This weekend I stayed at my friends house while he’s out of state. I was passing through our college town on my way back to the town I’m working in over the summer. When I left the next morning, I didn’t realize I’d left the door open. Today I got a text from his roomate that they can’t find his childhood cat he’s had since he was 7. It’s been two days going on the third night and there’s been no sign. I feel awful that I let his cat out. I tried not to make it about my feelings but when I first found out I had something like an anxiety attack, when I think of it too hard my heart rate speeds and I feel this ball of dread in my chest. I could not imagine losing a pet because someone I trusted into my home when I wasn’t their was negligent and left the door open. I feel so ashamed of myself it’s unreal. My mentally ill part of my brain got angry after they told me they accepted my apology but didn’t forgive me. That is totally valid, but after hearing it I got really angry and wanted to suddenly and harshly cut them out of my life entirely, which is quite crazy considering I lost their cat. I didn’t tell them this. I feel so horrible and to deal with that horrible my brain is saying they’re actually the ones who did something wrong. Again, totally not rational or valid at all, but still what I’m experiencing. It’s been almost 3 days and she’s an indoor cat, I feel like there’s a good chance I could have killed her.
What would you think/ do/ say in this situation? As a pet owner or a friend letting someone’s pet get lost?
[link] [comments]
from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/o07l4c/let_my_friends_childhood_pet_get_lost/
No comments:
Post a Comment