To ask son who was staying with me to leave for being awful to my cat

[Crystalcrazy]

My son is in his early 20’s and has come to stay with me for a few days as he usually works away.

I have a two year old cat who likes to pounce on your feet when walking past. She’s not aggressive, it’s only playing.

Tonight I heard him shouting and went to see what had happened. He said the cat had chased him and tried to bite him and if she did it again he would kick her. I tried to explain she was playing but he was very angry and insisted he would kick her if she did it again.

At the point I said his behaviour was unacceptable and it may be best if he stayed with his dad who lives nearby.

He has now gone, I have text him to say I don’t want to fall out but no answer.

I honestly felt uneasy leaving him with her while I’m at work tomorrow. She’s a house cat so couldn’t go out.

Did I overreact?

Pets before beloved adult snowflake child - how dare you!! EVIL MOTHER
no wonder the world is full of animal abusers And people who excuse it

I refuse to have pets I hate them.

My mum had them and was so soft and precious with them that they were awful.

Never trained out of control and I know how ops son feels. It's so frustrating when there's an animal that doesn't know to stay away yet the owner does nothing about it.

I wouldn't have someone in my house who had a plan to harm my animals. But I would be very sad if one of my dc was ok with animal abuse.

No. You are right. if you cannot trust him to be alone with the cat without harming her, he can fuck off. It's a cat ffs, not a huge dog with sharp teeth. Ok, he might not like her pouncing but any harm she could have done does not measure up to his aggressive reaction.

I’m a cat lover and I do think you’re overreacting. Cats are utter bastards sometimes. I was on antibiotics after my cat attacked and bit my hand because she obviously didn’t like me stroking her at that particular moment (even though she’d jumped on my lap to be stroked). When he said he’d kick the cat, I doubt he meant he’d launch it out of the window with his foot.