# I'm giving away my cat and having second thoughts

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783 "2010-12-20T02:28:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/21 "2011-02-06T03:01:14Z")

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Can you keep him? Poor Bertram.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/22 "2011-02-06T04:38:50Z")

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“Stealing their breath”? How does that work, exactly?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/23 "2011-02-06T06:26:45Z")

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> [@Scarlett67](#):
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> “Stealing their breath”? How does that work, exactly?

> **[Cat's Eye (1985 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_%281985_film%29)**
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> Cat's Eye (also known as Stephen King's Cat's Eye) is a 1985 American anthology horror thriller film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King. It comprises three stories: "Quitters, Inc.", "The Ledge", and "General". The first two are adaptations of short stories in King's 1978 Night Shift collection, and the third is unique to the film. The cast includes Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hays and Candy Clark. The three stories are connected by the presence of a traveli...

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/24 "2011-02-06T09:22:54Z")

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Snopes has [this](http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/catsuck.asp) to say on the subject.

I’ve woken up many a winter’s night with the cat draped over my face (presumably for the warmth) and even with my allergies, I’m still here. The cat isn’t, but that was natural causes.

Sounds like SIL wanted it to be the cat’s fault rather than her kid’s fault. Some people can be odd like that.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/25 "2011-02-06T13:01:04Z")

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Argh! Sorry to hear this! SIL is an idiot.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-my-cat-and-having-second-thoughts/564783/26 "2011-02-06T15:52:55Z")

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It’s never easy to say goodbye but sometimes it IS necessary.

Your sadness will be of great comfort to some one else, so that in itself, is something to find comfort in

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