19 Hilarious Bed Fails That Prove Cats Do What They Want

By  Travis Greenwood Updated

Those collective screams of frustration you hear? Those are our wallets crying out in protest.

1. "Glad I spent $25 on this new cat bed 👿"

Cat sleeps in box instead of cat bed radiokath via Instagram

1. "Glad I spent $25 on this new cat bed 👿"

2. "Note to self: Make a cat bed expectation vs reality meme."

Cat sleeps half in bed, half out zekethetabby via Instagram

2. "Note to self: Make a cat bed expectation vs reality meme."

3. "Oh... you bought me a nice comfy cat bed? Ummm, thanks, but... ima sit right here on the floor. Next to it."

Cat sleeps on floor next to cat bed bonnie_and_earl via Instagram

3. "Oh... you bought me a nice comfy cat bed? Ummm, thanks, but... ima sit right here on the floor. Next to it."

4. "The whole cat bed concept went over his head — literally."

Cat uses cat bed like cat blanket ecoposhwithali via Instagram

4. "The whole cat bed concept went over his head — literally."

5. "What you call a bed, I call a pillow"

Cat uses cat bed as cat pillow sahara_the_persian via Instagram

5. "What you call a bed, I call a pillow"

6. "How am I supposed to return this cat bed if what he really wants is the box it came in? 🤔"

Cat prefers cardboard box to cat bed lindentreethree via Instagram

6. "How am I supposed to return this cat bed if what he really wants is the box it came in? 🤔"

7. "Bought them a new, plush cat bed. This is what happened 😑😑 #catbedfail"

Cats sleep on luggage instead of new cat bed hello.kj via Instagram

7. "Bought them a new, plush cat bed. This is what happened 😑😑 #catbedfail"

8. "Sometimes I really like to hammer home how much money my parents waste on me! 🙄"

Cat gives no effs about how much you spent on the cat bed for them padrepurrito via Instagram

8. "Sometimes I really like to hammer home how much money my parents waste on me! 🙄"

9. "Heat > comfort. I get it."

Cat sleeps on heat grate instead of adjacent bed Irice584 via Instagram

9. "Heat > comfort. I get it."

10. Narrator: "Oh but it was [villainous cackle]"

Cat sleeps in cat bed ONE TIME lisacaines1984 via Instagram

10. Narrator: "Oh but it was [villainous cackle]"

1.1 "Boo is ::so:: close to figuring out the purpose of a cat bed 🤔"

Derpy cat can't figure out how to cat bed Aria Tonini via Facebook

1.1 "Boo is ::so:: close to figuring out the purpose of a cat bed 🤔"

12. "me: buys cat comfy bed. cat: lays ~next~ to comfy bed 🤷🤷🤷"

Silly cat sits next to cat bed Angela Brearton via Facebook

12. "me: buys cat comfy bed. cat: lays ~next~ to comfy bed 🤷🤷🤷"

13. "This is Lazuli (her sister is named Lapis) and she is so obsessed with sinks that we had to buy one for her to use as a cat bed. When it’s hot she rarely leaves it 😹"

Cat prefers sink to cat bed Madge Rucker via Facebook

13. "This is Lazuli (her sister is named Lapis) and she is so obsessed with sinks that we had to buy one for her to use as a cat bed. When it's hot she rarely leaves it 😹"

The proof is in the receipts:

Cat prefers sink to cat bed Madge Rucker via Facebook

The proof is in the receipts:

14. "Why sleep well on your cat bed when you can sleep well on your brother 🤣🤣🤣"

Cat sleeps on cat instead of cat bed Mookie Thottam

14. "Why sleep well on your cat bed when you can sleep well on your brother 🤣🤣🤣"

15. "Because cat logic gonna cat logic!"

Cat sleeps in box instead of cat tree with bed Andrea V. Garcia via Facebook

15. "Because cat logic gonna cat logic!"

16. [Buys MULTIPLE $60 cat beds] My cat: “I’m going to drag a t-shirt onto the dresser and sleep here”.

Cat prefers sleeping on tshirt than in cat bed Katherine Leiye via Facebook

16. [Buys MULTIPLE $60 cat beds] My cat: "I'm going to drag a t-shirt onto the dresser and sleep here".

17. "So I splashed out and bought Dave the cat a lovely quilted and padded cat bed. Came down this morning to find him wedged tightly into a cat food box 📦 right in front of it, what is that all about 🤔😄"

Cat sleeps in box instead of adjacent cat bed @BaileyDaran via Twitter

17. "So I splashed out and bought Dave the cat a lovely quilted and padded cat bed. Came down this morning to find him wedged tightly into a cat food box 📦 right in front of it, what is that all about 🤔😄"

18. "So I couldn't resist buying this cat bed last night... Raven's face says it all 😂"

Cat openly skeptical of cat bed shaped like cat Samantha Ashley via Facebook

18. "So I couldn't resist buying this cat bed last night... Raven's face says it all 😂"

19. "Well, almost. Goose is weird."

Cat sleeps half in bed, half out Jana Whetzal via Facebook

19. "Well, almost. Goose is weird."

​Does your cat prefer a box to their bed? Tell us about it in the comments below or at our Facebook page!​

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