Originally posted by aguu
Well -Sophie is your cat and so you ultimately you should decide how she gets handled. Guys are rougher by nature and play harder so I can understand why you were upset.
But I wouldn't worry about it too much - it seems that Sophie didn't really mind!
If you watch cats (who are siblings or friends) play, they get ROUGH with each other at times but rarely hurt each other. They just get their aggresion out and move on!!
I play rough sometimes with Mishka on purpose - he loves it (he pretends to get really mad at me but never a bite or a scratch) and then sleeps through the night without jumping on my head...
I agree......if Sophie really didn't like the rough play, she would have gotten away from it. Although its not good to subject her to it all the time.

My FIL always played really rough with Willie (RB) and I kept warning him that Willie didn't like men (long story), but every time he came over, he would get under the dining room table and play with him. Usually Willie would tollerate him for a while, then when he had enough he would reach out and bite him. My FIL knew when enough was enough.

To me rough play is ok, once in a while......just don't make a habit out of it.