I (15) was allowed to adopt a cat almost a year ago. He was about 8 months old and was such a sweet cat. When we were adopting him, my friend was with us and kept questioning my decision to adopt him specifically as during that day, he was sleepy and wasn't very active or particularly cuddly. I had seen him a few days earlier though and knew I wanted to adopt him. Although the other cats were great, he stood out to me quite a bit. During the few months that I had him, he was so sweet, loving, and fun. Although it was slightly uncomfortable, I'd wake up to him licking my ear or simply walking on the bed trying to get my attention. I'm a very emotional person, and this cat could tell when I was sad from a mile away. If we were sitting on my bed and I started to look sad, anxious, or starting crying for some reason, he'd look at me and walk over to me and put his paws on my shoulder with his head buried into my neck. Almost like a little hug. If he stopped and a few minutes later thought I needed some more love, he gave it to me again. He was an amazing cat.
He didn't pass away or anything like that. When my parents decided to move (we live in an apartment), they said they didn't wanna take him with us because they were tired of his scratching walls and running around with me late at night. I of course tried my best to convince them but one day (late February) I was in school and my mother messaged ms seeing that he was back at the shelter. For the first few days, I was really sad and my mother noticed this and said she'd try to convince my father to get him back. It was too late though and he was adopted. While I'm happy he got adopted, I wish it could have been me.
Now it's been about 3 months and I'm suddenly remembering all the times I feel I could have been a better owner. Like when he would wake me up early to cuddle and I'd take him off the bed repeatedly because it was hard for him to stay put sometimes when cuddling. Or when it was late at night and he wanted to stay in the living room but my mother said he had to stay in my room and I'd yell at him for being so crazy and rambunctious. It might not seem like a lot, but it makes me feel horrible when all the events play back to back and make me feel like I wasn't good to him.
I didn't have him for very long and he didn't pass, but losing him did affect me quite a bit. I was just wondering if it's normal for me right now to feel like I wasn't good to him.
I'm sorry for the long post
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