Today, I was over at a friend's house feeding her cats while she was on vacation. After feeding the four of them, I found an extra cat under the sofa. Thinking it was an intruding stray, I kicked it out. She actually has 5 cats. 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, my friend asked me if I could watch her mother's cats while they go on vacation. I agreed since her house is on my way to work. When I talked to her mother, I found out she has 30-something cats. She reckons she lost count. FML
Today, I thought I had two cats, an albino and a tuxedo, but apparently I have four. I just discovered that an orange cat and a black cat have somehow gotten into my basement and made themselves at home. There's no way in hell I can afford four cats. Oh, and the cats I actually own hate them. FML
Today, I took in an old friend’s fat cat for a month until she finds a place to live. Turns out the cat isn’t fat, just pregnant. I found out when I found two of her dead kittens in my living room. FML
Today, I came home from holiday, only to find my house full of small decomposing animals, courtesy of my cat. FML
Today, when I got back to my bedroom, I found my cat had left not one, not two, but four dead lizards for me. FML
Today, I came home and saw my cat all snuggled up with another cat on the sofa. I thought it was the cutest thing ever, until I remembered that I only have one cat. FML
Today, my sister came over for a visit. I was going to surprise her with the news that I had spontaneously gotten a cat. The first thing she told me when she came in was that she ran over my neighbor's cat. None of my neighbors have cats. FML
Today, my neighbor let me know that they've been taking care of my cats while I was away, including letting them in and out of my house. I don't own a cat. FML
Today, I got to go back into my house after it had been tented. Suddenly, a foul stench filled my house. My husband checked all around the house and finally checked under the house. There were more than 12 dead stray cats under our house, and guess who was in charge of pulling them out? FML
Today, I found out that my cat has been secretly stealing my socks and hiding them under the couch, when I found a pile of 15 socks after I finally moved my furniture to vacuum the floor underneath. FML
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Top comments
cieloalicia 16
After seeing four, you immediately think the fifth is a stray? What?
DDCA 24
You're a ******* idiot.
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Comments (135)
crackpotL 33
OP you are an idiot, you better hope the cat is chipped.
xiaodoggiie 5
How could anyone have voted FHL? OP, you deserved it. You should have double checked how many cats she has, and how could you not know that if she was your friend? Just sayin'. Now go find that cat!
dr_snow_bear 29
I hope your cover story is better than this. Even saying the cat ran out the door before you could stop it is nicer than saying you threw a pet out onto the street. You could try leaving food by the door, and hope it comes back that way.
gracehi 33
Or its litter box. The smell of its *ahem* leavings will help the cat identify and find its home if it's lost.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Why would you kick it out before checking with your friend??
alycion 39
Friend could be on a vacation where it is not easy to reach her, like a cruise. IMO, both are at fault. Op should have checked with someone first or separated the cat from the rest until it could be verified if the cat was a stray or not and op's friend should have been a bit more specific then feed my cats while I'm gone. If someone is caring for my pets while I'm away, I leave a paper with each pet's name and any oddities that they need to look out for, such as one of my dogs not liking to come inside after using the bathroom when I am gone. If possible, I bring them over before I leave and go over this in person too, usually treating them to a dinner as a pre thank you for doing me the favor.
locomodo 7
The four other cats are probably thinking "what a stupid human"
gracehi 33
I get the feeling my cats think that a lot.
Sprechchor 12
The other cats are like "Did that bitch just kick Steve out?"
kpo1991 10
To be fair to the OP if I owned 5 cats, I'd probably have a cat flap for them, so the fifth one could well get back in. A lot of the houses in my area have cat flaps whether or not the residents own a cat, they're just on the doors or whatever. Maybe the OP knew there was a cat flap and thought a cat could have gotten into the house that way? And I think stray might have been the wrong word to use, and OP meant "cat that was not my friend's". You'd have to be ridiculously unaware if you can't tell a stray from a house cat, so maybe the OP thought that it was another local house cat that had gotten in. I just don't get how the OP didn't know how many cats their friend had. Surely that's something you pick up on when you go to their house or whatever?
JustKittyKat 24
If it was a stray, chances are that the other four cats would have let you know. Cats are pretty territorial and protective of each other and their homes. I sincerely hope you get that cat back soon and safely. I fear they may be inside only cats.
buddy51 23
OP- How in the world did you decide which cat was # 5 and therefore the stray? Your story smells like old kitty litter! You'd be better off confessing that you randomly kicked out one of your friend's cats because you felt like it and to never ever cat sit again!
HeadlessSparrow 20
It's either that that one cat is good at hide n seek when you're at the friends house or you don't know your friend well enough to know that they have 5 cats. YDI
JaneChemi_fml 21
maybe the fifth was a recent addition to the family and ops friend forgot to mention it