She Got A Cat For Her Son And Her Husband Wrote Up A Contract That He Wouldn’t Do Any Pet-Related Chores
A year ago, the elderly cat that this woman’s family owned sadly passed away. Not long ago, she and her son were thinking about getting a cat because he had been struggling with depression, and he thought that a cat would be a wonderful companion and comfort when he was struggling with his mental health.
Three months ago, she bought a cat, and he has been a wonderful addition to their family.
“My husband hates taking care of pets, and we had a written agreement that I would not ask him to do any chores related to the cat,” she said.
She and her son have kept up with feeding the cat, cleaning his litter box, and clipping his nails.
Her husband is so particular about not wanting to assist with anything related to the cat that he doesn’t want her to so much as ask him to turn on a light when the cat is cuddling in her lap.
Last week, while she was at work, their cat knocked over a plant in the kitchen. Her husband works from home, and he texted her a photo after the incident at 9:45 a.m.
In the photo of the plant, dirt was all over the kitchen counter and the floor. He didn’t text her anything else about what he was going to do about the situation.
She was super busy with back-to-back meetings, so all she did was acknowledge that she had seen the text and moved forward with the rest of her workday.
At 8 p.m., her husband picked her up from the subway station once she left a work dinner. After they arrived home, she saw that the dirt from the plant in the kitchen hadn’t been cleaned up.
Elena Krivorotova – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual cat
“I am tired and frankly frustrated that he didn’t even at least let me know that he left it there and stepped over the dirt multiple times all day while making his lunch and dinner. So, in a moment of frustration and fatigue, being unpleasantly surprised, I called him a jerk. And then I got the broom to clean up,” she explained.
In response, her husband said that he was going to bring the cat back to the adoption agency since she called him a jerk.
He even looked up the location of the cat shelter. She explained to her husband that part of the reason she snapped at him was because she was astounded that he had left the dirt there for so long, and the other part was that he hadn’t even told her through text that this was what he was planning to do.
Because her husband didn’t communicate with her, the situation became worse for her. Even though they have this contract related to pets, her husband can’t stand when the kitchen is dirty, so she didn’t realize that he would be willing to refuse to clean up such a huge mess for about 10 hours, waiting for her to get to it when she was home from work.
“The ‘contract’ we have does not say that he can return the cat at his leisure. I feel like his immediate leap to threatening to get rid of our family pet was out of line for the situation. He was looking up the cat shelter location as I was literally sweeping up the mess,” she shared.
Her husband didn’t do anything at all to help her, and he only reacted so harshly because he was mad that she called him a jerk.
In her view, looking into the idea of returning their cat to the shelter because of her frustration with him was dramatic.
What advice would you give her?
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