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50 Perfect Crying Cat Memes – Sad But Hilarious Jokes

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The Crying Cat meme, also known as Sad Cat meme, is a series of photoshopped pictures of a teary and glassy-eyed kitty put into various situations. If you’re looking to laugh at memes that you can also say, “Ha! Same!” to, you’ve come to the right place. Keep scrolling to find 50 of the most relatable crying and sad cat memes.

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The 50 Crying and Sad Cat Memes

1. Tricky Kitty

Tricky Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram  memesoutoftheoven_

We’ve all been here on days we didn’t feel like going to school before we learned the ol’ put-the-thermometer-in-Mom’s-coffee-to-fake-a-fever trick. Not that that ever worked on our moms since the resulting temperature was quite literally off the charts at 120°F.


2. Life Hack Cat

Life Hack Cat
Image Credit: Instagram the_nihilist_no1

Since we are all about saving time and being as productive as possible in our fast-paced modern society, this life advice from this crying cat may have some merit.


3. Mom’s Lecture Cat

Mom's Lecture Cat
Image Credit: Instagram paw

It’s really all about learning the right time to tell your parents a story you think is “funny”, as chances are it will turn into a lecture if you’ve chosen the wrong time.


4. Best Friend Relationship Cats

Best Friend Relationship Cats
Image Credit: Instagram nyan.memes

This is the beautiful kind of friendship we all long – and deserve – to have.


5. Early Riser Cat

Early Riser Cat
Image Credit: Instagram cryingcat_meme

Staying up late sounds like fun and games until you remember you still have responsibilities and are expected to show up for work in the morning on time.


6. Rubik’s Cube Kitty

Rubik's Cube Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram cryingcatmemes

This is an actual photograph of my face whenever I try to solve a Rubik’s cube. I’m not sure how people can do them in under 10 seconds, but color me impressed.


7. Social Media Mogul Cat

Social Media Mogul Cat
Image Credit: Instagram beanchomper

We can’t all be social media moguls like the Kardashian and Jenner clans.


8. Mechanic Cat

Mechanic Cat
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_

Here’s a photo representation of me trying to fix my life.


9. Emotional Eating Cat

Emotional Eating Cat
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_

I will have a small existential crisis with a side order of emotional eating, please!


10. Side Mirror Cat

Side Mirror Cat
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_

Nothing quite like going out for a drive in the middle of an emotional breakdown.


11. Betrayal

Betrayal
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_

You say you love me, but your coffee cup says otherwise.


12. Overthinking Cat

Overthinking Cat
Image Credit: Instagram slightlyfunnycat

This is pretty much how it goes every time I’m left alone with my thoughts for a millisecond too long.


13. Helper Kitty

Helper Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram nuclememes

Let me know if you find any spare change anywhere. This economy is brutal on the ol’ pocketbook.


14. Sensitive Cat

Sensitive Cat
Image Credit: Instagram catsinspo

As a sensitive overthinker, I can relate deeply to this meme. And don’t get me started on when people respond with a simple “K” or, worse, a “…”!


15. Tough Situation

Tough Situation
Image Credit: Instagram sad_cat_memes_original

We’ve all been there…


16. Anxious Cat

Anxious Cat
Image Credit: Instagram saddocattos

Where are my fellow anxious people at? We’re fragile, sensitive, and extremely delicate. Treat us nicely because you bet we’ll be overthinking about every slight inflection in your voice as we lie down to go to bed at night.


17. Breakdown Kitty

Breakdown Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram saddocattos

If I had the mental capacity to help you right now, I totally would, but I’m in the midst of my own personal hell, so give me some time, and I’ll get back to you later.


18. Regretful Kitty

Regretful Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram saddocattos

There’s something about that immediate embarrassment and regret when you hit “send” on a response message mere seconds after receiving the initial text.


19. Sad Kitty

Sad Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram saddocattos

This is what overthinking and hypersensitivity look like at the end of the day.


20. Bills Bills Bills

Bills Bills Bills
Image Credit: Instagram cutecat.life_

“You need another cat bed? In this economy? You wish!” is a phrase I’ll never say to my cats as they have four beds in our living room alone, yet dare to sleep on our kitchen island.


21. Myers-Briggs Cat

Myers-Briggs Cat
Image Credit: Instagram personality_geek

As an actual INFJ in the Myers-Briggs personality test, I relate to this deeply.


22. Think Twice

Think Twice
Image Credit: Instagram cat_tap_

New Year’s resolution: think a single time before responding to anything.


23. Math Homework Cat

Math Homework Cat
Image Credit: Instagram purcatory

Listen, when I say I’ve never related more to a cat meme in my life, I mean it. Math was the bane of my existence, which is why I’m a writer now.


24. Morning Pep Talk

Morning Pep Talk
Image Credit: Instagram lonely_crying_cat

Sometimes, all we need is a motivational morning pep talk in the mirror to get through the day.


25. Another Sad Video

Another Sad Video
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_photos

Here’s an actual image of me sobbing while scrolling through the TikTok For You Page that I inadvertently curated for myself.


26. Math Cat

Math Cat
Image Credit: Instagram wezdajluz

Don’t let the fact that this meme is in Polish distract you. It roughly translates to, “This is me when I have to calculate something in a stressful situation.” As a person who cannot get by without my trusty calculator, I personally feel this meme in my soul.


