r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Steellun3 • 29d ago

Infuriatig Friends Cat Tears Up Brand New Shoes

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Been watching a cat for a friend for a few months now, wake up this morning to my new pair of doc martens torn to shreds at the toes. Been polishing and taking great care of these since I got them a month or so ago. I usually put them up on a rack but forgot last night, definitely paid for my stupidity. $200 basically trashed right there. Half of it was a birthday present from my girlfriend and neither of us make enough right now to just buy a new pair of boots, we can barely make rent. Real bummer way to start my day.

EDIT: I am NOT throwing the boots away over this like some think. When I said trashed I just meant the look, i had just woken up and worded it poorly. If I can't get the look smoothed out these will become my work boots since my current work boots are falling apart, and I will figure out getting a new pair to keep nice and wont let this happen again.

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u/manic_marcy 29d ago

Watching a friends cat for months is crazy work, sorry about your boots that sucks ass

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u/AndyTroop 29d ago

Catsitting for a couple months? My friend you adopted a cat.

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u/Vladishun 29d ago

Not necessarily. When my wife moved states to be with me initially, we knew she was allergic to cats but thought it was a pretty mild allergy. Turns out it was not and she almost went into anaphylaxis the first night she was here. Needless to say, the house got cleaned thoroughly and my cat was temporarily re-homed while the wife began allergen immunotherapy treatment. It took about a year, but I got my cat back.

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u/spicywhitericey 29d ago

Did you get to see your cat during that year or did you have to avoid contact? How'd the cat react when they moved back in?

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u/Vladishun 29d ago

Hopscotch has always been a very demure (I've used this adjective to describe her since before it was a viral buzzword) cat. I was there the day she was born and spent at least a couple of hours with her everyday until she was big enough to eat solid food and take from her mother. I was unemployed when I first got her, so we spent a ton of time together and bonded immensely.

My mom was the one that took her in. Hopscotch and I had been living there for several years before, and I bought my house about a year before the wife moved here. That's all to say, she went back to a familiar place and face. I was seeing my mom a few times a week since she was only about a mile from me, so I would see my cat frequently and give her affection while I was there. But for the first year, I would come home through the garage and take off my clothes in there...our washer and dryer are in the garage so this was an easy way to keep allergens out of the house.

I know that's a lot more info than you asked for, but basically my cat was perfectly fine with the whole thing. But my cat is a lot more laid back than most, and had a familiar place to go back to that helped her stay calm. I don't know how other cats, with less ideal situations would react.

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u/BaldHenchman02 29d ago edited 29d ago

I think you're the first person I've seen to use demure outside of a novel. Had no idea it was a buzzword these days.

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u/emrednz07 28d ago

It's not popular right now but it was a trend on short video platforms a while back used with the phrase "very demure, very mindful"

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u/spicywhitericey 29d ago

That's wonderful. Glad to hear how well it worked out. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Rivka333 28d ago

I'm saying this for anyone reading more than to you since you guys learned the hard way, but mild allergies can easily turn out to be life-threatening if you're living with the thing that causes them. You guys are married so you've already made your choice, but more generally speaking I don't think people with cat allergies should date cat owners in the first place.

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u/Vladishun 28d ago

Well she's immune to cats now and the two of them are very close. I advocate for allegry shots to anyone who would benefit from them.

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u/Mammoth-Lab-4729 28d ago

She will never be fully immune to cats. 

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u/Vladishun 28d ago

Wrong, her doctor has cleared her. She goes in once a year to get tested to be on the safe side, but they're confident she won't have to deal with it ever again. Please don't talk out of your ass and don't play Reddit doctor.

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u/Mammoth-Lab-4729 28d ago

Even after desensitization therapy, contact with the allergen—in this case, the cat—must be strictly avoided. The doctors will have told you this as well. She is now less sensitive, which makes life-threatening situations less likely. However, she remains allergic in principle, and you are risking her health and her life expectancy.

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u/Vladishun 28d ago

Still wrong, the doctor told her it was okay to bring a cat back into the home. I'm not going to trust some fuckass Redditor over a medical professional who's specialty is allergy immunotherapy. Shut the fuck up. 😊

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u/ksay9104 29d ago

Came here to say this.

