Lol at the "wrong gender"! When I was a teenager, a man was giving away a litter of long haired gray kittens. I named "her" Smokey. One day(this was after I was first married), Smokey was giving himself a bath. I got on the phone long distance with the all important news that Smokey was a boy :)
Had to get rid of a nice couch recently, because of our cats. When they peed on the bed, I threw them out the back door, and they didn't show up. Since then, the kids each got a cat. Step daughter took both of them when she moved back with her mother, but I'd sure like Hoover back. He's totally mellow...
"When they peed on the bed,..."
My cousin has a beautiful adult male Persian cat who constantly does that. She has a beautifully decorated townhouse, and loves this cat so much that she doesn't know what to do. I realize it's difficult to part with a pet, but I'd have to give that one away!