. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/22 "2013-03-07T13:23:53Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m thinking hermit more than Rambo. There is a long noble tradition of hermits. Crazy Cat Man is just sad. Hermits can write lengthy manifestos. That’s a plus. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/23 "2013-03-07T13:28:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Hermits can write lengthy manifestos. That’s a plus. And if you stop bathing you can become a prophet. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/24 "2013-03-07T14:04:34Z")
Fine I’ll get a few dogs. BUT I AM NOT GETTING INTO COMIC BOOKS DAMMIT. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/25 "2013-03-07T14:07:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > And if you stop bathing you can become a prophet. Then you can write your words on the subway walls. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/26 "2013-03-07T14:27:19Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Fine I’ll get a few dogs. BUT I AM NOT GETTING INTO COMIC BOOKS DAMMIT. There are other options. It seems of lot of guys have migrated to video games. A friend says that a buddy of his plays HALO pretty much constantly, almost never leaving the house. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/27 "2013-03-07T14:29:50Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > There are other options. It seems of lot of guys have migrated to video games. A friend says that a buddy of his plays HALO pretty much constantly, almost never leaving the house. Now there you go. That’s a lonely waste of my life that I can do! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/28 "2013-03-07T14:34:37Z")
Thats how I plan to spend my retirement. Until the eyes go. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/29 "2013-03-07T16:26:37Z")
Maybe this is the problem…my aforementioned ex was a hermit who lived on the edge of the woods in a shack with no utilities (calling it “off the grid” would imply more intent than I think went into it) surrounded by literal walls of firewood. It was like a fortress. No dogs, though, and his lack of education would have put the nix on the manifesto. But yeah…he lives like a crazy cat lady, guy addition. Now (several years later) he has a real house, property, etc, zero debt, and guess what–since our breakup he’s moved into his detached garage where he can sleep next to his wood stove. Maybe “just plain crazy” would be a better fit. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/30 "2013-03-07T17:07:06Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > … his lack of education would have put the nix on the manifesto. No one said it had to be a _good_ manifesto. There’s a lot to be said for poorly written screeds. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/31 "2013-03-07T17:10:34Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Let’s not mix our tropes here. The guys in the woods with dogs and guns are all former special ops branch super-men that we occasionally consult to save the world. The Crazy Cat Lady’s male equivalent is Comic Book Geek Guy. Thats me - oh Yes…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/32 "2013-03-07T17:15:50Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > No one said it had to be a _good_ manifesto. There’s a lot to be said for poorly written screeds. So sorta like an Amish Timecube guy? ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126/33 "2013-03-07T17:16:23Z")
47 and still reading Comics and watching Sci Fi. Judge Dredd and Spiderman - Whoo Hoo - Crazy Old Comic Guy… But not a Captain Sweatpants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-a-cat-lady-is-starting-to-look-appealing/652126.md?page=1)