I can promise you an adult from a rescue centre will be a loving soul. All cats when shown real love and care bloom. My own kitty was abandoned, lonely and hungry, he would go back to his home each day and wait for his so called family to return, they never were to return as they moved and left him behind. When he came to live with me, he was unreachable. Not a purr, a meow, a look for 2 weeks. No response. I thought he was gone. Not long after he started to evolve into the beautiful, proud, loving boy he is. He is so fantastic and full of character, he should be on tv (joke, I would never subject him to that nonsense)Though kittens are `cute' all cats retain their kitten behaviour to some extent. I have had kittens and as long as you can put the time in to watch over them and socialise them then fine. I do look at my little one and think one thing, I wish Id known him all his life but Im so glad I was the one that got him in the end and gave him the love he always should of had. Please consider an adult, everyone wants kittens and those that are open to adults, will not be disappointed. I would always have an adult over a kitten as I know there are so many sitting waiting.