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'I don’t want to be forced to choose between my boyfriend and my cats': Kitten chaos and a notebook fiasco push these new pawrents toward training, patience, and a path to harmony

Sarah Brown

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33-year-old boyfriend stays in close contact with his ex, goes to "cat-sit" in her house for 3 weeks straight, and gaslights his current girlfriend into thinking that she is in the wrong for feeling uncomfortable: 'It felt like there was no room for me'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'I didn't sign up for this': 21-year-old gives her roommate's cat up for adoption because he's neglectful and keeps forcing her to take care of it, he finds out a day later and gets furious

Mariel Ruvinsky

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‘My gut was telling me something’: Roommate demands no pet sitters and volunteers to care for her housemate's cat, then proceeds to ignore her for nine whole days and nights

Ayala Sorotsky

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42-year-old boyfriend repeatedly lets senior cat escape by leaving the screen door open, his girlfriend asks him to stop, she calls her overdramatic: 'I still feel like I was justified in being worried'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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27-year-old bonds amazingly with adopted cat, but 24-year-old girlfriend is jealous and sets an impossible ultimatum: 'I don't think I should be asked to choose, [but] I'd pick my cat 10x over'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Ex-boyfriend shows up after 2 years of no contact and "temporarily" drops his cat on his ex-girlfriend, 6 months later, the ex shows no signs of wanting the cat back and is refusing to participate in a $2000 vet bill

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Shelter treats an adopted former-stray incorrectly, and dumps the responsibility on the new cat mom: '[They said] "Oh, you adopted, ok, the problem is yours to handle now"'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'I just got back today and… I’m fuming': Roommate drama blows up after 2 roommates gang up on the third in an attempt for some petty power play, instead, it's the cat they promised to cat-sit that gets neglected for 9 days

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Entitled sisters adopt a Russian Blue cat and name him exactly like their friend’s name she saved for her black cat: 'Kuro means black in Japanese, their cat is literally dark grey'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Kind woman finally snaps at her entitled neighbor who keeps trying to turn her into a free cat-sitter, a babysitter and maid all at once: 'She just sorta shoved stuff in my lap'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'I should be asked to choose, and tbh I'd pick my cat 10x over': 24-year-old girlfriend jealous of how well her boyfriend treats their new cat threatens to leave if he doesn't choose her over the feline

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Entitled 30-year-old cat-sitting couple throws party in the cat owner's house, giving the garage code to a bunch of strangers, without asking for permission: 'Evidently [they] just wanted more space to have friends over'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'I can't even think of sending her back to a house that didn't even look for her': A month after a 30-year-old woman adopts a sweet stray, her next-door neighbors claim it's theirs, leaving her in the middle of a catstody conflict

Sarah Brown

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Daughter refuses to buy gifts for her mother's cats after a year abroad, explaining that she is on a tight budget, mother's humorous reaction sparks family tension: 'Your sister is not going to buy you anything'

Emma Saven

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'She doesn’t need to feed him, refuses to clean his litter box and doesn’t even sleep at home': Frustrated pawrent fed up with paying roommate $25 a day to catsit while they neglect responsibilities, leaving the cat alone

Sarah Brown

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