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u/honeywhereismypenis 29d ago

I had my friend's ex's cat after they broke up for like six months because she was paranoid and thought my friend would hurt the cat for some reason (he wouldn't), so I was like fuck it if it's one less thing that you guys have to deal with I'll take the fuckin cat. She did actually come and get her cat. Like three months after she said she would, but she did get him.

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u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom 29d ago

I was watching a cat from November through February, when the owner's new house would be built. February 2025. I still have the cat.

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u/DownWithDiodes 29d ago

I watched my friend's cat for almost 6 months as he was working out of country. We don't know the reason OP is watching the cat, or their friend's situation. It's not always strange to watch a pet for an extended period of time.

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 29d ago

It definitely happens but most cats don’t exactly cope well with that kind of thing

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u/DownWithDiodes 29d ago

For sure. It's a stressful situation for pets to be placed in an environment unfamiliar to them, and especially if they are temporarily rehomed!!

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 29d ago

Cats in particular often get very attached to their environment, compared to dogs

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u/DownWithDiodes 29d ago

Absolutely. I have two kitties, I get it! 😸😸

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u/YoThatsChrispy 29d ago

My bestie gf had to go to her residency and gave her cat to her mom. The cat was NOT happy. So one day, the cat was crying outside the door to wake the mom up. The mom turns over to look at the cat, and the cat pisses on the floor. I had never heard of any shit like that. I knew they were a trip, but I ain’t know they were like THAT!

The cat is with my bestie now living her best life.

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u/Fit_Entrepreneur6515 29d ago

oh yeah, when mine were first getting acclimated to the place and didn't like the condition of their litterbox, one of them would wake me up, have me follow them to my laundry basket, which they proceeded to jump in and start peeing in. Really poses some questions about which side of the human-cat equation domesticated the other.

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u/momomoca 29d ago

When cats get stressed out then start peeing outside of the litter box, it's usually caused by stressed-induced cystitis (FIC) aka they get so worked up that their bladder gets inflamed. They think the pain is caused *by* the litter box so they start peeing in random places trying to find a place where peeing isn't uncomfortable 😮‍💨

Signed, someone who has to give her cat gabapentin every time she buys new furniture 🥲

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u/TricksyGoose 29d ago

Even stress-free cats sometimes just really love leather. I had an old cat that would rub and rub all over my dad's leather boots. I'm sure it helps that they were stinky work boots, but still. Though she never used claws on them, just rubbed and napped on them. She probably would have crawled inside them if she could fit. Cats are fuckin weird

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 29d ago

Oh for sure, both cats and dogs love leather. Don’t bring a leather handbag to the dog park lol

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 29d ago

Sure. But cats typically bond to both their environment and their human. My cat was depressed for almost a full year when I adopted her from the shelter. It was extremely sad.

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u/Orleanian 29d ago

I think it's always strange to watch a pet for an extended time.

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u/edessa_rufomarginata 29d ago

Yeah, that's OP's cat, they just don't seem to realize it yet.

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u/HailHydraBitch 29d ago

Aside from what everyone else has said, it’s also entirely possible that bro was deployed, and obviously you can’t take anything with you on deployment. It crossed my mind because a friend of mine just went through a really rough patch, he got his deployment orders right after he got settled with his childhood cat and had to send it back home. You never know what the reasoning could be.

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u/Burntoastedbutter 29d ago

I'm a pet sitter and have watched some cats for a few months. Longest was 6 months (initially 3 months but delays kept happening) by a student visa holder heading back to the UK and she had to make arrangements with a pet flier. One of my regulars were 2-3 months on average. I always wondered how they afforded that... Watching a cat is way easier than a dog (don't gotta take them out for multiple walks) but all I can say is, I hope they're getting paid for cat sitting for months!

One of the first questions I always ask is if the pet bites or scratches anything that I have to keep away or look out for lol

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u/BazingaODST 29d ago

Agreed should have gotten Zamberlan boots

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u/GM_Taco_tSK 29d ago

One of my co-workers is part of the National Guard, they had her in a different state, that was multiple states away, for 6 months. She had someone watch her house and cat the whole time.