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Emeowtional Support Expurrts: 10+ stories from the online feline family about how cats served as their therapspspsts

Ayala Sorotsky

Boyfriend wants to kick out girlfriend's friend who has been staying with them for weeks, girlfriend manipulates him into letting her stay: 'I feel like she doesn't like me and is trying to drive a wedge'

JR Atkinson

18-year-olds refuse to let their friend dress up as a princess for a Renaissance Faire, claim they can be the only princesses: 'Your friend is acting like a 5yo at her birthday party'

JR Atkinson

28-year-old refuses to donate $30k of her late father's inheritance to pay for her older sister's wedding, then the spoiled sister threatens to uninvite her: ‘I was the one who moved back home to take care of him’

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I was shocked': Kind person who rescued an unneutered adult tuxedo stray cat refuses to give it back after his previous owner makes a 'lost cat' post on Facebook 9 months later, because the cat has bonded with her and her other cat

Mariel Ruvinsky

Person adopts a blind and paraplegic kitten who was run over and left to fend for himself, nurses him back to health and finds the purrfect home for a special-needs cat like him: 'With a lot of love and care, [his] dignity was restored'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Boyfriend of 2 years tells girlfriend to dress more like his ex, girlfriend wonders if she's overreacting: 'She always looked good. Tight dresses, heels hair done, makeup on point. You, half the time, look like you just rolled out of bed'

JR Atkinson

'He thinks he's one of [the cats]': Rescued bobcat kitten who's unable to be released into the wild gets adopted by a veterinarian and his rehabilitator wife, grows up alongside domestic cats, now thinks that he is a cat himself

Mariel Ruvinsky

'You can play house [with] my dad, but don't patronize me': 26-year-old puts Dad's new 28-year-old girlfriend in her place when she starts acting like a strict stepmother on family vacation

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘It’s my home too': Brothers buy a house together, then after 11 years, the eldest gets married, and tries to kick out his sibling to start a family

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled friends expect 19-year-old to cook and pay for entire Friendsgiving, refuse to host it themselves: 'She got annoyed and said I was “ruining our tradition” and being selfish'

JR Atkinson

‘[He] decided they needed an actual shelter’: A dad who “hates cats” falls in love with two voids dumped in the family's property, building them the sturdiest and warmest shelter for winter

Ayala Sorotsky

Bride-to-be asks homeowner to use his backyard for her wedding since she grew up there, neighbors call him a 'nasty person' after he politely declines: 'This seems like an odd request and I am a bit overwhelmed'

JR Atkinson

'[It's] our college fund': Grandparents save $250,000 for their 15 and 17-year-old grandkids, but their former daughter-in-law sues them to claim the money for her new family's medical treatment

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boyfriend threatens to break up with girlfriend over her skincare addiction: 'It's really hard not to feel grossed out any time we made physical contact'

JR Atkinson

Sailor finds a kitten on board after the cargo ship's entire journey from Italy to Canada, and decides to adopt the little stowaway: 'Now we have a great cat in our family'

Ayala Sorotsky