'Best screw-up ever': Person Accidentally Adopts the Wrong Cat, and It Ends up Being the Best Mistake They’ve Ever Made

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Oct 30, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

We don't know how many times we have said it, but we will keep saying it until it sinks in for everyone - it's the cats that choose the humans, not the other way around. You only think that you are the one making the choice when you walk into an adoption center, looking around and trying to decide which cat is the one that would fit into your home the best. But in reality, behind your back, the Cat Distribution System is working its meowgic, and while you are browsing cats, the cats are browsing you back. 

There is no such a thing as adopting the "wrong" cat. Because if the cat chose you, then that was no mistake. And that's what this person learned the hard way in this thread. There was no "wrong" cat in this story. Everything happened the way that it was meant to, and everyone ended up happy. 

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    r/tifu⚫ 1 mo. ago uhuhuhuhuhhuh TIFU by adopting the wrong cat.. M
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    This… could have gone in so many different directions, and for a while there, we were worried that it might. Adopting the wrong cat could mean so many things, but we were mostly worried about you not loving the cat and returning it. 

  • 02
    This is far less harmful than it sounds. About 2 weeks ago my partner and I went to a cat cafe and had a great time with this sweet sweet kitty. She let us hold her, she was head butting us, amazing. We looked at the board of kitty profiles and read that her name was Tiger and her description was great!
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    We should have known better though. We should have remembered that it's not you who chooses the cat, it's the cat who chooses you, and if this kitty decided to go home with you, then this is the kitty that you were supposed to adopt in the first place, whether intentionally or not. 

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    Friendly, 2-4 yrs old, found on the streets with 3 kittens and ready for a forever home. We applied, on a Friday we got confirmed that we could take her home, amazing, scheduled to do so on Tuesday.
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    I was walking around town with a couple of my friends that Saturday. The cafe has a big window where you can see all the cats, I suggested we go look at my girlie! The girl working the register told me where she was hanging out. I bring my friends to the window...that's not Tiger?
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    She got it wrong right? Whatever I met the kitty a week or so ago maybe my perception of her size or coloring was totally off. Oops. Tuesday comes, we go in, cat carrier in tow, sign papers. Tiger walks over I say "Oh she can tell we're taking about her!” I get up to pet her and
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    the rep goes, "Oh that's Zebra." And brings Tiger over. That's..not who I thought we were getting?My partner and I look at each other and start a game of anxiety chicken or trying to communicate to one another "I really want a cat, Tiger seems amazing let's still take her" We
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    leave and immediately confirm, that's not who we were expecting. So we took the wrong cat home. Turns out that Zebra was not adoptable at the time we met her. My perception of her was not incorrect we just never confirmed that she was the kitty in the picture!!! Well I've
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    had Tiger home for a couple days and I can confirm that emotionally, I absolutely did not take the wrong cat home. She is my best friend and I am in love with her. I just want to spoil this beautiful baby forever! (I can tell that she was meant to me mine from the transition anxiety poops/farts, my anxiety manifests the same)
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    TL;DR: I didn't confirm that the cat I saw in the profile was the cat I was petting; up ever. best f
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    uhuhuhuhuhhuh OP 1mo ago • • Paying the cat tax!
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    PBnJ4Me 1mo ago • Tiger chose to adopt you. It's the best way to receive a new cat overlord. Ө 460 ○ Reply
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    666Mimosa666 . 1mo ago • If Zebra become adoptable in the meantime, go get her. Two cats are always better than one. 280 ○ Reply
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    FailurelsUnsuitable •1mo ago • Cat distribution system. Even when you choose your cat, no you didn't. 95 Reply ...
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    • Lances_Looky_Loo 1mo ago • Our rescue kitty was not friendly and didn't care to meet us, but I was just so taken with him that we decided to take a chance. 2.5 years later and he follows us around the house meowing for love and cuddles constantly, and is the friendliest cat any of our friends have ever met. Rescue kitty's are so purrfect! 91 Reply
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    Flaming-Cathulu • 1mo ago • Aww, I'm so glad you loved them. I was scared the whole story until you confirmed the love. 36 ○ Reply
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    strongcoffee2go • 1mo ago • The cat distribution system at work 88♡ ○ Reply
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    Tardis-Library • 1mo ago 8 years ago, I went to the local humane society to find a friend for my grieving adult cat. I intended to get a black cat - they can be harder to adopt. You couldn't play with the kittens - staffing problems, I'd guess. My big baby is ginger and white - there were two tiny ginger and white babies curled around each other, sleeping. They had an adopt one, get one free special. Free kitten, bonus! The two were clearly bonded.
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    I had no idea what I was getting. There were a number of times when I was sure they were small demons, not cats. This morning, one snuggled me on the couch (he likes to be the little spoon) and his brother sat on the couch back, looking down on us, purring delightedly. They were the best gamble I ever made. The little black cat I left behind? Found his forever home a week later.
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