We've made a similar mistake in the past when we adopted 2 street Singapura cats. They were so cute that we assumed that they were female and gave them girly names - Tilly & Milly. Four weeks later my Father informed us that the cats were both males! By then, they had gotten used to their names and we decided not to change them.
Tilly the ginger, had a similar personality. He was only friendly to his immediate family & rather unfriendly to our visitors.
Cats make great family companions. Both of them passed away from old age a few years ago.
Now we live with a Ragdoll cat with an amazing personality. We are really happy with Leon
It is nice to know that my family and I were not the only ones to make that mistake! xD I agree, cats do make a great family members :) I must say, Leon is a beautiful cat!