Wrong, my wife’s cat sleeps all day after my wife leaves for work, then suddenly gets active 30 minutes before she gets home.
He is there at the door reaching up and grabbing her with his claws to say “hi”. She then gives him his “crunchies” and pets him and makes him happy.
I had a neighbor who was an animal lover and he would shampoo his cats and baby them. They were the most loving cats I ever saw. I would take a walk at night and they all would come out to greet me and get in front of me so I would pet them. They would purr the minute I picked them up and they all would run for his car when he came home. One night I took a walk and a wild cat I had fed several times followed me down 3 different roads and back home again although I could never get near her. My own cat has food and water at all times but if I am sleeping and the cat wakes up before me, the cat starts meowing calling for me. I do feel they miss us and are glad to see us. Cats are independent but also very sociable.