My (24f) boyfriend (24m) is a huge cat person, he's had these two family cats for a very long time (one was 14, the other 19 so he can barely remember a time before them).
We now live together and the cats stayed with his parents (he still visits them multiple times a week). They recently got a new cat, and the new cat got sick (with something like a cold or flu, she was only sick for about a day), unfortunately, she most likely got the older cats sick, and they have been dying for the past week. Not eating, not being able to walk, it's very sad. One was just put to sleep this morning, and the other one will likely need to be put to sleep later today or tomorrow.
These cats were so important to him, and I can't even imagine how he must be feeling. He is home with his parents right now saying goodbye to them.
I am awful at making people feel better when they are down, this morning I was pretty much tiptoeing around my bf, not wanting to say anything wrong. He has been pretty brave at home, pretty much acting normal, a little sad, but nothing too crazy. He was way more upset when one of the cats needed surgery a few months back.
I have a bad habit of avoiding things like this, and I feel like I've been avoiding my bf, trying to give him space, but idk if that's the right thing to do.
Like should I make food? Should I clean the apartment? Should I buy him a gift? Should I act like nothing happened?
TL;DR: Boyfriend's cats are dying, not sure how to help him cope.
Submitted November 03, 2020 at 04:47AM by snowboardjenny2020 https://ift.tt/38au6f4
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