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I need help with guilt.
This is a long story.
There was a stray cat who hung around my parents house, with whom I formed a bond with. My parents and siblings moved to a different country and so I had to move houses. I wanted to adopt her, but she wouldn’t get inside a box for me, so I could take her to the vet. Then people moved into the house that I had previously lived in, so I couldn’t find her, to try the box again. At this point I was really lonely (due to my family having moved away) and I wanted a cat/ companion so bad. I found out about ragdolls and started researching breeders.
I’ve always been an impulsive person. My mind jumps from one idea to the next, and as soon as I have an idea in my head, I act on it. Maybe I was hoping that I could have both the ragdoll and the stray.
It was only after I paid the $500 deposit on a ragdoll that I got the idea to ask the new tenants to call me if they found the stray cat. Well, a few days later, they found her. And then I found out that I was only allowed to keep one cat.
I drove to my old house and picked up my girl. In tears, I called the shelter to come and get her, in the hopes she would be put up for adoption and find a loving home, rather than live on the streets.
I chose the easy route and bought a house trained ragdoll kitten, rather than a stray cat who didn’t know how to live indoors. Do I regret my decision? I don’t know, but I do know that I miss that little black cat every day, and feel remorseful.
How do I get over this?
This is a long story.
There was a stray cat who hung around my parents house, with whom I formed a bond with. My parents and siblings moved to a different country and so I had to move houses. I wanted to adopt her, but she wouldn’t get inside a box for me, so I could take her to the vet. Then people moved into the house that I had previously lived in, so I couldn’t find her, to try the box again. At this point I was really lonely (due to my family having moved away) and I wanted a cat/ companion so bad. I found out about ragdolls and started researching breeders.
I’ve always been an impulsive person. My mind jumps from one idea to the next, and as soon as I have an idea in my head, I act on it. Maybe I was hoping that I could have both the ragdoll and the stray.
It was only after I paid the $500 deposit on a ragdoll that I got the idea to ask the new tenants to call me if they found the stray cat. Well, a few days later, they found her. And then I found out that I was only allowed to keep one cat.
I drove to my old house and picked up my girl. In tears, I called the shelter to come and get her, in the hopes she would be put up for adoption and find a loving home, rather than live on the streets.
I chose the easy route and bought a house trained ragdoll kitten, rather than a stray cat who didn’t know how to live indoors. Do I regret my decision? I don’t know, but I do know that I miss that little black cat every day, and feel remorseful.
How do I get over this?