The man asks on Reddit.com whether he behaved badly (AITA) when he felt he was forced to rehome some rescue cats that his girlfriend had found. The title sort of indicates that he might have behaved badly but when you read the story carefully, he hasn't at all.
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His story
He works from home and he owns his home. His girlfriend of two years lives with him in his home. She also works from home. She does not pay rent.
She found a box of 6, 2-week-old abandoned kittens by the side of the road (that stuff happens which is appalling). She asked him whether she could bring them in to the home and he agreed even though he has a severe cat allergy. Although he asked whether she could take them to a shelter but she didn't want to do that and he relented.
Conditions he set
But he said he would allow them to come into his home on condition that she adopted them out at eight weeks of age. In the meantime, they should stay in the guest room/bathroom. And he agreed to look after them if he had to in an emergency otherwise the responsibility was his girlfriend's.
She breaks the agreement?
After four months they were still in the house and they needed fixing i.e. spaying and neutering and he did not want the expense. Also, they were now roaming around the house. His girlfriend tried to get him to clean the litter tray because she didn't feel like it, he said.
He said that his allergy to the cats was a real problem for him and that he had to constantly take precautions like wash clothes et cetera to minimise the allergic reaction.
Warned her of adopting them out
He told her three weeks before he adopted them out that he would do so. Eventually he posted them on Facebook offering them for adoption. She agreed to it.
A couple of people responded and met with him. She agreed with that as well. As a result, four of the cats were adopted out. She appears to have been out of the home at the time and when she returned, she "flipped her shit".
He was very surprised. He said that she was angry because he didn't let her say goodbye to them. He said that he gave her two months of goodbye time. He asked AITA?
AITA equals "Am I the Asshole?"
No, he is not in my opinion. What's your opinion?
Thought
Comment: I think he has been reasonable. It seems that he did everything he could to do the right thing. He had to make some compromises because of his allergy. The cats have been rescued and rehomed or at least some of them have. I guess they will all be rehomed eventually and as soon as possible. I don't see that he has done anything wrong. As he said, they could have been taken to a shelter. That wouldn't have guaranteed that they would be safe but as kittens they probably would have been rehomed.
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