Proven: cats start to resemble their owners

Yesss, here is another little study that I, as a crazy cat lady, can completely relate to. It's a bit of a shame that I wasn't one of the lucky ones they conducted this research on, but I'll forgive them for that. It was done in America anyway, so that's not exactly around the corner. But they did come to a very nice conclusion. Cats are often labeled as arrogant, uninterested and not affectionate. Well, if you have such a cat, it could very well be that it's all your fault. Sorry.

Because the four American scientists who set up this research concluded that cats often adopt the behavior and traits of their owner. Are you an extroverted type? Then there's a good chance your cat loves to go outside. Are you slightly — or very — neurotic and a bit a control freak? Aiii, then you probably have a cat with behavioral problems.

The scientists examined five dominant traits of humans: being extroverted, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. And they tested this on their cats AND their owners. Now I do wonder how they tested how agreeable a cat and its owner are, but okay, I trust that it will be accurate. Because I am, if I may say so myself, very agreeable and so is my cat. Water-tight argument AND proof.

By the way, they also concluded that the relationship between owner and cat is somewhat comparable to a parent-child relationship. So yes, it is very normal to see your cat as a family member. It is also a bit your baby. But that also means that they adopt your most dominant traits, and those are not always entirely positive.

Those American scientists did admit that much more research needs to be done to reach definitive conclusions. So don't worry if you're an incredibly nice person and your cat is hell on earth. Or the other way around, that can also be true. This theory doesn't always hold. It does for me. I'm going to cuddle with my cat .