Bruno thought he found his forever home with the second family.

The mom in the second home should have just practiced a closed door policy during working hours in her office and at bedtime in her daughters room. That’s what I do. Cats are brilliant about understanding boundaries (and pushing on them).

Her daughter will need therapy after feeling like it was her “fault” the cat was given to a shelter.

I wonder if there was also one of these strict dads or stepdads in the background.

My husband’s father used to give all of his family’s pets away if there were small infractions in tidiness or if someone forgot (once) to take the animal for a walk. It was a control mechanism.

The whole family ended up being very passive aggressive towards the Dad - lots of therapy required by my husband on that end…

People suck.