"I am so very happy to say that I found my true 'soul kitty' not all too long after": A woman’s painful experience of losing her dream cat to a miscommunication leads to an unexpected and healing connection with a new feline friend

Author image for Laurent Shinar
Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 11, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Cat adoption seems to be an even wilder experience than cat rescues or feline deliveries made by the Cat Distribution System. At least when you take today's story into account, where one woman fell deeply in love with a little ball of fur only to have it ripped from her arms all due to a miscommunication error. The kind of error that would not bother you one bit if it had to do with your lunch order, but when it comes to the safety and happiness of a cat and their pawrent becomes quite the ordeal.

But this story is not actually about cats lost to miscommunication. This story is about the universe's way of shutting a door and opening a window, and through that window comes the cat that you actually needed in your life. So tag along on this story of hope, wholesomeness and heart.
 

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to start your Caturday with the funniest felines on the internet!

Advertisement
  • 01
    I guess this is sort of just a vent, though if anyone has any advice I'd welcome it too. Maybe someone might understand.
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 02
    I visited my local cat sanctuary just to socialize the cats. But when I visited the "shy cat" room, one girl came bounding towards me and instantly climbed into my lap, purring up a storm. She
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 03
    just gazed up at me and let me cup her little face as she fell asleep. I spent hours with her after that, watching how she'd be with other people, but only with me did she behave this way. I told
    via Wise_Safe717

  • Oh man, cats can be so cruel sometimes. Much like they are with their prey, they are picky about their hoomans. They choose them carefully and with intention and when you have been chosen, there is nothing you can do. You will be forced to fall in love with your new cat and you will not eat, sleep or think until you have that cat in your home. So devious…

  • 04
    them I'd come back the next day for her, which I did. I spent several hours. the next day with her and everyone (staff and visitors alike) assumed I would bring her home and encouraged,
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 05
    including this one couple who had install come in to see her from her online listing because she is a pretty kitty. I have never in my life felt such a connection with an animal, and I am a huge animal lover who has
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 06
    Cheezburger Image 10540536832
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 07
    always been the type of person to want to take animals home. But with her, this was something so special. She purred
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 08
    immediately upon seeing me the second day I came in, and even though she was very friendly with others who came in, she wouldn't do the same for them and would always return to me. I felt like I'd
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 09
    known this cat for years, like a piece of my heart had fallen into place. Like the final jigsaw piece.
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 10
    Unfortunately, I couldn't. stay to start the process that day, so I sent a thorough email as soon as I got home and left a voicemail. In both, I told them I'd come by the next day (yesterday) and what time I'd be there for her.
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 11
    They didn't see any of my emails or check their voicemail box. I came to bring her home, only to find they had just sent her home with the couple who had come in the day before (and left
    via Wise_Safe717

  • Yikes, well this hurts. Especially considering what we said earlier about cats attaching themselves to you. What pain this person must have felt being let down like this all over a miscommunication. But as if often said - the Cat Distribution System gives you what you need, not what you want.

  • 12
    immediately when they saw her attachment to me, even telling me how happy she would be with me). I'm just heartbroken.
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 13
    I feel almost betrayed that no one saw my emails or voicemails, in a way, though that might sound silly. I don't know
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 14
    why I feel so, so deeply about this one cat. I've been attached to many animals before, but I genuinely feel like a part of me has shattered. I've
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 15
    been in grief as though something died, and it's honestly so frustrating to feel so intensely for this cat because I'm now helpless to this situation. I don't know what to do, I feel like I'm at a loss. I felt
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 16
    a connection I've never felt before, and now she's gone. She acted like I was her human she'd known forever. I'm almost hoping the couple will bring her back, for one reason or another. The shelter put my number into her file in case she
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 17
    comes back. I'm so upset. The shelter had said I had priority on her because of my bond with her and me being there with her first, so why did this happen? I'm honestly just in so much grief. I've been
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 18
    crying over a cat I've only known for a few hours, so awfully you'd think I lost a lifelong pet. I know it sounds dramatic. I don't understand it either. I've loved many animals that I ultimately was unable to take home with me, which of course was a very sad
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 19
    experience, but I've never felt this way before. I hope someone here might understand what I'm going through or may have advice. I'm in so much pain. I feel like I'd be willing to humiliate myself and beg the couple for her, which
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 20
    Cheezburger Image 10540537088
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 21
    sounds so absurd. I'm not this type of person usually. I feel like I lost my best friend, and I don't even understand it.
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 22
    Final Edit: While the feelings I experienced around the time of this post were very overwhelming and genuine, I am so very happy to say that I found my true "soul kitty" not all too long after. She is the
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 23
    best little companion, I love her so much. I can admit I sometimes wonder how the cat in this post is doing or how she would get along with the one I took home, but I do believe that everything happens for a reason. I
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 24
    wonder if me going through the grief of this post is what allowed me to act quickly and decisively when I met my girl. I'm grateful for it, because I wouldn't trade her for the world!!
    via Wise_Safe717
  • 25
    So it turns out that this has a happy ending :) ♡
    via Wise_Safe717

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

experience healing cat dream woman soul miscommunication friends true reddit story lose connection unexpected painful cat story feline kitty happy
Scroll Down For The Next Article