TIFU by accidentally teaching my boyfriend’s cat that love means shoving her foot in your mouth

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My boyfriend has this little chaos goblin of a cat named Magoo. She’s a lovable menace with strong “I do what I want” energy. Earlier today, she stretched her paw out toward me in that casual “I own you” way cats do.

And in a moment of pure intrusive thought energy, I jokingly put her paw in my mouth. Not in a gross way no biting, no licking, just a harmless nom Intrusive thoughts won, as usual.

Yes, I KNOW it’s gross. I fully recognize this cat walks in a litter box. But this was not a logical decision it was a dumb, impulsive moment. No thoughts,

Anyway, she immediately pulled her paw back like, “ew wtf, human.” Fair. I assumed that was the end of our weird little exchange.

Nope.Not even five seconds later, she reaches out her other paw but this time, she looks weirdly intentional about it. I laugh, open my mouth again because clearly I’ve learned nothing, and she straight up willingly shoves her whole foot down my throat like she’s trying to check my tonsils . I gag. She looks smug. I realize I’ve made a huge mistake.

Here’s the thing I don’t think she understands why I put her foot in my mouth in the first place. I think she just decided, “Oh, this is how we show affection now. This is our thing.”
Like some kind of ceremonial bonding ritual.

And now she keeps trying to do it again. Every time I lie down, or yawn, or open my mouth too wide, she’s there. Ready. Watching. Toe beans at full extension.

This cat thinks she unlocked the secret to bonding with humans, and unfortunately that secret is gagging us with her foot.

The truly cursed part? I’m kind of mildly excited to see her try it on my boyfriend. He has no idea.

I can already picture it he yawns innocently, and suddenly he’s choking on a fuzzy toe bean surprise. I’ve seen the look in her eye. She’s just waiting for the right moment.

TL;DR I jokingly put my boyfriend’s cat’s paw in my mouth. She misunderstood and now believes sticking her foot in our mouths is a bonding ritual. I know it’s gross, I didn’t think it through it was just an impulsive intrusive thought moment. Boyfriend is next. I am both ashamed and excited.

Comments

  1. HODOR_NATION_ Avatar

    Lmfao I actually do the opposite to my cat. He wont yawn near me anymore.

  2. Kitty_Seriously Avatar

    You definitely have to update us on the forced bean sandwich of love when your boyfriend gets to experience it.

  3. frenchyfrye Avatar

    I accidentally taught an ex boyfriend’s cat to kiss everyone as they came in the front door. The cat liked the smell of the gum I always chewed. There was one of those 70s divider walls at the entrance to the house so the cat would sit there and I’d lean in while he sniffed my gum breath. Then I kind of puckered my lips like a kiss. And then he wanted everyone to let him smell their breath, which ultimately morphed into intentional kissing for entry. In this case it was actually pretty adorable. As will the paw- in-mouth maneuver.

  4. Cryptic1911 Avatar

    have fun with your toxoplasmosis 🤣

  5. squeaky19 Avatar

    Are you sure it’s the cat that is the chaos goblin?

  6. Effective-Evening651 Avatar

    Catface has been planning on eating the humans…….but has grown to love them. Now knows that the humans could eat her. And one of them seemed to “Want” to eat Catface. Catface chooses to boldly volunteer for this ultimate sacrifice to please her beloved humans, who are clearly STARVING!

  7. rckblykitn14 Avatar

    I had a rough day and this was the first thing that truly made me laugh. I hope to see an update post tomorrow when chaos goblin gets paw in dad’s mouth.

  8. cupcakesarelove Avatar

    That’s adorable! Kitties are so silly.

  9. spinsk8tr Avatar

    Girl, bruh, pal, no. Stop it. Get some help.

  10. cpsbstmf Avatar

    my cat is chill but he brushed my face with his candy cane tail and i pretended to bite it, didnt really, he got so mad he tried to claw my face and hissed. now he lets me

  11. New-Vermicelli4749 Avatar

    My cat doesn’t put her paw in my mouth but she does put her paw to my face and lips and gently caress/pet my face. This is her way of letting me know she wants to be petted herself. It is adorable, unless it is in the middle of the night and you are sleeping and she wakes you up several times just so you can pay attention to her. 

  12. shpwrck Avatar

    Your fetishes are odd, human

  13. Stacy3536 Avatar

    Let us know what happens with your bf.

  14. Dunsparces Avatar

    Am I the only one here who’s read this exact story before?

  15. Standard-Potential-6 Avatar

    I’m pretty sure that cats naturally see especially hind feet as weapons, and hanging out with a vulnerable part (face) by their feet can be seen as a display of trust, similar to rolling on your back. So it totally makes sense to me that your cat would get into this as a furtherance of the “I own you” vibes. Thanks for sharing!

  16. DubiousSpaniel Avatar

    You definitely have the toxoplasmosis now! Congratulations.

