Dear folks, please share your wise thoughts with me:
3 years ago I bought a cat as a companion for a sick family member. Since that person couldn’t take care of the cat, I took all responsibility upon me, took care of her since she was a kitten and even moved the cat with me in a small apartment of only two very small rooms that we both shared with initial difficulty but successfully. Over the last months and year, I built an emotional and friendly connection with this wise looking animal.
After time passing by and me being occupied with work and other things, I found the cat more and more looking lonely at certain times which also broke my heart. As a starting entrepreneur, my total image of myself also did not really involve a cat. Yesterday I sold her to a new home where she would most definitely live happy and share the place with a fellow cat friend.
I never knew how I would miss her until I came home and saw her empty spot and the place and the things she played with. Her sudden absence without her funny cat behavior, left me with a sad emptiness. Never had expected this from myself either.
I know that, in time, I would manage the feelings and get used to the new situation without her. However, I would always remember this feeling as if a close part of me was ceded and I should maybe have had found another solution. I also know that if required, I could get the cat back and improve the pets situation with me (by among others getting a second cat in the future). I had already invested a lot financially.
I still cannot shake the idea of getting the cat back but on the other side, I don’t want to be egoistic and bereave the poor animal from happiness too. Does that argument even work here? I am at a 60 - 40 ratio of leaving the cat in her new home but she had become a part of my family... Was I too hard on myself and maybe on her too? Have I made a mistake?
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