27. BRB Cat

BRB Cat
Image Credit: Instagram sadasscats

I don’t think I need to cry; I know I do. There’s a difference. Knowing is somehow more dignified.


28. Wardrobe Cat

Wardrobe Cat
Image Credit: Instagram wezdajluz

I know…another Polish crying cat meme, but this one is too relatable to not share. It roughly translates to, “This is me crying in front of the mirror because I have nothing to wear.” As a woman, this meme is extremely relatable.


29. Temporary Tattoo Cat

Temporary Tattoo Cat
Image Credit: Instagram tangy.kangy

Nothing made an 8-year-old me feel tougher than a temporary tattoo my Mom bought me from the dollar store. Unfortunately, they never lasted past a single shower, and if they did, I’d pick at them until they were gone entirely.


30. Online Friends Cat

Online Friends Cat
Image Credit: Instagram humordegamers.old

I sometimes think about the online friendships I had in 2000 when my family first got the Internet at our house. Nothing hurts more than knowing one day, we all signed into AIM and MSN Messenger for the last time and didn’t know it.


31. Ouch

Ouch
Image Credit: Instagram cats.jpg

Ouch. That hurts. After all the memes we shared?


32. Low Self-Esteem Cat

Low Self-Esteem Cat
Image Credit: Instagram animals_101qa

We all get those low self-esteem days, even cats, apparently. However, I don’t know a single soul on this earth that could hate this sweet little face.


33. Problem Cat

Problem Cat
Image Credit: Instagram chonkularcats

As a person who despises mornings, I feel this meme to the core of my being. Do not speak until we’ve have our breakfast or else.


34. Kids Movies Make Us Cry Cat

Kids Movies Make Us Cry Cat
Image Credit: Instagram shitmomswontsay

We’ve all been there. Watching the most wholesome children’s movies to air out a few pent-up emotions casually. We get it and we support it.


35. Untrusting Kitty

Untrusting Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram intpthings

“Living the dream” is always my go-to response when people ask how life’s going, and I don’t feel like delving deep into my trauma and the complexities of my emotions.


36. Trying Not to Cry Kitty

Trying Not to Cry Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram memeandmygirls

It really do be like this sometimes.


37. Sensitive Emotional Kitty

Sensitive Emotional Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram doyourememberthe2000s

And I’ll probably cry myself to sleep over it for the next two or three weeks, minimum.


38. Existential Crisis Cat

Existential Crisis Cat
Image Credit: Instagram kiing_shiba

I’m a what, now? This cat has just had its entire life turned upside down.


39. Fat Cat

Fat Cat
Image Credit: Instagram sad_cat_memes_original

I guess that’s no more treats for you, buddy…


40. Clothes Not Fitting

Clothes Not Fitting
Image Credit: Instagram meme_accountlol

Ladies, we’ve all been there, right? One French fry is too many, and my pants won’t fit me properly for a week.


41. Emo Myspace Kitty

Emo Myspace Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram oldfashion_nickelodeon

The mid-2000s were really something else. It truly was a “you-had-to-be-there” kind of thing to understand the hold that emo music and Myspace had on all of us.


42. Millennial Kitty

Millennial Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram spiciestmemelort

Remember how we were so excited to grow up, become adults, and finally have money to spend on the things our parents wouldn’t let us buy? Yeah…about that…


43. Sensitive Movie Watcher

Sensitive Movie Watcher
Image Credit: Instagram wittyshitz

This is why I always pause the movie and go to DoesTheDogDie.com the second I see there is an animal in any film I’m watching. I still haven’t recovered from 2007’s I Am Legend yet.


44. Too Real Cat

Too Real Cat
Image Credit: Instagram licik_ass

I’m glad my Netflix just keeps playing continuously now instead of assuming I have some sort of social life or other tasks to attend to during my Netflix binges.


45. Fast Internet

Fast Internet
Image Credit: Instagram memes_cot

*Actively ignores the 47 tabs I have open while complaining incessantly about the speed of my Internet and computer.*


46. Cat Does Care

Cat Does Care
Image Credit: Instagram mememan_8

As it turns out, I do care, after all.


47. No Internet Kitty

No Internet Kitty
Image Credit: Instagram animals_101qa

It’s okay, kitty; we’ve all felt the same way when the Internet conks out on us. Why does it always happen at the most inopportune times, too?


48. Intergenerational Trauma

Intergenerational Trauma
Image Credit: Instagram nalgonapositivitypride

If this crying cat meme isn’t simultaneously wholesome as heck, I’m not sure what is. It’s comforting to know you have friends who can understand your hardships and what you’ve lived through.


49. You Did This to Yourself

You Did This to Yourself
Image Credit: Instagram prozac.barbie

There’s something oddly cathartic about a good cry, isn’t there?


50. Bread Tears

Bread Tears
Image Credit: Instagram crying_cats_photos

As a Millennial, I don’t exactly understand this meme, but I also don’t not understand it somehow?

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Conclusion

We hope our round-up of the top Crying and Sad Cat memes brought you some laughter today. Life can be tough at times, but if you can’t laugh at it or yourself, then you’ll find it’s even tougher. Lucky for our generation, there’s a perfect meme for every occasion. Be sure to check out some of our other funny cat meme blogs for more laughter.

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