# We had to put our cat down today.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-our-cat-down-today/586847>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 25, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-our-cat-down-today/586847 "2011-06-25T21:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-our-cat-down-today/586847/21 "2011-06-27T18:42:35Z")

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\<tough love voice\> Knock that off. \</tough love voice\> You absolutely did the right thing, and it’s never an easy thing to do.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-to-put-our-cat-down-today/586847/22 "2011-06-28T00:28:20Z")

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I’m so sorry. Add me to the chorus of people saying you did the right thing.

The only time I ever saw my father cry was when we had to put down our 21-year-old cat that we’d had from the time she was a tiny kitten. ☹

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have something in my eye… sniffle… dammit

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