'I packed his bags and told him to leave': Boyfriend of 8 months purposefully lets indoor cat outside, because he believes "cats belong in nature", girlfriend finds the terrified kitty and kicks the boyfriend out

If your boyfriend mistreats your cat… we think it's time to rehome. Rehome the boyfriend, that is.

The indoor-outdoor cat is a real debate in the community, with understandable explanations for both positions. But one thing that we think everyone could agree on is that you do not force an indoor cat to go outside. And you especially don't do it against the cat owner's wishes. You don't have to like cats to understand that letting an animal - who has never been out before - out of the house is dangerous. Indoor cats are spoiled and happy to be spoiled. They are dependent on us, and no matter how curious they might be about the outside world, we know - and we think they know too - that they wouldn't be able to live outside on their own.

We don't know what could have possibly led this man to do what he did - to purposefully hold the door open for a curious cat and let them out. His girlfriend has explicitly told him not to do that before, and he still did. Now, whether he did it because he doesn't care about the cat or doesn't care about her doesn't matter. Either way, her reaction was on point.

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"[Am I wrong] for kicking my boyfriend out after he accidentally let my indoor cat outside?"

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It's the fact that you still titled this post with the word “accidentally”. There was nothing accidental about what he did. You saw it yourself, on the camera, that he stood there and let the kitty out - with no care either for the cat's safety or for your desires. You are still, even after throwing this man out, framing the story in a way that defends his actions. And although we understand it - 8 months is a long time to be in a relationship - we hope that over time, when you retell this story, you will start telling it right, in a way that truly shows how horrible the thing that he did was.
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Honestly, considering the situation - the fact that this is an indoor cat who has never been outside, this story ended much better than he could have. You could has just as easily never found your kitty again. Then, we think that the story would have been framed properly. Whatever you do, do not take this man out. You deserve someone better. It doesn't even have to be someone who loves cats as much as you do. It just has to be someone who respects you enough to not purposefully put your cats in danger.
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