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They Say Cats Don’t Love You. But What If Love Has Always Been Quiet?

*Some links in this post may support our work. See full disclosure at the end.* Real affection doesn’t need approval. It just stays The first time she blinked at me, it felt like a secret being kept in the open. Not a meow. Not a rub. Just a slow, deliberate closing of her eyes. I didn’t know what it meant. But I felt it. Like someone letting their guard down without telling you why. The Myth of Indifference Why do we keep mistaking quiet love for absence? Cats do not perform affection. They do not chase applause. They don’t need you to feel needed. They simply arrive when they choose to, and that arrival is a kind of sacred permission. A cat doesn’t love you to reassure you. It loves you because you earned it. There is something holy in that. We live in a world obsessed with instant validation. Hearts. Likes. Double texts. But cats teach a different kind of connection, one that breathes in silence. One that watches before acting. That observes instead of clinging. Some nights, she jus...