Ahh, but that's why cats are so superior to dogs.

They bugger off to do something more interesting for a while, just because they can.

But when they come home to you, it's because they actually want to be there... Mind you, my two blue boys, are like little kids and never stray too far from safety. And when the 'bigger boy' Big Ginge is around, they like to sit together and growl and hiss at him... from behind the security of double glazing.