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To rehome the cat?

28 replies

Booboostwo · 03/07/2019 03:39

I’ve had the shittiest week ever.

Amongst other things:

  • DH moved out and we’re getting divorced
  • the puppy was at the vets having eaten various toys including the Nintendo games
  • I seem to have some kind of fucking blister on my clitoris (what the fuck is that?!)

The cat just woke me up meowing because I had forgotten to close the corridor door. As I was trying to shoo her out in the dark to avoid waking up completely, I stepped on the dead mouse she had brought me.

Should I rehome the cat and then shoot myself or shoot myself and let the cat be someone else’s problem?

(This is, of course, a lighthearted suggestion, I am not considering harming myself, although I cannot guarantee the safety of the next person/animal to mess me with me).

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Ribrabrob · 03/07/2019 04:10

I know you say lighthearted but are you lighthearted about the rehoming of the cat (rather than the shooting thing)? Because if so it seems extreme, poor cat. Why not the puppy too then if it's too much?

Anyway, I'm sorry you are going through a lot right now but animals aren't disposable. If you aren't being lighthearted then at least be responsible when rehoming.

curlykaren · 03/07/2019 04:15

Get that blister checked out at a GUM clinic!

WonderWorm · 03/07/2019 04:19

Cat was providing a meal for you to help. Don't rehome.
Hope you feel better soon. Get blister looked at.

AgentProvocateur · 03/07/2019 04:19

Rehome the cat then shoot yourself. If you shoot yourself first, the cat will feast on your remains Grin

Poppins2016 · 03/07/2019 04:24

It sounds as though your cat is punishing you for getting a puppy... Halo I've been the recipient of middle of the night gifts and it's not fun! In fact, the last dead mouse was brought to me during labour... how's that for punishment (or was it supposed to be a welcome gift for the baby)?!

(N.b. I'm assuming you're being lighthearted about harming yourself and about rehoming the cat!)

It sounds as though you're having a horrible week. FlowersCakeBrewWineGin

midsummabreak · 03/07/2019 04:34

Rehome yourselfand get DxH back to sort that dead squished mouse out!

Hope you can get the blister seen at clinic soon and cuddle up on the couch with poorly puppy and crafty cat for some much needed time out. CakeBrew

midsummabreak · 03/07/2019 04:36

Can xDh take the puppy or cat to share the love

mokapot · 03/07/2019 04:40

God if you’re going shoot anything, shoot the Exh to be. Actually why waste a bullet?

midsummabreak · 03/07/2019 04:50

Possibly far better off without xDh back , im sure u quickly got rid of squished mouse and hope you can feel better soon

midsummabreak · 03/07/2019 04:52

yeah bolt the door after him and plan a party to celebrate freedom once you feel better. Wine

Tinkerbell456 · 03/07/2019 04:52

Sounds like a horrendous week from Hell! Kinda sounds too as though you are getting towards the end of your rope. The cat went to all the trouble of hunting a mouse for you and are you grateful? Ha! Seriously, I’m unsurprised at you feeling as you do. I would too. I would get rid of the mouse, curl up with dcat ( without killing it! ), open some wine and veg out to something on the telly. I have a feeling that you would regret reforming the cat- seems impulsive in response to what is happening in your life, understandable. Don’t shoot you or the cat! All the best, and tell yourself that it is all uphill from here. Has to be surely! Hope your pup is okay and has successful treatment for toy ingestion!

PregnantSea · 03/07/2019 04:53

Blister on your clit?? Oooff! Have you been to the docs?

Do not rehome the cat. Give her a big cuddle and a kiss and gently tell her that she needs to start chipping in with the housework, and at the very least she should be cleaning up her own dead mice.

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Booboostwo · 03/07/2019 06:17

I am not seriously rehoming the cat. I have four cats, they bring a mouse a day, moles on Saturdays and birds on my birthday. All the pets are safe.

Will call the doctor about the blister. I only saw it last night. What the fuck is it?!!!

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Mrsemcgregor · 03/07/2019 06:21

Could you STBXH have been sleeping with someone else? Because blisters in that area could be herpes. Sad

Sorry it’s all gone to shit this week. Surely things can only get better now? Flowers

eurochick · 03/07/2019 06:43

It seems like the cat is the only one being supportive (in her own feline way)...

I hope the blister turns out to be innocuous, but get it checked out.

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Booboostwo · 03/07/2019 07:08

Mrsemcgregor that thought had crossed my mind. We last had set five weeks ago, I was hoping that’s too long for incubating herpes. I also had a cold sore six weeks ago, so maybe I spread it?

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PookieDo · 03/07/2019 07:16

It’s maybe a bartholins cyst. They hurt like fuck

Vibiano · 03/07/2019 07:19

The cat was just showing you love, if it was a human then it would have brought you a bottle of wine and a box of Ferrero Rocher.

Skyecat · 03/07/2019 07:20

Herpes simplex virus can incubate for years after initial infection. But you cannot spread your oral hsv1 infection to your genitals unless you're in primary infection stage, because a process called auto inoculation protects the body from this. Go to a Gum clinic and get it swabbed. If it is a new hsv infection , if would have to be hsv2, assuming your existing oral herpes infection is in fact caused by hsv1. It could just be a normal blister though.

Keep the cat!

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Booboostwo · 03/07/2019 08:20

Trying to get a GP appointment. No GUM clinics where we live and it takes months to see a gynecologist.

It’s on the clitoral gland under the sheath. I am NOT posting a diagram people, so don’t ask! Grin

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Sparklingbrook · 03/07/2019 08:29

I hadn't a Bartholins Cyst for Christmas once. Sad
So painful. The relief when it popped was better than any present.

Sparklingbrook · 03/07/2019 08:29

Had

PookieDo · 03/07/2019 08:29

That sounds like a bartholins. Put a warm compress on it

PookieDo · 03/07/2019 08:31

If you can’t see GP a practice nurse might be able to take a look at it

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Booboostwo · 03/07/2019 08:45

I have a GP appointment this morning so will let you know the verdict (I am not in the UK).

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