'I marched up there and confronted her': Woman keeps locking roommate's cat in her room, acting like it's hers, then gets offended and spreads lies about the situation after being called out

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Mar 1, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Roommates and cats are always a conundrum. And look, we know what living with a cat means. We know the shenanigans that happen every single day. We are okay with it. We have accepted it. We know that our cats will have random zoomies our of nowhere and possibly knock over our favorite vase. We know that our cats will steal food off our plates right under our noses if we so much as turn around for half a second. We know that sleeping next to a cat is not easy and that although we try to keep it in our bed, sometimes, it feels like cuddling with other people.

We know that. Roommates… don't always get it. So they complain, and they act strangely, and they make accusations. That is not the situation here. Here, the opposite seems to be true. It looks like this roommate like the cat a little too much, so much so that they keep locking it in their room and introducing it as theirs. Is that taking it too far? The owner certainly thought so.

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"[Am I wrong] for telling my roommate that my cat isn't hers?"

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We get it. This is a weird situation to be in, and although we have never been in something similar, we have a feeling that we would have reacted in the same way. Forget the fact that this person is calling their roommate's cat their own. We would never stand for them locking the cat in their room.
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Hey, we did not really doubt you at any point. Anyone who is willing to go out of their way and have a confrontation with their roommate about their cat's wellbeing is most likely someone who cares about their cat. We will say that we are glad the roommate is leaving soon. That's a good thing for everyone, but mostly for the cat.
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