Has this been your experience?

[RICHARD]

So typical of men - must be pampered and always the center of attention! Guess it applies to cats too...

What a sexist RANT.

LOL, the Edster is a wuss too!

[dehlers43]

PCP (Princess Chelsea Pearl, or Chels as the Catmobile Crew calls her) is a lapcat on her terms.....of course! She doesn't really like laying on my lap - she wants me to sort of put my legs in a "circle" so she can lie between them directly on the seat of the recliner.
Franklin isn't a lapcat but he does want to lie either on me or pressed against my legs while I'm supposed to be sleeping. And woe to me if I should want to turn over or otherwise disturb his slumber......LOL
My Abby Charles (RB) loved to be held but wasn't interested in laps until his was almost 11 years old. All of a sudden, one day he just jumped up and a lapcat was born!

[phesina]

I think you've got something there, Mary. I'd never made that particular connection before.

Elmer and Bob and Sydney are much more for cuddling up to me than the two girls Poppy and Sparkler. One or the other of those two will sometimes settle down on my stomach when I lie down on the bed.