Like I said, it depends on the personality. Cats are nocturnal. They enjoy middle of the night playtime. They can be very demanding with their meows. They learn quickly, which can be both good and bad, depending on what they are learning. Again, like I said, they make good pets. But to think they cannot be clingy or needy is wrong, and I speak from personal experience of having cats right now and of having had a cat in the past who enjoyed sitting on me while I sleep, following me to the toilet, jumping in the shower with me (strange little thing, that one, but I didn't mind), mewing demands if I didn't put out food fast enough or pet long enough (or any other number of things), and they do get lonely and miss you when you're gone. Some will even bring in dead animals to show you they love you. I prefer the sock hunting cats personally. Does that make them "revoltingly needy?" Depends on who you ask. Either way, they can be needy and they make good pets.