You're not alone, there's a term for the attitude that torties have: tortitude.

Oh, we've had her for almost 11 years now. She's very sweet, just on her own time. You can't force her to do anything.

@Kynlei We had a cat, Kate named Chutney, she was multicolored and quite small. Kate picked her up from the front of our driveway and brought her into the house, for a short stay. Sixty-two days later she gave birth to four kittens, three of which thrived. From this small cat that was feral, we got three Large Maine Coon kittens. She would watch us play with her kittens and not come near us. We had to catch her one day to take her to the Vet and she put both of us in the Emergency Room to get stitched up. We did not try to catch her bare-handed again, however, years later she would come and sit in our laps and let us pet her. She finally mellowed out.

Thankful that Munchie is very tolerant. He poo'd all over his foot once and he let me run it under the tap to wash it off.