Little Miss Social Butterfly
We had a few friends over for dinner last night - a total of 7 of us, with only one other female present besides me. Normally Peanut hates the doorbell and will run and hide anytime it rings. She is also very wary of men she doesn't know, only coming out when she feels extremely comfortable.
Our first guest has been here before many times, knows not to ring the doorbell and has two cats of his own, so she didn't even budge when he came in (she was sleeping on the back of the couch) - so far so good.
Our next guest is a friend of Terry's that I've only met one other time myself. He did ring the doorbell, but evidently Peanut was too deep into relaxing that she didn't bother to run. She did sit up and pay attention, though, when she heard a strange male voice. Turns out he's a cat lover himself, so he goes over to her talking softly and she actually let him pet her - within two minutes of walking in the door! :eek: This was the first surprise of the evening.
The last 3 guests came as a group, a friend, his new girlfriend and his 15 year old son. By this time Peanut was upstairs with all of us, being sociable :eek: and they rang the doorbell. She did run and hide this time, but only as far as behind the chair in the living room, and she had peeked out from behind the chair by the time I got the coats hung up.
We all go upstairs to socialize a little before dinner, and who comes sashaying (sp?) by? Yep, our new Little Miss Social Butterfly! She has never been this sociable with this many people in attendance and Terry and I were flabbergasted.
So we all sit down to dinner, and who makes the rounds, begging from each person in turn as she makes her way around the table? Yep, you got it, out new LMSB. :D She was out and about all evening, and if she felt threatened for whatever reason, she quickly ran to her little house for safety, but only stayed for a short time before coming out again. She was just so sociable that we couldn't believe it! :eek: :cool: :D
Turns out that 6 of the 7 of us have cats and can safely be called cat lovers, so evidently she could sense that and knew she was in no danger. Might have taken 15 1/2 years, but I think my little scaredy cat is coming out of her shell. :D
Oh, and in case you're wondering about Tubby, he has always been a social butterfly and needs to be the center of attention, even though he complains when anyone touches him, so he was out and about and all over everybody right from the start. :D
