Fun topic...fun to read your stories!
Got my oldest...Kitto..from a shelter (where I think we all ought to get our kittas) where she stuck her paws out and lured me to her cage. She was all about purring and loving and wooing me that day! She turned out to be very independent, but loves me dearly. The next one came when I told my mom that she had to get a cat when we got a house together (long story) and she has always loved persians soooo...she found a really wonderful breeder and got a darling buff colored pure-bred Persian. He turned out to have THE sweetest personality I have ever come across. The third kitta is also a pure-bred (remember when I said that I think we should all get our cats from shelters?Shame on me). Went to a cat show as my son had never been to one and anyone who loves cats ought to experience the strangeness of cat breeders at least once! Anyway, came across a kitten in a cage who stretched her lovely little paws out at me and insisted she be taken home. It is a major no-no to pet the cats at cat shows and I GOT HER OUT OF HER CAGE!!! Well, several dollars later, she came home to live with me...and now I have 3. I worry I will be an old lady someday with nothing but cat food cans and wime bottles in my trash!