What Being a Cat Lady Really Means

It’s no secret that I don’t care for the term “crazy cat lady.” Itdiminishes those of us who love cats for the unique and wonderful creatures that they are by assigning a label that usually has a somewhat derogatory connotation, even if it’s used with humorous self-deprecation.

I recently wrote an article for Answers.com about what it really means to be a cat lady – and there’s nothing crazy about any of it. I suspect that I hit a nerve with my article, because it was more widely shared than a...