I moved out of my parents house three months ago, leaving behind my two cats that I adopted as kittens when I was 17. I begged my parents for them, promising that I would always care of them but I left them when I went to college and then moved back home and now, leaving home for good for a new job, I just didn’t feel right about taking them.
I have a good job but I moved to a tiny apartment and I didn’t want to uproot my two very happy, very fat cats who have lived in a big house all of their lives to such a smaller place. I know my cats and I know they would get so anxious if they were thrust into a new environment like that. I also was gone for four years of college so my parents have cared for them most of their lives. I expressed this fear to my parents before moving and I told them that if they didn’t want the cats then I would take them but that I felt it would be best if the cats stayed with them. My parents agreed to keep them.
I know my parents love them but lately they’ve made me feel so guilty for leaving them. Especially when I bring up the idea of adopting a new cat with my boyfriend. I feel like I made my parents get the cats in the first place and now I’m abandoning them and replacing them. I’m so torn. I want my cats to not have to be put through the stressful transition of living with me but I don’t want to abandon them. I also want to give another cat a loving home so three cats can be safe and happy and not just two.
Has anyone left a pet at home after college and felt super guilty? Not just for leaving the pet but for dumping the responsibility on your parents? I feel horrible :(
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