I got rid of my cat and don’t even feel bad
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Pets and Animals
/.ㅤ — 1 year ago(March 17, 2025 02:08 AM)
a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I got rid of a cat I had for 6 years and I didn’t even shed a tear. my boyfriend took the cat to a shelter and all I felt was relief. I started hating the cat ever since I found out I was pregnant. I don’t know what changed but ever since I got pregnant I started realizing how problematic its behaviour was and couldn’t tolerate it anymore. idk why I was so blind to it before but the idiot was fat, constantly meowed for food and attention and would go into every room in the house including the nursery knowing damn well it wasn’t supposed to. we tried to “train” the piece of **** into not meowing all damn day but nothing changed. we tried to put the cat outside so it could be outdoors for some of the day and it just sat at the door and screamed bloody murder. at 8 months pregnant, I snapped and wanted to get rid of it (as did my bf). aside from being so annoyed by this repulsive animal, I was worried that it would eventually hurt my baby by going into her crib, I was worried about the constant hair and dandruff all over, and I was sick of dealing with an ungrateful, poorly behaved excuse of a pet. we tried to take it to the vet to have it put down (it was 10 years old and had missing teeth) but the vet refused to do it. after my bf explained that this cat was putting a very pregnant woman through mental anguish, they basically said the cat’s life was more important than my mental health. I was so mad we just dumped it at a shelter and i think it ultimately got euthanized anyway. I cannot fathom how people can treat cat’s lives as equal to the wellbeing or safety of HUMAN lives. when I was trying to figure out how to get rid of this asshole initially I read multiple posts saying how cruel it is to do so and how people just shouldn’t have kids if it means getting rid of their goddamn cat. like why would someone not start a family or wait to start one because of a CAT?! do people seriously think this is a rational opinion? I absolutely hate cats now and still feel nothing but hate and anger when I think about that stupid ass cat. what’s pissing me off even more is I feel like I have to lie to family and friends about getting rid of the thing because it’s so stigmatized to get rid of a horrible pet since people say **** like “it’s part of the family.” I don’t feel a shred of guilt or sympathy for this cat, I just don’t want to be judged by others which makes me feel like a sociopath. ultimately I am just glad I won’t be bringing my baby home to a place with such a gross annoying creature and i know we made the right choice getting rid of it
edit: I am getting an INSANE amount of hate from cat people in my dms. they are telling me my life is worthless and i’m going to be a horrible parent because I got rid of the cat lol. I will obviously have unconditional love for my human baby but i’m sorry that that does not extend to a ****ing cat. I wish these people knew how common it is for pregnant women to develop an aversion to their pets. I will die on the hill that it should be normalized to put MY mental health and the health of my baby above the life of a cat
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-- wot -- — 1 year ago(March 17, 2025 02:39 AM)
Holy **** reddit was just a stab in the dark I took because you mentioned DMs at the bottom and DMing people here aint what people do, they air their hate for you in public. Turns out I was right tho lol
You have nao been busted, so stop it
this is NOT reddit, we are better than those tiny dicked smelly wankers, ok?