I am still laughing over the Macy Day Balloon comment

My old guy, Kitty, does not like to be held at all. As soon as you pick him up he immediately meows plaintively, then stiffens up and tries to push away from you using his front feet. He has always been this way - since he was a stray, I always wondered if he had been mistreated in some way to make him hate it so much. He loves to be near me, but not held by me.

Diane