My Cat Hates Me

For the last three weeks or so, Ashley (my big black cat) has woken up around midnight each night. He then starts a campaign of yowling and pawing at Thomas door until I hiss at him or squirt water at him. He then jumps up on the bed and begins an aggressive purring/kneading/head butting routine. He's a 20 pound cat...those head butts have some mass behind them.

Then he settles down, I start to drift back to sleep. Just as I'm starting to move from a doze into real sleep, I hear the maddening sound of a 20 pound cat jumping down from the bed. The cycle than starts again.

I can't just shut him out of the bed room. He has in the past banged, clawed, and pawed at a door for six hours straight. That's part of why the bottom of my basement door is shredded.

arg!

So, I give up, I get up turn on a light and sit on the couch. So, what does the cat do? He curls up next to me and sleeps.

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