Yeah, I know cats are good at taking care of themselves. I've been around them for some time, after all.
The allergy thing ticks me off, though. When I was little, my grandma had a cat that I used to be with all the time. And also a dog. Then the dog died, and we got a new dog (our dog instead of grandma's this time). Then the cat died. Then we moved away and left the dog with grandma. Around three or four years later, we get to look after a kitten while its owners go on vacation, and a friend of mine gets a dog. Suddenly they both make me all itchy and sneezy just from being around them. I would get a mild rash of some sort on my arms just from petting my friend's dog.
I jjust don't get why.