‘I told her that it was only a matter of time before it happened’: Clawminal cat children crash into roommate’s weekly rations of ramen, feline pawrent refuses to pay

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    'She said that I'm obligated to replace her food.'
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    My 23F roommate Rose 24F meal preps for her entire week of lunches and dinners. She always
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    waits till late Sunday night to do all the cooking so often she'll leave the containers to cool on the counter overnight, because it
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    is too hot to put in the fridge right away before she goes to bed. Two months ago I moved my two cats into the apartment, now in
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    my household I don't allow them on the counters but if there is food left open they will try to get into it. I explained that she should be aware
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    that the cats might try to eat her food or might knock it over if she leaves it out all night, but she brushed me off saying it was fine. I
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    told her that it was only a matter of time before it happened.
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    Well, it finally happened, I woke Monday morning to the kitchen in a mess because the cats had knocked over several containers onto the
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    floor. I cleaned up and put the rest of the food that still looked fine into the fridge. Overall out of 7 lunches and 7 dinners, about half
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    was ruined. When Rose got up I explained what happened and apologized. She flipped out on me, because she can't afford to buy more
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    food for the week. Rose demanded that I buy more food because it was my animals that caused this, but I also can't afford to buy her
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    more meals out of my own food budget. I told her I wouldn't be replacing anything because she was being irresponsible with her own food
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    by leaving it out and I had already warned her that this might happen. She's still furious with me and some of my friends have said that I'm
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    obligated to replace her food since it was my cats that did the damage.
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    Keep the cats in your room Sunday nights. They are animals. You are the human. You're responsible.
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    Your cats caused the problem, you are responsible for your cats, therefore you are responsible for this. Also, off your roommate is never a good idea, you have
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    to live with them, you don't want them time. at you all the
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    Both are TA. You are indeed responsible for anything your cats damage...also your roommate is an idiot for leaving so much food out.
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    Gross...but also irresponsible. I'd offer to pay a portion of the lost goods, and remind her that if it happens again that risk is on her or she can move
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    She left food out, overnight, in a house with cats in it. She's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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