If you were ever in a life-or-death emergency, and you had to choose between your partner and your pet, who would you pick?
One 23-year-old woman recently landed herself in hot water with her boyfriend after she revealed that she’d actually save her cat instead of him.
She and her boyfriend, who’s also 23, have been dating for three years and currently live together. Not long ago, she also adopted a kitten.
So, when she was just scrolling through TikTok last night, she came across a video asking viewers what three things they’d save in the event of a fire. She immediately said that she’d take her cat, to which her boyfriend jokingly responded, “But you’d save me first, right?”
However, she flat-out told him “no” and reiterated how if they were in a house fire, she’d pick the cat over him.
“And then I explained that he could save himself while the cat could not understand,” she reasoned.
Well, her boyfriend became super offended, and ever since he went to sleep that night, he hasn’t been speaking to her.
She thinks that some of this situation may have to do with the fact that her boyfriend has been “jealous” of her pet cat ever since she adopted it.
“I have wanted a cat since I was a child, so I was very excited when I got him and couldn’t stop talking about him,” she explained.
nenetus – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person or cat
Her boyfriend apparently made some remarks about her obsession with her new cat, too. Still, she always told him that he had no reason to be jealous.
She pointed out how she loves her cat as a pet, and it’s a different kind of love than the feelings she has for her boyfriend. Even so, that doesn’t mean she’d leave behind her cat in a fire.
“But he doesn’t understand that. I find it silly to be jealous of an animal,” she said.
While she thinks her boyfriend is overreacting about the hypothetical scenario, though, she knows that he is actually very hurt.
“Maybe I should apologize because we have a great relationship, and I don’t want this to cause problems,” she vented.
That’s why she’s now unsure if admitting that she’d save her pet cat instead of him in an emergency was a rude move.
Do you think her reasoning for saving her cat over her boyfriend is logical? Or should partners come before pets?
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