Girl Gets Called Ungrateful For Defending Her Cat's Pooping Habits After Being Told It Poops Too Much

They didn't even clean the litter box because they said it was too much work!

Sophia

• Published in Interesting
• October 30, 2022

When we take care of our adorable and beloved pets, we are not the same person we are supposed to especially when we interact with human beings (or just our families and friends). That’s just how it is when we are parenting our fur babies (yes, fur parenting is a thing now).

We all understand how fur parenting works and how fur parents are strict in following an organized, day-to-day, list of things for their fur babies. Missing one task would make them go bananas or panic a bit (and we normally wouldn't want that to happen).

Now, asking for a very small favor when we need to go somewhere doesn’t seem like a very big task to ask for, right? It is… small, so technically, you would not have to carry an elephant or wash a mountain load of laundry, or such.

However, asking someone else to do “important” things that you’re supposed to do might be one of the most “never-again” things in your whole fur parenting life. You’ll end up reorganizing your to-do list again or even start from scratch if things are not done correctly.

This was the case for our main character for today’s AITA, OP (16F), and her cat, Melon. The supporting character is Jen (28F), the girlfriend of OP’s uncle.

The million dollar question the OP wants to ask is:

Understandable, OP had somewhere to go. And no question, OP asked her favor to Jen fair and square and as clear as day.

It is clear that Jen was only asked for a small favor, it’s just that Melon’s personality as a cat just requires “lots of gross cat poop”.

No who’s the AH? We got three characters, the OP, Jen, or Melon?

Here’s what others think of OP’s situation:

Melon is just being a cat and pooping is her natural response.

That’s just the cost of taking care of pets, Jen might’ve missed on that (And yes, pet sitting is also a thing).

OP missed this point in the first part of her story, she “asked”.

Possibly true, Jen should have told OP from the very start. Communication is the key after all!

The real question is: who’s being the AH? (Kinda both, kinda not)

Though cats can poop anytime and as many times as they need to. Right?

What? Can anyone state the laws of pet sitting (if there is such thing)?

Life is a choice. And we cannot force other people to be in the same page with us.

Maybe Jen just was not feeling it? Maybe?

Right. (We’re waiting for a conversation, friend @tcsweetgurl).

Let’s face it, trusting someone else to do our stuff is a risk that you need to think about and consider. They are not and will not be always knowledgeable about the specifics of the tasks we ask them and if they ever do fail to do so, it will always depend on the agreement (if there is one) of you as the owner and the person you asked.

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Sophia