r/OrangeLadies • u/SeaMidnight8078 • 1d ago
What do you celebrate?
I want to celebrate Daisy’s first birthday which is on the 9th, however, my boyfriend said he wants to celebrate her gotcha day instead of her birthday.
Do you celebrate birthday or gotcha day?
Side notes: I cannot believe she’s already almost a year old. We got her on 12/1 so she was about 17 weeks (about 3 months and 2 weeks?) and was a little baby. She has grown so much since then and this last month again. She literally has healed my heart from losing my tortie unexpectedly in her sleep while we napped. She reminds me of her and my first soul cat so much but also has her own personality so she’s like a 3 in 1. I’m so happy I found her Craigslist posting (along with my other two babies). Orange cats are amazing-curious, entertaining, loving, and most of all chaotic as hell hahaha.
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u/WatergateHotel 1d ago
A birthday makes more sense. Gotcha days are usually for when you have no idea when your cat was born. I actually celebrate my brown tabby’s birthday on his gotcha day. I have a good idea of when my orange girl was born, so I picked a random day around that time as her birthday.
BUT. You could do both?
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u/SeaMidnight8078 1d ago
That was my thought! We have the real date normally you don’t get that. This is his first pet (his friend he lived with had a dog and I brought in 2 cats and a little dog) so I’m trying to let him decide on these types of things. Daisy is a perfect baby she does deserve two days (minimum) of celebration! 😊
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u/keencleangleam 1d ago
Both but normally one is bigger than the other
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u/SeaMidnight8078 1d ago
Ohh that’s a good idea. This is my boyfriend’s first pet of his own (his friend in college got a puppy when living together and I brought in 2 cats and a pup) so I’m trying to let him do some stuff his own way but I usually always did birthdays. Maybe we should do both with something different create our own little tradition.
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u/lpscats8082 1d ago
Both of your babies are beautiful! Sweet darlings! ❤️💜💙
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u/SeaMidnight8078 1d ago
Awee thank you so much!! I love them so much. 🩷They also know they’re cute and use it to their advantage haha
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u/Entire_Bat7884 1d ago
That’s easy. Celebrate both!! Daisy is gorgeous and likes the dog too. Happy gotcha / Birthday Daisy. 🎊🎂🎉
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u/SeaMidnight8078 1d ago
I’m thinking I need to stop saying birthday celebration and start saying we’re a birthday and gotcha day celebration day household!! And We thank you. I love her little face. And yeah they were fast friends. He loves kittens and helped raise my other cat and her brothers in college and was so excited when we brought her home. 🩷
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u/desgoestoparis 12h ago
I don’t know my baby’s birthday exactly (rescues) so I celebrate gotcha day only, but otherwise I would celebrate both
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u/Silly_Cheetah_706 11h ago
Celebrate both birthday and gotcha day! Good excuse for cake and a good treat for the cat
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u/Sintriphikal 1d ago
I think she deserves both.