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She's a proper part of the family now! After two failed attempts, she's landed at her forever home. She seems to know it too - she waits at the top of the stairs when it gets to bedtime and screams until we go up and tuck her in with us.

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s best not to assume the worst of people, life is complicated and filled with nuance.

I recently moved across state lines. Two days before I had to leave, my cat—freaked out by the move and upset at not being let out at night—tore a screen off of a window and got out. We searched up to the moment of having to leave but could not find him and had to leave him behind.

It really upset us, and I still miss him, but there simply wasn’t another choice.