First-Time Mom Says Her Husband Refuses to Rehome Their ‘Very Clingy’ Cat: ‘It’s Become Just Really Overwhelming’

A “clingy” cat dragged successful a world of emotions for a first-time mother.

The overwhelmed mom, who is raising a 4-month-old baby, chronicled connected nan organization forum Mumsnet why she wants to find different location for her family’s feline — but her hubby is “absolutely not” connected committee pinch this.

“To statesman with, I’d conscionable for illustration to opportunity I ne'er thought I’d beryllium personification to opportunity that I wanted to rehome a pet conscionable because having them didn’t suit my manner anymore and would astir apt person looked down upon anybody saying that,” she confessed. “However, I’m really struggling pinch my cat.”

“He’s very clingy, arsenic successful wants to beryllium connected my thigh permanently and person changeless attraction lavished upon him,” she continued. “I recovered this rather a batch pre-baby but since it’s go conscionable really overwhelming.”

The caller mom past elaborate really nan feline is affecting raising nan baby.

“I cannot get up successful nan nighttime to power a vessel because nan feline runs retired and runs circles astir my feet meowing loudly and insistently for his food,” she explained. “I cannot conscionable beryllium and clasp my babe without nan feline besides trying to beryllium connected my lap. Also, nan magnitude of hairsbreadth everyplace is really getting to me, I’m uncovering hairs/cat fur connected my baby’s vessel and dummy and conscionable crossed each surfaces astatine each times contempt vacuuming and utilizing a lint roller constantly.”

“Having to cleanable up nan litter tray and nutrient excessively really feels for illustration much than I tin bear,” she added. “I cognize it’s not nan cats ‘fault’. I conscionable consciousness progressively that I want to get him rehomed, chiefly for my use but besides I’m judge he would beryllium much happy location wherever personification really doesn’t spot him arsenic a load and would beryllium happy pinch him cuddling up to them.”

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Her hubby is refusing to rehome nan cat, insisting that nan feline is “part of nan family, and now she is “starting to consciousness resentful.”

“I don’t understand why he won’t fto maine rehome nan feline for my ain sanity. Am I expected to conscionable suck it up for husband’s sake?” she asked nan forum.

Most Mumsnet users agreed pinch nan woman’s husband.

“My champion friend did this recently, and we’re nary longer friends,” 1 scholar replied. “I person nary respect for group who perpetrate to caring for a pet and past springiness it up because they determine it’s nary longer convenient.”

Another personification echoed that user, but besides offered up a imaginable solution to alleviate nan situation, commenting, “You made a committedness to nan feline and you can't conscionable get free of it because it's inconvenient. Get an outdoor catio and put him retired location for a mates of hours a day.”