dilemma

[dathon]

I got an email from a friend that asked if I knew anyone that would be willing to take her two cats.  I was immediately worried because I know that she loves them with the love of a thousand lovers (like pretty much every other cat owner I know) and wouldn't give them up unless it was a dire situation.  When I found out the story, it really

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[roman_machine]

Nah, I don't think you're overreacting at all. There's definitely something wrong here. I agree with Sandy - it's one person controlling another and that's not a good sign. It's too bad she's not asking for relationship advice because that can be tricky to give if the person's not open to it.

If he mildly diskliked cats, maybe he shouldn't have married a cat person. That would have been the intelligent thing to do, instead of tossing his toys when something went wrong. They're cats. They fuck things up. That's what they do. Sometimes it's hilarious, sometimes it's annoying. And he didn't like scooping litter? Diddums. I can only imagine how he would react if one of her cats got poop foot (which is what our little moron did during his first week here.)

Sorry. That little rant doesn't help you. :) For what it's worth, I agree with you - something's not right. If she's a close friend, do you think you could gently steer a conversation around to your concerns? It might not help this situation, but it could show her that you're open to hearing about any future problems.

[dathon]

Aside from the clear control issues, it doesn't make any sense to me because he has a big drooly dog that she loves. They both had their pets when they got together.

Poop foot? I love it when people that I know adore their animals call them things like "the little moron." I call mine shitbird sometimes and my mom refers to all cats as axiomatically bad.

[roman_machine]

Hmm, sounds like he's just an unreasonable jackass to me. Dogs are just as gross as cats. That's part of having a pet. I'm betting the closet incident was more of a convenient excuse to freak out than an actual straw that broke the camel's back. As in, he's been looking for some reason to demand that she get rid of the cats and this just happened to come along. That way, it's easier to convince himself that his demand is justified than if he just brought it up out of nowhere.

Oh, so you won't think we're crazy that his full name is Brandon Francois Herschel Martin Jasper, the Bonnie Prince of Diddums? There's actually a point behind each of the names and, of course, we don't call him that. Usually just Brandon. Or Derp.

Poop foot is something that happened right after we got him. He had some tummy issues that first week and accidently stepped in his poop while trying to navigate the litter box. Then, of course, proceeded to track poop all over the apartment before I could catch him and clean him up. Fun times. His other nicknames are Money Suck (cats are freakin expensive!) and Swamp Ass.

[dathon]

Ah yes... poop foot.

My gf has a bunny named Baxter Frits-Herbert Von Kleber. Not quite as much of a mouthful as your kitty, but certainly along the same lines. My sister let my nephew name their cat and he came up with Fluffy Trouble Rabies. Ok, so he was 4 at the time.

[roman_machine]

Those are excellent names.

[sravenk]

Fluffy Trouble Rabies is an awesome cat name.