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10 Signs You Grew Up Persian

If kittenhood felt like an endless series of baths and brush-grooming, this post is for you.

1. While your shorthair friends chased mice and peed on beanbag chairs, you had to compete in cat shows

2. Your mother never left the house but somehow had gossip about EVERYONE

3. You had some seriously WTF haircuts

4. All your school photos looked like this

5. Your friends: Zero baths a week. You: ALL THE BATHS

6. You went to your Calico friend's house for Easter and were like, Whaaaaat?

7. Your friends all thought you ate weird

8. You had to work in your uncle's store on weekends, catching mice

9. Your dad would caterwaul in front of your girlfriend - UGH, THE WORST

10. But on your birthday you always got the best old-school toys