My mother loves having my cat around. My cat is definitely a people person. You can pet her like you would a dog. I gave my mom one stipulation: DO NOT LET HER OUTSIDE. I'll give all the caring the cat needs just don't let her outside. For how ****** this room is I've made it look the best that I can. I have nice furniture and there was room for one of my book cases, whereupon I put all of my best books. Are three copies of Goethe's faust too much? Nah, never. One is a literal translation. One is literal/sketchy poetical but is annotated. The other an ex girlfriend gave me and it's just the right balance of beauty and literal. It's beautiful. She spent hours copying it from Poetry in Translation. Great website for classic poetry, and some newer stuff.