‘I just didn’t see how a cat lover and a cat hater could ever really work’: Woman ends relationship after cat-hating date drops ultimatum, now wonders if she overreacted

Everyone has their red flags indicator when dating. That moment when someone says something and you just go, “Uh oh.” For this cat lover, the red flag showed up fast: after nearly a week of fun, flirty messaging with a guy she met online, he suddenly dropped a dealbreaker. He hated cats. Worse, he said that if they were going to date, she’d either have to come to his place only, or put her cat outside when he visited.

That was all it took for her to call it off. Because while the guy may have been funny and charming, he clearly didn’t respect the fact that her cat was family. Telling someone to boot their pet out of their own home is the dating equivalent of hissing at the welcome mat.

Now, years later, someone told her she may have thrown away a “potentially good relationship.” But what kind of good relationship starts by asking you to abandon your values… or your cat? She trusted her instincts and chose loyalty to her furry roommate over a man with a serious cattitude problem. And honestly? That’s the kind of purrsonal boundary we can all admire.

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