# Good-bye Sweet CharlieCat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378 "2015-01-09T07:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/21 "2015-01-23T07:09:23Z")
I am sorry to hear of your loss. I am reminded of my own dear Fiona, who lost an ear to frostbite after a cruel owner dumped her and her kittens by the side of a road in a cold snap. In spite of temps approaching -40, she kept herself and her kittens warm and alive. A Good Samaritan found the little family, and took them to the shelter. And just like your Charlie with his scars, nobody wanted a cat with a missing ear. But she jumped to the front of the cage at the shelter when she saw me; and when I opened the door, she jumped into my arms and purred, and sank her claws into me. The chemistry was there, she was mine, and I was hers. It’s been over ten years, but I still have her. She still jumps into my arms and purrs and sinks her claws into me. Like my Fiona, your Charlie was obviously yours. That makes the loss doubly-sad, when an animal chooses you, instead of the other way around. In honor of Charlie, I will give all my cats extra treats and skritches; and I will ask them to send good thoughts Charlie’s way. And I will take some time with Fiona and tell her about Charlie. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/22 "2015-01-23T08:59:13Z")
Take comfort in the fact he passed at home stress free, I’ve seen animals pass after being taken to a vet and it only adds stress to their last moments. That is a hell of a life story for a cat 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/23 "2015-01-23T13:43:03Z")
I’m sorry for your loss. It’s always hard when your kitty passes away unexpectedly. He had a great home with you guys, he was a lucky guy. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/24 "2015-01-24T02:14:38Z")
Thank you all. It’s still so hard, coming home and my kittyboy isn’t there. Ruby is finally accepting, but I can tell that she misses him terribly. The dogs have a big stuffed hedgehog that is ALMOST the same color Charlie was, and almost nightly, I see that thing out of the corner of my eye and for a split second, think… Charlie? Then I realize what it is, and it hurts all over again. That stuffed hedgehog is likely going to disappear… ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/25 "2015-01-24T02:46:23Z")
You’re a good person, PapSett. Yours and Charlie’s is a love story. RIP sweet sweet boy. ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378/26 "2015-01-24T05:31:52Z")
I just saw this thread. I’m so sorry, but as **Grude** said, Charlie’s life ended at home where he had been so loved for so many years. p.s. That’s a gorgeous Gordon, too. Mine’s been gone a lot of years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-sweet-charliecat/709378.md?page=1)