i don’t know what i’m going to do when my bfs cat dies. the thought breaks me. i moved in mid 2024. once she warmed up to me, she completely fell in love with me. it didn’t take long. she loves me far more than she loves my bf. not in a hating way, just she clearly prefers me.problem is, she’s EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD. i have known her for seemingly so little time, yet she acts like her life depends on me. he told me she never slept in the bed. well, she follows us straight to bed, and lays right next to me, staying the whole night. i’ll wake up, and see her there. she lays on me at all times. constantly snuggled up, rubbing into me for attention. we have such an inseparable bond. i only had one real pet before. he was a black cat. i got him real young, and he imprinted on me hard. i was his mom, and he loved me, and despised my parents (likely seeing how they were). unfortunately i was dumb, and he was an outside cat. i told people he would never let me see him die, bc he knew it would break me. true enough, he did not. she reminds me of him. she loves me so much. she looks to me all the time. it’s like she wants to protect me. part of me thinks it’s because her original owner, my bfs mom, was a petite woman like myself. maybe she smells the pheromones or something, or i just really remind her of her. sometimes she’ll wake me up in bed just to say hi. maybe she’s scared i too will leave unexpectedly…i do not know how im going to deal with her death. i need to start preparing. we joke that she’s immortal, but if i don’t prepare it’s going to break me, i’ve never faced a pet death head on like this. please helppic unrelated bc im too lazy to remove metadata to show a pic of her.
>>34393634It's rough but you face it head on precisely because you love them and they deserve your attention and presence during it.
>>34393691thank you. i definitely agree. i only hope im there to help her pass. i dont want it to happen in my sleep. i want her to feel safe next to me in her last moments as i hold her and tell her everything will be okay and we’ll meet again one day. fuck dude. i’ve never had to do this before
>>34393926wtf do you mean given my history. ex? we’ve never been exes. you’ve got me confused my man. my last ex was some twink from britain and i met his mom before i met him.
