Former roommate tries to steal woman's cat from her after she moves in with her boyfriend, woman adamantly refuses: ‘That was MY CAT’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Mar 5, 2026 8:00 PM EST

Never, ever mess with the bond between a purrson and their cat. It will not end well.

The love that a cat and their favorite hooman share is unmatched. No matter what, they will always choose each other. When someone tries to disrupt this special bond, you bet that both the feline and their purrson will put up a fight. Scroll below to read about an entitled ex-roommate and her quest to take a woman's cat from her, so she and her boyfriend can play cat parents instead. Like that would ever fly with a cat pawrent.

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  • A woman reads a book with her cat in her lap.
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    A woman reads a book with her cat in her lap.

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  • "Roommate wants my cat"

    Hey guys, I'm about to lose my sh right now. Roomie and I [F22] have lived together for almost 3 years.
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  • We both grew up in homes with lots of pets and were bummed when we moved into our place and suddenly had no furry friends to keep us company, but decided not to get a shared pet at the time because money was tight and the space was small.
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  • 3 months ago my coworker gave me a cat. Roomie and I had a very serious sit down and established that since he was mine, I would pay for everything in relation to him (food, toys, vet fees, pet deposit etc).
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  • The only thing she has paid for was a singular vet visit that she made without telling me and would not accept my repayment.
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  • This brings us to last month, one day I came home from work to her room being empty.
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  • She texted me later that day to say she had quit her job and moved in with her boyfriend of a month because he offered to take care of her.
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  • Which, ok, not cool, but not exactly out of character for her so I just went on with life.
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  • Since the beginning, the woman chose to pay for everything that the cat needed. They funded the cat's toys, meals, and restroom supplies. The roommate, on the other hand? Maybe one thing, here and there. It seems obvious on the outset that this was the woman's cat, but the roommate was welcome to help if they wanted to. After all, they were both living with the animal.

    Things change quickly. Without the two sharing a home any longer, the woman soon realized that she'd have to put up a fight for the animal she raised. This roommate wasn't going to go down without a fight.

  • We had a sit down a few days after where she offered to keep paying her half of rent while I found a new place.
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  • Honestly I was expecting worse so I thanked her for her generosity and and moved on with catching up.
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  • When I told her about a few pet friendly places I had been looking at in town, she got all giddy and told me not to worry about it because SHE was going to be taking my cat.
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  • The very same cat she has never once done any care for, besides the single vet visit.
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  • A gray tabby cat sleeps, curled up in a ball on a couch.
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    A gray tabby cat sleeps, curled up in a ball on a couch.

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  • Not that she was expected to, but my point still stands. I told her in no uncertain terms that that was MY CAT and she was not to take him anywhere.
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  • Her response was very much "yeah, sure, whatever you say." Now she keeps bringing her boyfriend over to the apartment to "get the kitty used to his new papa".
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  • I'm terrified that one day I'm gonna get home from work and hes gonna be gone.
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  • That little dude is my BABY. When I'm home he is velcroed to my side 24/7.
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  • I havent had a moment of peace in 3 months and I wouldnt have it any other way.
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  • He never hung out with roomie when she was home unless I was out or my door was shut.
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  • I get that shes lonely when her boyfriend is at work but D IN.
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  • The very fact that this roommate continues to bring her boyfriend over to her old apartment is troubling. Sure, the woman can put her foot down and tell her to stop visiting, but what good would that do? She's still relying on the roommate for funds while she's in her own apartment search, so the only way forward is to tolerate it until she can live in a space with a different lock. The cat, so long as they're in the apartment with their owner, is safe. Is the woman's sanity safe? Questionable. What would you do in this situation?

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