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<h2>While most cat owners try to avoid the &quot;crazy cat person&quot; label with a collection of feline friends who rule over their kitchen countertops with litter stuck in their paws, it&#39;s hard to avoid becoming completely obsessed with pets...</h2><p>Establishing a routine with your &quot;fur baby&quot; might seem normal until you invite your new partner into your dog&#39;s bedroom to watch you read your dog a bedtime story every night before tucking him into their memory foam doggy fortress.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pictured: the cat of childless millennials <a href="https://t.co/CM3DRUTcIl">pic.twitter.com/CM3DRUTcIl</a></p>&mdash; Jessie Katz (@Jessificent) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jessificent/status/1473339105907982346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Spoiling pets can be fun and relatively harmless, but being on the same page about house rules and boundaries is key. If you&#39;re the type of pet owner who lets their cat share a spoon for ice cream, steal snacks off the coffee table, or use your own limbs as a claw-sharpening device, your latest Tinder date might have some questions.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I need a man who is as obsessed with me as my cat is.</p>&mdash; ✨ Mashed Potato Dream Girl ✨ (@sheseemslegit) <a href="https://twitter.com/sheseemslegit/status/1475632853807468546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>There&#39;s nothing wrong with being a responsible pet owner and expressing love for your feline friend by decorating your entire home with photos of his adorable whisker-filled face, but expecting your guests to tolerate cat hair in their wine or dog slobber in the spinach dip might be a step too far.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don&#39;t know if I can trust people who don&#39;t like cats. Seems like a red flag to me.</p>&mdash; Dapper (@Prof_Dapper) <a href="https://twitter.com/Prof_Dapper/status/1473756478062227459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So, when a conflicted cat owner decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she was wrong to laugh in her new boyfriend&#39;s face when he suggested she change the way she interacts with her cat, people were quick to help deem a verdict.</p><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rodjrq/aita_for_standing_firm_on_my_lack_of_hygiene_and/">AITA</a> (Am I the As*hole) for standing firm on my &ldquo;lack of hygiene&rdquo; and choosing cat over my boyfriend?</h2><blockquote> <p>First things first, I (24F) have been dating &ldquo;Kyle&rdquo; (25M) for two months now. He has started to spend the night.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Kyle never grew up with pets, so my cat has been an &ldquo;adjustment&rdquo; to him (his words). My cat &ldquo;Crumb&rdquo; (4M) is the most important aspect in my life right now. Like most cat parents, he rules the household.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>We are very close, since I found him abandoned on the side of the road (as a 3 month old kitten) and nursed him back to health.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Crumb is very docile, but hasn&rsquo;t shown any affection or really interest in Kyle. I don&rsquo;t force it. Crumb does as he does.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Lately, Kyle has been complaining about Crumb. I guess he walked into my bathroom to see Crumb rubbing his face against my toothbrush (I have one of the electric ones that stands).</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>He was shocked and told me how disgusting it was. I laughed and said &ldquo;yeah that&rsquo;s not great.&rdquo; He demanded I get a new toothbrush (expensive) and I said no. I just put the toothbrush in a drawer.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Next, Kyle says he doesn&rsquo;t like my nightly routine with Crumb. I give Crumb a kiss on the head, stomach and then face before he goes to sleep. He sleeps on my bedside table in a cat bed. If I don&rsquo;t do this routine, he lays on me until I do. I know that&rsquo;s annoying, but that&rsquo;s how it has always been and I love doing it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Well Kyle says I am unhygienic because of this. He says Crumb is dirty (he is inside only and I brush him every day) and even letting him sleep in the bedroom is gross and gets fur everywhere (it doesn&rsquo;t, but Kyle isn&rsquo;t even allergic so).</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I told him that I put the toothbrush away, but he told me that I took it as a joke and didn&rsquo;t punish Crumb. I tried to explain that you can&rsquo;t punish cats (nor would I want to in this scenario), but he wouldn&rsquo;t hear it.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>He then went on to say that me kissing Crumb is disgusting, especially his face, and he wouldn&rsquo;t ever kiss me if I kissed Crumb again. He asked me to put Crumb outside the room when he is over, or lock him in a &ldquo;crate.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>So I said, &ldquo;okay bye.&rdquo; Not only is Crumb 10000x more important to me, but I laughed in Kyle&rsquo;s face about never kissing my cat again/keeping him locked.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>This is where I may be the AH. Kyle told me that I was ruining our future and how mean I am for laughing at his concerns. I felt guilty so I asked a group of my friends and they were split. The pet owners laughed, the non-pet owners said I am in the wrong for not making Kyle feel more comfortable.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>They said that Kyle wasn&rsquo;t asking me to get rid of Crumb, just compromise with him. They said I was being kinda gross and understand his concerns.</p> </blockquote><h2>Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:</h2><blockquote> <p>NTA (Not the As*hole) -Crumb sounds like a great cat! Your boyfriend, not so great. Keep the cat, ditch the boyfriend. You&rsquo;ll be happier. - krik2019</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I think you need to rehome him. The BF I mean. You are too incompatible and he is asking way too much. This is well beyond making him comfortable, this is him trying to change the way you live your life after 2 months together?? Screw that. From personal experience, I say find yourself a cat man, you&rsquo;ll be much happier. NTA - KellyfromtheFuture</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. Kyle is out of his mind to think he gets to demand anything in your house when you&#39;ve been seeing each other for a whole two months. Good riddance to a control freak. Give Crumb a kiss for me. - AKtigre</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. You two are incompatible. And you&#39;ve known Crumb longer than Kyle. - TyrannasaurusRecked</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA, cats are very hygienic creatures and if I were you I&#39;d get a new boyfriend that actually likes cats, Crumb sounds wonderful. - DeepSpaceNineInches</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed that this woman isn&#39;t at all in the wrong here, but this cat disagreement might be a red flag for future incidents of incompatibility with her boyfriend. No one should have to regularly endure an environment that isn&#39;t up to their cleanliness standards, but asking someone to change the way they care for their beloved pet is also unacceptable. Good luck, everyone (but mostly Crumb)!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she's wrong to laugh at boyfriend who asked her to stop kissing cat.

