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CatOfHate is dead

36 replies

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 30/05/2026 12:47

If I could have taken your cancer, I would.
I would have inhaled it from your lungs into mine,
stored it inside my ribcage,
nestled it next to my fracturing heart.

But cancer is deaf to love's pleading.
Cancer makes no deals.

The vet's needle gave the coup de grâce.
Your heart stopped as I held you.
My heart crumbled into dust.

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JoanOgden · 30/05/2026 12:49

I am SO sorry. CatOfHate was clearly very much loved 💔

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 30/05/2026 16:01

We had fourteen years together, that was most of his life. He was my best friend. I didn't want him to go, but I even more didn't want him to suffer. The house is so empty now.

I wish I could stroke him again.

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Toddlerteaplease · 30/05/2026 16:06

So Sorry.

cheezncrackers · 30/05/2026 16:09

I'm so sorry 💐

Pixiedust1234 · 30/05/2026 16:09

I am so sorry. The silence they leave behind is utterly heart wrenching 💔

redcosmeticbag · 30/05/2026 16:10

Your poem is very touching. I have had 2 very special cats in my life and a little bit of my spirit died with each of them. Weirdly both my marriages died around the same time that they did.

RandomMess · 30/05/2026 16:14

So sorry they leave a massive hole in our lives, pawprints on your heart forever.

I still miss our soul cat and it’s been over 5 years and we have 4 more cats who I adore.

Tillow4ever · 30/05/2026 16:18

I’m so sorry for your loss Flowers

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 30/05/2026 16:20

Oh I’m so sorry for your loss you mentioned him just the other week.

Igmum · 30/05/2026 16:42

So so sorry Self, it’s devastating when they go. Sending love and hugs 🫂❤️ Would you like to post some of your favourite photos?

mathanxiety · 30/05/2026 16:42

So sorry for your loss. They give so much more than they realise.

Ilovemyshed · 30/05/2026 16:44

I am sobbing, so sorry for your loss. My 17 year old soul cat is snoozing in the garden and I dread the time we come to this, a piece of me will die with him.

thebear1 · 30/05/2026 16:49

So sorry for your loss, they take a piece of our heart.

Empress13 · 30/05/2026 16:57

So sorry for your loss

Glitchymn1 · 30/05/2026 17:00

I’m so sorry, they leave such a huge hole don’t they xxx

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 30/05/2026 17:14

Very sorry to hear your news. My commiserations 💐

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 30/05/2026 17:25

Igmum · 30/05/2026 16:42

So so sorry Self, it’s devastating when they go. Sending love and hugs 🫂❤️ Would you like to post some of your favourite photos?

I'd love to, but he had really distinctive markings and it would be rather outing.

I will tell you a bit about who he was.

  • He would follow me around the house like a little shadow.
  • He sat on my desk next to me when I was working from home.
  • When I came home, he came to greet me.
  • He would sleep on my bed nearly every night and stay with me when I had a migraine.
  • He was really curious about the printer and would come running from wherever he was in the house if he heard it start up, and I had several printouts with claw scratches on because he tried to catch the pages as they emerged.
  • He liked sitting on me and would sit on me and purr to tell me he was hungry, but then get offended if I moved him off me so I could feed him.
  • He liked catnip and laser pointers.
  • He had the softest fur I ever felt and a loud purr.
  • He would come running when he heard the toaster pop because he knew he'd get a little butter.
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PickledMuffin · 30/05/2026 17:25

i’m so sorry for your loss. R.I.P x

AnotherForumUser · 30/05/2026 17:48

I am so sorry for your loss. They leave deep paw prints on our hearts.

Igmum · 30/05/2026 22:24

Awww 🥰 he sounds wonderful. My DBoyCat is a total shadow and sees my bed as his territory (DGirlCat also shadows but a little more subtly from a distance). ❤️❤️❤️ to your wonderful purring gorgeousness xx

CeliaCanth · 30/05/2026 22:30

He sounds wonderful. So sorry for your loss.

CamilleBeauchamp · 30/05/2026 22:37

What a lovely word picture you paint! He was really your cat, wasn't he? I'm sorry for the loss of your dear boy. 🤗

murasaki · 30/05/2026 23:33

That poem. Just right. He sounds like a beautiful boy with such character. I'm so sorry.

MeltyMomenrs · 30/05/2026 23:39

I'm so sorry ❤️‍🩹 it's so so hard, but you did t right by him
💕

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 31/05/2026 09:17

My first morning waking up without him. He used to sleep on the bed with me. When he felt me waking up, he would come for a stroke and to tell me it was breakfast time. If I rolled onto my back, he would lie on top of me and purr.

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