Originally posted by wolf_Q
...She was all stretched out, purring, and seemed to be the happiest cat in the world. Then she got this possessed look in her eye, ...
My parent's late cat, Oliver, had an extraordinary thin line between 'I'm delighted with this attention' and 'I've had enough attention now; you've gone TOO far'. He said it with his claws, usually. He was a gray tabby, which blows this analogy though. [Sorry to go off topic here, your story made me reminisce... He was a great cat, otherwise. Olivia is named in his honor. ]