Twitter Users Explain The Two Distinct Kinds Of 'Absence Of Cat': Funny And Relatable Cat Ownership Moments

There are some parenting moments that only cat owners understand. And yes, yes, 'don't compare owning cats to having babies', we hear you. But you don't understand! Some moments in the lives of a cat owner truly do make us feel like we're their parents in some capacity. We're attuned to them in ways that we're sure only parents are attuned to their children, and we react appropriately. For example, the first thing cat owners do when they hear a scary noise in the middle of the night is call our cats, not think that there's a robber. And if cat owners are having electronic problems, we check if the cat is not sitting on the wireless keyboard and messing things up for us. And when we suddenly don't see our cats in our direct line of vision, we know - instinctively and instantaneously - if everything's fine or if something is wrong. Or, as this twitter user put it: "absence of cat (chill)" and "absence of cat (suspicious)".