history: My cat just scratched up my brand new leather couch while I was at work!  I am so mad at him right now I could scream! My cat just scratched up my brand new leather couch while I was at work! I am so mad at him right now I could scream!
current: That's frustrating!  We have cat scratching posts EVERYWHERE to try to avoid that, but still had to put the sticky tape on the couch to prevent scratching
next: I have a cat scratch past as well, but he really liked the smell of the leather.  I should have known he was going to do that.