I went out to a local place with the missus tonight - sort of sneaked out round the corner for a beer leaving my eldest to look after my youngest.
There was this cat.
Female cat, pregnant.
I like cats. I like dogs too as long as they aren't biting me but I just had my rabies injections, so I guess a nibble is OK.
Anyway - this cat sits down and I start stroking behind it's ear. I do this for a bit and stop.
Cat looks at me and nudges my leg.
So I carry on with the ear thing. Then the cat rolls over, spreads her legs and puts her head back, so I stroke under her chin. I'm sitting there stroking a cat just like I have a zillion times before and it occurs to me.
"should I rub her nipples?".
Now - don't get me wrong - but this pregnant cat has 6 or 8 hard, erect nipples. She is lying on her back with her legs spread and I'm sitting there tickling under her neck which, to be honest, my wife couldn't get enough of. I've seen hard nipples before and it was either cold or it was intimate. It sure wasn't cold.
Then I'm thinking, "my wife would probably love the 'behind the ears' action I started off with too".
So it dawns on me.
I'm engaged in cat foreplay.
Now - OK when I was a 5 year old kid and I'm stroking a cat, I can see how the erotic side of it would be lost on me. But I'm 43 years old. I've been rubbing cats and dogs ears for 4 decades and it has never once occurred to me that these are erogenous zones on humans. You'd never consider meeting a stranger and rubbing behind their ear, you'd get arrested. But some random dog or cat - well it's absolutely fine to rub them up.
I feel disgusted with myself. I've been turning cats and dogs on for decades. No wonder dogs lick their balls afterward.
Cats - at least they have the decency to finish themselves off out of view.
I honestly thought it was 100% platonic but let's face it - it's not is it?
I guess the bright side is that it didn't go any further.
I still feel violated.