# My cat is gone. I'm Happy and Sad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119 "2002-12-03T02:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/1 "2002-12-03T02:16:38Z")
My cat Dagny disappeared when my apartment burned down a while ago. Two of my cats, Gouda and Sleestak, made it out of the apartment. Dagny disappeared. I put up signs and looked all over the place for Dagny and never found her. I miss my Dag. Anyway, today they started to rebuild my old place. I asked the head guy if they found a cat in the wreckage. He said that they didn’t find her. Now I find myself crying because I am happy she made it out and at the same time I am crying because I miss her. The fact that the crew didn’t find Dagny is a good thing. She made it out and probably found a good family to love her. Dagny loved everyone. At the same time I miss her. I miss Dagny snuggling up in my lap. I miss her curling up next to me when I went to bed. Damn, I want my Dagny back. Slee ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/2 "2002-12-03T02:29:37Z")
ooh thats sad, hopefully Dagny is okay and well. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/3 "2002-12-03T02:33:19Z")
sleestak. i’m glad she made it out of the fire. i hope you do find her someday. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/4 "2002-12-03T02:37:40Z")
Darn. ☹ I was hoping she’d turn up. Back in 1989 I bought a house with my boyfriend. It was in another state, but only about 15 miles from the condo I rented. My 1 year old tortie, Chelsea, disappeared a week before we closed and moved. The person who rented my condo was a friend, and she said she’d keep an eye open for my cat. I cruised the animal shelters, put an ad in the paper, put up signs offering a reward, walked the neighborhood a thousand times, and Chelsea never turned up. I still miss her, all these years later. I always wonder what happened to her, it haunts me to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/5 "2002-12-03T07:44:26Z")
Aww, **slee** , I saw the thread title and thought, “Oh, damn, another one?” As **rocking chair** said, at least you know now that she _did_ make it out. We’ve got a male tuxedo who (from the sounds of it) is a lot like Dagny, a serious people lover. If he ever got out (and got himself lost) the first person to find him would take him home in a heartbeat. Sorry, mate. ---
**Author:** ![sotally\_tober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@sotally\_tober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sotally_tober)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-gone-im-happy-and-sad/140119/6 "2002-12-03T08:21:39Z")
Does she have a collar or anything? Ifso, you could always advertise… Unlike you, I don’t really appreciate cats, but hey, don’t worry bout Dagny, I’m sure she’ll be fine.