Student and her couple-roommates plan to adopt a cat, only for them to adopt another behind her back, claiming she's not allowed to adopt hers: 'I've been looking forward to getting my cat for months'

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Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 10, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

When we talk about pets, we're not just talking about fur and whiskers - we're talking about love. The kind that climbs into bed with you after a hard day, purrs beside your aching heart, and says: "You're safe here". For so many of us, especially in times of big change - moving out, starting new jobs, trying to find our place in the world - adopting a cat isn't a small thing. It's the thing. A source of comfort, healing, and consistency when everything else is uncertain.

So it's no wonder that people want to share that love with others. When you care deeply for a cat, you want to introduce them like family. You want the people around you to understand just how much that little creature means. And when someone doesn't get it - or worse, dismisses it - it hurts. It's not just about cats. It's about feeling seen. And feeling like you belong.

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    AIO - My roommate got a cat but I can't have one roommate
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  • That’s why what happened to this student is so heartbreaking. She waited until she could care for a cat properly. She fell in love with one already. And just as she was finally ready to bring him home, she was told she couldn’t. Not because of logistics - but because someone else had already made the choice for her.

    It’s a story of being left out, of love pushed aside - and of having to let go of a cat who already felt like family. We feel for her. Deeply.

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    my family started rehabilitating a feral cat colony and now they have 21 cats and no more ferals,
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    a pack of cats waking on the floor as if close to the person taking the picture from above them
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    several of which are ready to be adopted as soon as we can find someone to take them.
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    I moved out earlier this year into a house with roommate A and B, B being my best friend and A being their gf.
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    a couple hugged on the couch, ignoring a third person there who's looking at them with disdain as if she's a third wheel
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    A already had a dog but when I moved in we started floating the idea of getting a cat.
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    I'm a student on welfare so I decided to put it off until I got a job (which I've gotten now!!) so I could afford to care
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    for the cat myself but a week ago A & B came to me to talk about how B wanted a cat.
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    We'd previously agreed to adopt one of the cats my family raised, but because B wanted a cat to be their own they decided instead to adopt from a shelter.
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    a cat shelter volunteer is bringing food to a pack of cats in the shelter, they are excited to see her
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    (Sidenote that's not too relevant but adds to my upset:
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    they did it with B's other best friend but not me, and instead of going to the local no kill sanctuary I volunteer at they
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    went to the large kill shelter that I have expressed dislike towards repeatedly due to them
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    previously putting down multiple cats we've surrendered)
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    a person stands in the foreground with arms crossed, looks angry at the couple the sits in the background that's blurred
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    Today B came home with the new kitten and while we were playing I started talking about getting my cat,
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    when A says that we weren't going to get another cat just this one.
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    This is really upsetting to me because I've been looking forward to getting my cat for months and this new
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    kitten is B's and so won't be able to sleep in my room or generally be a household pet.
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    I'm really upset, I wanted the cat I'd picked out, he's so sweet and friendly and loves me so much and I've missed having a cat
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    woamn lovingly hugging a sleepy orange cat who closes his eyes in comfort and leans his head on the woman's hand
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    sleep in my bed so much since moving, but instead we have B's kitten that will live primarily in their room and I had absolutely no say in picking.
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    And I overreacting to be upset?
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    Educated_Kitty_Cat⚫ I'd go ahead and get a cat. If they get a cat, so do you. If they complain, that's on them. I had to deal with the same thing my sophomore year of college. My
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    roommates and I had a mutual understanding of no guys allowed in our apartment. They broke that rule, so I started inviting my boyfriend over. As for their own feelings, lol I didn't care because I was reciprocating their behavior.
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    Get a meow meow if you want and post pics of the purr box! 13
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    PixelatedTempt • Nah, you're not overreacting, mate. You had an agreement, they backpedaled on it, that's kinda cr p. Congrats on the job though! Maybe talk 'em
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    into it, remind 'em of the original agreement. If that fails, move out asap after you're stable. Get your own place, your own cat. Life's too short to make others' pets the only ones who get to snooze on yr bed ↑ 1 ↓ zy
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