I Met My Cat Speed Dating

Sometimes you have to put yourself out there - take a risk and let others examine and judge you - if you want to make friendships and foster relationships. This holds true for any creature you may potentially share a bathroom with – man, woman, cat, dog, ferret, lamb (I lived in the country, okay). We mere humans think that we hold all the cards when it comes to selecting a faithful best friend or a cuddly feline but let’s get real. That's what they want us to think. They hold all the cards when it comes to their adoption fate. And they know what they like and don't like.

This is the truest with cats, a beautiful and complex animal that is instinctively predisposed to consider itself superior to us all even if it is locked in a 1’x3’ wire cage next to other compatriots with names like Mo, Jimbo, Bart and Freeway. They still expect a potential servant to bow.

So when Ben and I walked into Kitty Speed Dating at the Oregon Humane Society on Tuesday, we walked up slowly and smiled kindly to all the cats as they were introduced to us by their "staff" and attempted to make a connection with one that may wish to choose us as their companion.

It took us forever.

Three hours and 25 intimate kitty sessions later, we finally came across the cat that was willing to take us on.

Meet Remy!