Today, my overly-attached 14-year-old cat wanted attention while I was in a heated Skype argument with my girlfriend. Worked up from the fight, I raised my voice and said, "Not now, go away!" He ran to his little bed, had a heart attack and died. I was a complete dick to my cat in his last moments. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I ignored my cat's incessant meowing, and pushed him away every time he wanted to be petted. The next time I walked downstairs I found him dead. FML
Today, my cat played dead just so I would leave him alone. FML
Today, my mom called me an attention seeker and threw a bitch fit because my cat "decided" to die on her birthday. FML
Today, I awoke to my cat sitting on my chest. That wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't tried to get her off. She promptly went crazy and scratched me. My fiancée, who was sleeping next to me, hit me, called me cruel, and told me to apologize to the cat. I did. FML
Today, I took my cat to the vet. He said he felt a strange lump that could be serious. I got really upset and picked her up, crying. The vet then told me I had to put her down. Absolutely devastated by having to euthanize my cat, I passed out. He meant I had to put her back on the table. FML
Today, I had to put my 17 year-old cat down. I cried the whole way up to the vet's office and back. After finally coming to terms with the situation, and trying to forget, my dad's friend walks up to me and says, "So, I heard you killed your cat?" FML
Today, my cat sat on me, 30 minutes before I had to go to work. When I picked him up almost immediately after he got comfortable so I could get ready, he looked and sounded absolutely crushed. FML
Today, after I had planned a romantic weekend for my boyfriend and me, with an itinerary of dinner, events and outings, it got cut short when he had to have his cat put down, which he had for 12 years. FML
Today, at the end of a 15 hour shift, my girlfriend and her friends played a "prank" on me by texting me from a random number saying my cat got hit by a car. I immediately burst into tears and lost it in front of my colleagues. My cat is fine. My relationship is the real joke. FML
Today, my girlfriend furiously bitched me out because I got more upset about my phone screen cracking than when she told me about the death of her cat. We hadn't even met when her cat died. Did she expect me to burst into tears from hearing the story? Guess who's single again… FML
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badluckross 21
I think I'm going to cry.
hazardmuffin 21
This is probably the most awful FML I've ever read. I'm sorry about your cat, OP :(
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it__happens 17
This seriously makes me want to cry. Not because you were rude to him in his last moments but because it's just really sad he died like that :'( I have a soft spot for cats.
photogfrog 13
Don't blame yourself, OP. Sometimes things happen and the timing is just horrible. Gentle hugs to you. I hope you're getting the comfort and love you need right now. Take care and remember the good times.
gavinbanks 13
Same thing happened to me when my mom gave my cat a bath
JaneChemi_fml 21
I'm so sorry. thats why I don't force my kitties into anything
viva_la_blondes 15
Wow this is one heart breaking fml! I can't even imagine how upset I'd be if I was in the same position as you but you really had no idea that would happen, and if she lived that long you obviously took very good care of it. Don't be upset by a few moments instead think about the years of happiness together.
jezebaal8 7
Omg you suck
jezebaal8 7
And you'll prob breakup with that girl soon and feel even worse .
Fmlsea 28
wow what are you a robot ? have some repect the guy is going through alot atm!
KamiyaHaine 18
I feel for you since I had a similar experience. I'm going to hug my dog a few extra times when I get home.
crazytwinsmom 25
I have to remember with older pets that they are like someone in their 90s or 100 even and rather frail. They need more tender loving care and probably startle really easily.
catanita 18
Maybe it was just a coincidence. 14 human ears means a lot, @ 75 in cats years. Living this much means it had lived a good life. It came to you while you were skyping to say farewell.
sammyjo06 14
Oh wow :(. Poor kitty. You couldn't have known, though. So sad. If you can, it would be an honor to his memory to donate to an animal shelter. Don't feel too guilty about it.