Eh, thank you and good on ye mate. ;-)
I was sheltered as a child, so naturally, I thought this was real....
Part of me still does.
It's not nonsense and you know it.
I keep the ideal of love alive with my cherished cat; I love her and she loves me. A symbiotic relationship. No matter the day, when the lights go out at night, she comes and sleeps with me.
We 'talk' all day long in "cat"..I know her vocal inflections and mannerisms.
Has been since the day she was pulled from the snow in -10F weather.
The only human flaw in it is me, and she lets me know when I'm not being a nice human. ;-)
Right now, she's still pissed because of the vacuuming...lol...
But, if I turn off all the lights, 30sec and she'll in here leaping over the covers to be near me and get belly rubz.
A female human, just can't stack up to that.
Yes, I know and trust animals better than I do humans. And, they usually instinctively trust me.
Even wild ones will come up to me and lick my hand..drove my dad crazy as a kid..lol
In summary: I'm not normal. I don't expect normal for a life anymore.