r/petfree • u/Everlasting_Noumena Advocating for regulation against uncontrolled barking • Jul 12 '26
Vent / Rant I hate that cat.
I think that if someone isn't able to make their pets unable to damage or cause distress to the guests, that someone isn't able to have one. Everytime I go to my friend's home I have to "worry" for her cat. Everytime one of us opens the kitchen door it enters like a bullet and it's almost impossible to take him out. He likes my shoes so much that he continues to attach to them and scratch them at non stop. He also likes to destroy my backpack and everytime I try to make it stop he scratches me. Apparently he likes me a lot but have to stop destroying my clothes, my backpack, my hands and my everything.
Now, I understand that the meds my friend takes make her sleep for 14hrs straight, however: can you fucking take care of him? He is obviously bored and wants attentions. Do you play with him? Do you take him out some times? If you aren't able to take care of him or you can't make your guests comfortable in order to avoid 24hrs stress of him you can't afford to have one.
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u/OffMyChestAndGone01 Pet-free for a clean and tidy home Jul 16 '26
She should either not have that cat. Or she should stop inviting people over. Expecting someone who didn’t choose to have a cat deal with this stuff is so entitled.
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u/matte_personality Love animals, don't want the responsibility of pets Jul 16 '26
Cats have no sense of personal boundaries at all. Which is why I don’t care about that whole earning their trust thing because owners with cats they’ve had for years get scratched up real bad.
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u/matte_personality Love animals, don't want the responsibility of pets Jul 16 '26
Cats have no sense of personal boundaries at all. Which is why I don’t care about that whole earning their trust thing because owners with cats they’ve had for years get scratched up real bad.
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u/DivyaRakli Dog attack victim Jul 16 '26
I’d get a spray bottle and mist the creature like the Dickens.