"You guys, stop saying that!"

Charlotte, for some reason, is convinced that our cat Healy is female and our other cat, Mia, is male. No amount of logic can convince her that the opposite is actually true. This was the conversation at dinner tonight:

Meredith: Charlotte, Healy is a boy.

Charlotte: Stop saying that!

Me: Charlotte, what does Healy do that makes you think he's a girl?

Charlotte: She meows.

Me: Ok...what else?

Charlotte: She is orange.

Meredith: Just because he's orange doesn't mean he's a girl. Black cats can be girls.

Charlotte: Stop saying that!

Me: Anything else?

Charlotte: Healy is nice. 

Me: So, girls cats are nice, orange and they meow. Boy cats are black, mean and don't meow?

Charlotte: Yes.

Me: Well then, I guess the case is closed.

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