Lady Shares How Her Future MIL Demanded She Board Their Cats So She Can Spend A Night At Their House

"I would much rather shoot myself in the leg than have to deal with her incessant neediness"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• September 9, 2023

When you have pets at home, traveling always demands more planning and preparation. Many cat owners choose to leave their pets at home when they go on vacation in order to spare both themselves the burden of taking care of their pet and the cat the stress of traveling and acclimating to new places.

While leaving a cat behind can be easier for cat owners than for dog or other pet owners, your cat still needs careful planning and consideration of their requirements while you'll be gone. If your home is safe and secure, you may usually leave your cat there without worrying.

Finding someone to check on your cat on a regular basis is difficult when you keep your cat at home; this is not a concern if you board your pet. Talking about boarding, it isn't necessary if there's no need for it right?

Well, not for the OP's future mother-in-law, who demanded she board her cats so she could spend a few days in their house. The OP has two main dogs, one foster dog, and two cats.

Apparently, OP's future MIL has cat allergies and offered to pay for the cats' boarding so she could come over with her two dogs, who both have ridiculously high prey drives. The OP wouldn't allow it, and luckily, her partner supported her too.

Keep scrolling to find out how everything unfolds.

The OP writes

The OP has been a lot more willing to go through negotiations regarding this

OP's future MIL dropped the gem of telling them to just board their cats for the weekend she wants to come over

On top all these, she also started talking about spending a few weeks in their town

Redditors headed towards the comments section to drop their one cents and here are some of them below

A hotel sounds like a better option for everyone

A redditor wants someone to explain to their MIL what cat dander and allergies means

She should board part of her family since she wants the OP to board part of hers

The OP shared this somewhere in the comments

Our cats and dogs get along due to months of training and slow introductions. Our cats are fairly dog savvy, but it definitely depends on the dog's attitude and prey drive as well. We've had to turn away fosters who are known for chasing small animals. I'd rather not be stressed out about my cats when she's visiting. TBH if I could spend the say hiding under my bed like my cats when people are around, I would.

Guests don't need to stay more than a couple of days unless the host allows it

She can board her dogs since she has enough money to travel to the OP's place

Telling her to find a hotel that accepts pets

The cats will come home to a place that smells like foreign dogs

Some redditors mentioned that even if the cats were to be boarded, they would come home to a place that would still smell like foreign dogs, and this would stress them out. So they won't just be stressed out while brought boarded at the kennel, but they'll also go through further trauma when they get home, where they are supposed to feel safe, and that's just wrong.

Maryjane