Is This Woman Wrong for Telling the Neighbors That Their Cat Is Actually Hers After Her Mom Gave It to Them?
Some family disputes start small and then spiral fast, especially when a pet is involved. In this case, a woman says the cat she inherited was given away by her mother, even though she had already planned to keep it.
The cat had been staying at another house because of spraying issues, and the mother later rehomed it with neighbors who had recently lost their own cat. When the woman visited and saw how attached the neighbors had become, she told them the cat was actually hers, which turned an already messy situation into a full-blown family fight.
Now the question is whether she was standing up for herself or making things worse. Read on.
Okay, so here is the story...
Boo was rehomed without her consent?
That is where the real conflict starts.
This is how OP feels. Can we blame her?
This is how her mom reacted. Is she the asshole for saying something?
The comments quickly took sides.
Here's more information on how she feels and how things went with her mom. After hearing everything, how do you feel about this situation?
The first NTA comment: "Your mom sucks." It seems like a lot of people agree with this comment, though.
Many people agree that this probably isn't the first instance where her mom reacted to a situation this way or created this type of situation.
Some commenters focused on the cat, others focused on the family drama.
If the cat was willed to her, then legally it is her cat, right?
OP says that she visited the cat, so it was rehomed, but imagine if this commenter was right.
"GET YOUR CAT." I mean... right.
The first comment that actually agrees with the mother and isn't on OP's side. What do you think about this? She did leave the cat alone for some time.
Reddit is starting to come for OP, saying that she was an irresponsible pet owner by leaving Boo alone for so long.
Then the blame started shifting back toward OP.
This is similar to the sister who wouldn’t give the cat back after saying “just think of the cat as dead”.
Many commenters on Reddit are saying they need a bit more information from OP to really determine their answer, but it seems like this person is on the mom's side.
It was quite unfair for her mom to give away her cat, though. You can't deny that.
Could she sue for the cat's retrieval? Interesting...
Maybe her mom is just mad that she got caught doing something wrong.
By this point, the comments were all over the place.
OP left him for 'some months,' and people are highly upset about this. Was she in the wrong for leaving him alone?
NTA: Mom was out of place for giving away the cat.
Again, the cat was WILLED to her, so how much can her mom do legally? If it's her cat, then she should have been spoken to first.
Many people are stuck on the fact that she didn't even realize the cat was rehomed until a week later, which means she didn't check on the cat for a whole week...
Another commenter suggests that her mom is embarrassed or upset just because she got caught doing something wrong.
Her mom was wrong for rehoming the cat, but she was also wrong for leaving it for months.
This commenter says that her mother is childish and unfair, but the reply gives this commenter another perspective.
"YTA"—another person saying she's the asshole. It really does suck that she left the cat alone.
Her mother had no right to give away her cat... very true.
After reading all of the comments, I think people are a bit conflicted. The original poster has some missing information and a lot of details that may be important to the story.
A lot of people think she's the asshole for leaving the cat for so long and not being a responsible pet owner. On the other hand, many believe that the mom is the asshole for giving away the cat without her consent.
Many people are so conflicted because they are kind of both assholes.
What do you think?
This family is not getting out of this one cleanly.
Want more messy animal-and-family drama, read how the Redditor told their mom the harsh truth about neglecting her cats.
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