# Saying goodbye to Reuben **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341 "2017-04-12T20:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/21 "2017-04-13T02:54:05Z")
What a beautiful kitty. _HUGS_ I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/22 "2017-04-13T10:54:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’m not chopping onions, so there must be dust in the air. I really wish you’d do a better job of cleaning because some that dust blew my way. Sorry, DC. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/23 "2017-04-13T12:23:09Z")
Just popped in to say sorry, and {{hugs}} ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/24 "2017-04-13T22:01:22Z")
I’m so sorry. I hope you find some comfort in knowing that you gave Reuben a happy life with lots of love. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/25 "2017-04-13T23:40:19Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. He was a beautiful boy. And suddenly it’s very dusty in here and I need to hug a cat. RIP, Reuben. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/26 "2017-04-14T03:16:53Z")
I’m so very, very sorry. I really don’t know WHAT to say - may his memory be everlasting. You and Mrs DC will be in my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/27 "2017-04-14T03:39:54Z")
I don’t want to do a me-too post or thread. I really don’t. But… Sigh. My 17-yo cat is going to the vet tomorrow for the last time. She is in kidney failure, barely eats or drinks and can barely walk ☹ I just wanted to share how I got her. I just moved to the city and we lived in an apartment for a few months looking for a house. Was a first floor apt. I work late, and around 2am was sitting at my computer, the weather was nice and the balcony door was open a bit. A tiny kitten walked in, and I only knew it when she jumped up on my lap, sat there and started to purr. I was not a cat person back then. But I just looked at her and said I guess you picked me. She had no collar and I posted notes in the complex asking if anyone lost her. No one responded. So she became my cat. She was never an overly friendly cat to anyone in the family except me. She loves sitting in my lap while I work. Slept at my feet in bed. Always at mine. Never at my wife’s or on anyone else’s bed in the house. She is lying in my lap now as I write this. Except I had to bring her here, she can’t jump up anymore. I don’t know how I will do this tomorrow. I really know how you feel DCnDC. Pets grab a part of us and take it with them when they go. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/28 "2017-04-14T03:46:15Z")
Sorry **Okrahoma**. That sucks. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/29 "2017-04-14T06:13:49Z")
Reuben, and **Okrahoma’s** cat, say hello to my Simba when you cross to the other side. He’s a ginger like Reuben, and very playful; I think you’d like him. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/30 "2017-04-14T12:32:30Z")
My thoughts are with you, **Okrahoma**. It’s the hardest thing to do but you can because you love her. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/31 "2017-04-14T20:57:45Z")
☹ So Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/32 "2017-04-14T23:35:34Z")
I am so sorry Okrahoma. You kitty sounded like my mom’s cat, who walked into her life and 17 years later we had to put her down due to kidney failure. We were able to do water supplements sub-q until we couldn’t. It is the hardest thing to say goodbye. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/33 "2017-04-15T01:04:54Z")
So sorry about your little friend, **Okrahoma**. It’s tough. Thanks for all the love, everyone, I really really appreciate it. We buried Reuben in the side yard near his window. We had a little concrete cat sculpture to put on it as a marker. Next time we visit the in-laws we’ll get something that looks more like him at The Concrete Lady (truly _amazing_ place if you ever get the chance to visit). I’ve still been going out to say goodnight. Every night before I went to bed for at least the last 3-4 years I’d kiss Reuben on the head and say, “Goodnight buddy. I love you.” I don’t see any reason to stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341/34 "2017-04-15T01:29:00Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’ve still been going out to say goodnight. Every night before I went to bed for at least the last 3-4 years I’d kiss Reuben on the head and say, “Goodnight buddy. I love you.” I don’t see any reason to stop now. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-goodbye-to-reuben/784341.md?page=1)