Feral cat guilt-trips his chosen humans into adopting him by sitting outside their door in the pouring rain and refusing to look for shelter, so after weeks, they finally cave and regret every second they didn't take him sooner

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 15, 2026 5:30 PM EDT

When a cat chooses its human, the human has no choice but to oblige. That is the law of the world.

As we have said many times before, cats adopt their humans. You may think that when you go into a shelter, wanting to adopt, that it will be your choice which feline goes home with you, but little do you know that the cats in there are actually assessing you and deciding whether you are worthy or not. And cats make all kinds of unexpected choices. Cats choose people who hate cats and have never wanted cats, and then turn them into the greatest cat lovers. Cats choose people who are allergic to cats and essentially force them either to deal with the sneezing or to undergo medical procedures to deal with it. Once a cat chooses you, you have zero choice in the matter. That is just how things are and how they have always been.

You can try to fight it, and the people who posted their story on r/aww really did try. They had good reasons not to take a cat in, and it wasn't like the cat was in desperate need of a home. The family feeds the whole colony, making sure that they are healthy and have warm beds. They just never planned on taking one into their home. But like we said, it wasn't their choice at all. Once this ginger chose them, their fate was sealed. And maybe it took him a while to convince them, but that didn't matter. He was not going to give up until he was home safe and spoiled by his new family for the rest of his life. It was written in the stars. It just took these humans a little while to finally read the message.

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"Our orange kitty before and after we adopted him"

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Now, that is one cat who is very, very pleased with his decision. The cutest, the calmest, belly-up and in the hands of his chosen human - that is what every cat should look like.
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Oh, yeah, we would not have been able to say no to that face either. To be honest, we don't know how you held out for so long. But this face, in the rain, with these eyes… we understand why that was the moment you caved.
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Feral cat guilt-trips his chosen humans into adopting him by sitting outside their door in the pouring rain and refusing to look for shelter, so after weeks, they finally cave and regret every second they didn't take him sooner

When a cat chooses its human, the human has no choice but to oblige. That is the law of the world.

"Our orange kitty before and after we adopted him"

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