Melbourne college student locks her roommate's cat out of her bedroom after it keeps barging into her room and jumping on her at night, her furious roommate starts rumor that she dislikes animals: 'You should feel honored'

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Emma Saven
Nov 11, 2025 11:00 PM EST

I find this story hilariously relatable, but for almost the opposite reason that you might think. I'm going to admit something to you all, but you have to promise to put your forgiveness pants on…I've always grown up more of a dog-person, I mean, I had a purrrfect blonde Labrador, so how could you blame me? Although…I do have a secret, when I was sixteen, I used to spend weekends at my best friend's house, and whenever the clock struck past 1a.m, I would feel like four tiny paws walking across my chest, or a big fluffy back lent against my forehead…At first, I found it funny, but after it continued to happen, I began finding a lot of comfort in this little Tuxedo cat named Snowy…She was the first time I learnt just how precious those little furry friends can be! 

However, this roommate is not feeling quite as optimistic…After countless sleepless nights, as a result of her roommate's cat entering her bedroom with a major case of the zoomies, she decides to lock her door at night. As expected, the cat did not react well to this new no-entry policy. Yet, instead of her owner training her out of this breaking-and-entering habit that disrupts her roommate's sleep schedule, she started to blame her roommate for making the cat miserable, spreading rumors to their friend group about her distaste for animals…I mean, if you're going to spread a rumor, at least make it somewhat believable… 

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  • So now the apartment is not only filled with cat toys and excess fluff, but tension begins to fill up the remaining space? Will this pet-owner learn to respect the boundaries of her roommate, or is their friendship as doomed as the corner of their couch? 

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  • AITA for locking my roommates cat out of my room at night?

    I am 20 and share a place in Melbourne with two roommates. One of them has a cat named Noodle.
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  • He is very sweet during the day. At night he becomes a menace. Noodle has decided that my room is actually his room.
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  • He knows how to push the door open. At three in the morning he sprints inside and jumps on my chest.
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  • He knocks my water over. He yells for food even though he has already eaten. I wake up terrified every time.
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  • I am in uni and I also work mornings. I need sleep. I asked my roommate to keep him out of my room at night.
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  • She laughed and said that I should feel honoured that he picked me. I do not feel honoured at all.
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  • So I started locking my door before I sleep. Now Noodle sits outside my door and screams like he is being tortured.
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  • My roommate got angry and said I was being cruel to him. She insisted that if I cared about animals I would let him sleep where he wants.
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  • I told her that Noodle is her pet and her responsibility. She said that it is my fault for giving him. attention in the first place.
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  • I petted the cat that lives with me and now it is apparently my punishment to never have proper sleep again.
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  • Last night she said the crying is causing him stress and changing his behaviour. I told her the only real behaviour problem is that she refuses to train him.
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  • Now she is giving me the silent treatment and telling our friends that I hate animals.
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  • I do not hate Noodle. I just do not want to be body slammed by a ten kilogram fur missile at three in the morning.
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  • Cultural_You_6089 Definitely NTA, it's her pet and she should not be so entitled. What's surprising is she allows the cat to sit there and cry while accusing you of hating animals . I'm interested to know the perspective of your other roommate.
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  • NTA SigSauerPower320 You're entitled to a good night sleep. Not trying to be rude, but let this be a lesson for you. While the cat is hers, securing your room is your job. This is something that should have been nipped in the bud in the first night he did that. Don't let your roommate manipulate you. Not wanting animals in your room while you're trying to sleep doesn't mean you hate cats or are being mean to her cat. She's an ah for not handling this sooner and for making it seem like you're in
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  • ServelanDarrow NTA. I am not a cat person and woke up once with a cat literally on my face. Locks are good.
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  • Uubilicious_The_Wise 10 kilogram fur missile had me spitting out my mocha. I won't go into the visions which came into my mind. Anyway, I know how you feel. I've had this exact problem and locked the cat out of my room at nights too. The difference here is that the owner of the cat understood and tried to do something about it. Unfortunately we just ended up getting a cat bed and putting it outside my room as she wouldn't sleep anywhere else at night. The upside is that she did stop wailing all
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  • makemashnotwar NTA I'm an animal lover but if I had a cat and roommates, it'd be my responsibility. Is she going to pay your security deposit if the cat destroys the place? Or replace any broken or damaged furniture as a result of the cat launching, scratching etc? I think you need to have a sit down chat. She needs to stop bad mouthing you and deal with the energetic kitty at night in her own room (probably why she was delighted to have the cat come join you so she didn't have to deal with it!)
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  • Dry_Chemistry3113 Nta but your roommate is
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  • Abject-Mushroom8938 She is definitely manipulating you (your roommate) and taking the good old guilt trip! Your nta for prioritising your wellbeing and health.
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