Hi guys. I need a bit of vaguely cat related advice.
My fiances cousin has been staying with us for three weeks now, she has got a job up here and hasn't found a place to live. We were more than happy to put her up for a couple of weeks on the condition that she would do everything in her power to find somewhere to live. What we didn't know until recently is that she is discounting any flat that doesn't allow cats.
She has 3 cats but they live with her ex-boyfriend in the house which she still owns half of. I understand that she loves her cats and misses them, (I miss mine too) but rentals that allow pets are notoriously rare and she is living in my flat. I don't understand why she cant get a little flat on a six month lease and live there while she continues to look for a place that will allow cats. Or even when she sells her half of the house they can go and live with her mum (who has said she will have them, she already has 9, 3 more temporarily is nothing) until she finds suitable accommodation.
She has even said she wants to draw up a custody agreement with her ex, ffs they're cats, not children. I don't get it. I love my cat to bits but I let him go cos it was best for him, I can't help thinking that she is only thinking of herself here.
Am I being unfair? Should I just put up with her living in my flat til she finds a place that allows pets for should she get a move on and think about the cats later. I must state the cats are not and will never be homeless. The are well looked after by the ex.
We have decided to carry on until my birthday (7th November) and then we will have to have a chat and say that we can't keep her forever, we told our landlord that it would only be two weeks and its approaching four now.
My fiances cousin has been staying with us for three weeks now, she has got a job up here and hasn't found a place to live. We were more than happy to put her up for a couple of weeks on the condition that she would do everything in her power to find somewhere to live. What we didn't know until recently is that she is discounting any flat that doesn't allow cats.
She has 3 cats but they live with her ex-boyfriend in the house which she still owns half of. I understand that she loves her cats and misses them, (I miss mine too) but rentals that allow pets are notoriously rare and she is living in my flat. I don't understand why she cant get a little flat on a six month lease and live there while she continues to look for a place that will allow cats. Or even when she sells her half of the house they can go and live with her mum (who has said she will have them, she already has 9, 3 more temporarily is nothing) until she finds suitable accommodation.
She has even said she wants to draw up a custody agreement with her ex, ffs they're cats, not children. I don't get it. I love my cat to bits but I let him go cos it was best for him, I can't help thinking that she is only thinking of herself here.
Am I being unfair? Should I just put up with her living in my flat til she finds a place that allows pets for should she get a move on and think about the cats later. I must state the cats are not and will never be homeless. The are well looked after by the ex.
We have decided to carry on until my birthday (7th November) and then we will have to have a chat and say that we can't keep her forever, we told our landlord that it would only be two weeks and its approaching four now.
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