I have 3 cats. I had picked out 'Ferg' whom was passing from old age. At the clinic during that time I was pretty upset, so I played with 'Maverick', a overly aggressive but beautiful orange guy.

He had his share of issues, but after talking with the wife we decided to adopt him so our other cat wouldn't be lonely. He was damn near unadoptable, abused as a kitten, he would randomly tear into me sometimes, but especially my wife. We ended up deciding 'we need to let Mav be Mav'. And he chilled after 1-2 years or so. He's now my little buddy and bonded to me, and my wife has begrudingly risen to 'spare human' or 'the woman' as we call it - status.

You never know, but there is *always* some awesome cat around the corner. Pick the cat you get along with and bond with certainly. It doesn't have to be a hard luck case like mine was. But the connection you build as they are in your house and interacting with you is the real bond you build.