If there is one blatantly obvious fact about cats, it is that they entirely lack the concept of a personal bubble. There are few things more unnerving than when a cat decides that you are doing nothing important and they must hop on your lap and immediately display their anus. It is a nearly universal life experience to be tripped up by a cat with an unnatural attraction to your ankles. Science has tried to explain this lack of boundaries, yet has only found failure. It seems to be that for cats, the world is their bubble.

What most people fail to realize is that felines’ lack of social skills also exist within their own species. There is no word for “awkward” in Meow, no translation for “too close for comfort.” Here at Cat Texts, it took a blatantly obvious example from our Real Life Cat Lady of this for the realization to truly hit home. Take a minute to look at the excessive amount of clumsiness contained in this single photograph. This is NOT the adorable snuggle session it appears to be. Note the awkward position relative to each other the cats have taken, with one resting her head either on the other’s bony knee or lower navel. Oblivious to this fact, cat number two takes her left arm and extends it directly across the other’s face, bending her neck awkwardly and essentially blinding her. Yet, neither cat moves. Rather, they both look entirely relaxed, like they’ve been in the knot of furry flesh for an extended amount of time. No, this is a complete lack of social understanding. And you thought the close talker at work was bad…