broadly i think you can categorise all cats into cats that think they are people, cats that know they are cats, and cats that will never know a single thing their entire lives
keeping it to chicago but
1. federales (west loop)
2. old crow (wrigleyville)
3. the hangee-uppe (gold coast)
4. federales (logan square)
5. utopian tailgate (lincoln park)
one of the best things my therapist told me was “the reason you ghost your friends, avoid responding, and disappear even when you care is because your nervous system sees connection as a demand, not a comfort. you’re not a bad friend, you’re overwhelmed” felt that