  17. BenjaminGeiger Avatar

    I kiss my cats on the top of their head. Occasionally Mercy will try to show me affection by headbutting me in the mouth.

  18. StandardMonth2184 Avatar

    By pure accident, my husband taught his cat to do the same. First, he taught her “kiss” which is where she’s supposed to head-bunt his face while he kisses her little forehead. Then, he taught her “shake” where she gives him her paw like a doggy. Then he forgot that she’s a little stupid (affectionate) and he ALSO did the “finger in the mouth when you yawn” bit to her.

    So, obviously, some wires crossed in her little empty head and now when he asks her for a kiss, she’ll think about it very hard and about half the time she’ll just gently bop him in the mouth.

  19. phonomage Avatar
  20. mspolytheist Avatar

    I have done the nom thing with the tip of my cats’ ears, but they don’t love it. That’s one weird cat you’ve got there!

  21. thermight Avatar

    How many times did you have to put your foot in the cats mouth for it to stick?

    Once I taught someones cat that llaying with springy door stops was the best thing ever. Was not invited back.

  22. Responsible_Class_16 Avatar

    So ai generated

    Pure intrusive thought energy

  23. wrightvl Avatar

    I have never before laughed at a Reddit story so hard that I cried! 😂🤣😂

  24. DarqkStar Avatar

    Poopy paws on ya

  25. jrwaters2 Avatar

    This is a beautiful connection

  26. sunflowersunshine13 Avatar

    I did the opposite with my last dog

    I was just being a lil, minor nuisance, and i would put my hand in my puppy’s mouth when he yawned. He grew to think that’s just What You Do when you yawn. For the rest of the time I had him he’d put his mouth on my leg or arm every time he yawned and just sit there for a minute lmao

  27. sunflowersunshine13 Avatar

    I did the opposite with my last dog

    I was just being a lil, minor nuisance, and i would put my hand in my puppy’s mouth when he yawned. He grew to think that’s just What You Do when you yawn. For the rest of the time I had him he’d put his mouth on my leg or arm every time he yawned and just sit there for a minute lmao

  28. sunflowersunshine13 Avatar

    I did the opposite with my last dog

    I was just being a lil, minor nuisance, and i would put my hand in my puppy’s mouth when he yawned. He grew to think that’s just What You Do when you yawn. For the rest of the time I had him he’d put his mouth on my leg or arm every time he yawned and just sit there for a minute lmao

  29. sunflowersunshine13 Avatar

    I did the opposite with my last dog

    I was just being a lil, minor nuisance, and i would put my hand in my puppy’s mouth when he yawned. He grew to think that’s just What You Do when you yawn. For the rest of the time I had him he’d put his mouth on my leg or arm every time he yawned and just sit there for a minute lmao

  30. ValNotThatVal Avatar

    This is hilarious and adorable. I am parking myself right here so I can check back for an update.

  31. Sashtana Avatar

    Rescued a sweet kitty from a grocery store parking lot at the end of June. Dude didn’t know how to cat from what I could tell. He started copying everything my other rescue from last October who pretty much runs the freaking house. Now I have two chaos goblins who tag team biting my feet to get me up before the sun for breakfast. He has become very vocal as we walk down the hall from my bedroom to the kitchen to start our day. They do learn quickly.

  32. hibbletyjibblety Avatar

    This is the best thing I’ve heard in a while

  33. xizzy7 Avatar

    I’m really gonna need an update on this one.

  34. goldenrodvulture Avatar

    I wish I could show this story to my husband but there’s about 75% chance he’d decide to teach our cats to shove their feet in our mouths afterwards

  35. deaniebopper Avatar

    And now if you reject her toe bean sandwich she will think you don’t love her.

  36. Legal-lawbreaker Avatar

    Def need an update to this!

  37. bksi Avatar

    Probably ought to un-teach her. Just smooch her foot or hug her when she sticks her paw out.

    I realize it might be funny to see your BF get blindsided by this behavior but he might get startled and react negatively – like tossing cat or yelling – which might be funny to you but not to the cat (you know a living, breathing, feeling, creature that’s dependent on it’s humans for care and affection).

  38. worldtriggerfanman Avatar

    Imagine that the next time this happen, the person freaks out, the cat freaks out, claws extend, blood every where. Ouch. I hope that never happens.

  39. SociallyAwkwardWolf_ Avatar

    impulsive thought not intrusive

  40. TwoCups0fTea Avatar

    I know someone who got insanely sick from his gf’s cat going to the litter box then immediately sticking his paws in said sleeping guys mouth

  41. ChairHaunting6951 Avatar

    Fuzzy toe bean surprise sent me

  42. TheExodius Avatar

    I need to know if she also tries to do it with your boyfriend. My GF did the same mistake with one of our cats but he seems to think its only a thing with her.