While most cat owners try to avoid the &quot;crazy cat person&quot; label with a collection of feline friends who rule over their kitchen countertops with litter stuck in their paws, it&#39;s hard to avoid becoming completely obsessed with pets...Establishing a routine with your &quot;fur baby&quot; might seem normal until you invite your new partner into your dog&#39;s bedroom to watch you read your dog a bedtime story every night before tucking him into their memory foam doggy fortress.Pictured: the cat of childless millennials pic.twitter.com/CM3DRUTcIl&mdash; Jessie Katz (@Jessificent) December 21, 2021 Spoiling pets can be fun and relatively harmless, but being on the same page about house rules and boundaries is key. If you&#39;re the type of pet owner who lets their cat share a spoon for ice cream, steal snacks off the coffee table, or use your own limbs as a claw-sharpening device, your latest Tinder date might have some questions.I need a man who is as obsessed with me as my cat is.&mdash; ✨ Mashed Potato Dream Girl ✨ (@sheseemslegit) December 28, 2021 There&#39;s nothing wrong with being a responsible pet owner and expressing love for your feline friend by decorating your entire home with photos of his adorable whisker-filled face, but expecting your guests to tolerate cat hair in their wine or dog slobber in the spinach dip might be a step too far.I don&#39;t know if I can trust people who don&#39;t like cats. Seems like a red flag to me.&mdash; Dapper (@Prof_Dapper) December 22, 2021 So, when a conflicted cat owner decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she was wrong to laugh in her new boyfriend&#39;s face when he suggested she change the way she interacts with her cat, people were quick to help deem a verdict.AITA (Am I the As*hole) for standing firm on my &ldquo;lack of hygiene&rdquo; and choosing cat over my boyfriend? First things first, I (24F) have been dating &ldquo;Kyle&rdquo; (25M) for two months now. He has started to spend the night.  Kyle never grew up with pets, so my cat has been an &ldquo;adjustment&rdquo; to him (his words). My cat &ldquo;Crumb&rdquo; (4M) is the most important aspect in my life right now. Like most cat parents, he rules the household.  We are very close, since I found him abandoned on the side of the road (as a 3 month old kitten) and nursed him back to health.  Crumb is very docile, but hasn&rsquo;t shown any affection or really interest in Kyle. I don&rsquo;t force it. Crumb does as he does.  Lately, Kyle has been complaining about Crumb. I guess he walked into my bathroom to see Crumb rubbing his face against my toothbrush (I have one of the electric ones that stands).  He was shocked and told me how disgusting it was. I laughed and said &ldquo;yeah that&rsquo;s not great.&rdquo; He demanded I get a new toothbrush (expensive) and I said no. I just put the toothbrush in a drawer.  Next, Kyle says he doesn&rsquo;t like my nightly routine with Crumb. I give Crumb a kiss on the head, stomach and then face before he goes to sleep. He sleeps on my bedside table in a cat bed. If I don&rsquo;t do this routine, he lays on me until I do. I know that&rsquo;s annoying, but that&rsquo;s how it has always been and I love doing it.  Well Kyle says I am unhygienic because of this. He says Crumb is dirty (he is inside only and I brush him every day) and even letting him sleep in the bedroom is gross and gets fur everywhere (it doesn&rsquo;t, but Kyle isn&rsquo;t even allergic so).  I told him that I put the toothbrush away, but he told me that I took it as a joke and didn&rsquo;t punish Crumb. I tried to explain that you can&rsquo;t punish cats (nor would I want to in this scenario), but he wouldn&rsquo;t hear it.  He then went on to say that me kissing Crumb is disgusting, especially his face, and he wouldn&rsquo;t ever kiss me if I kissed Crumb again. He asked me to put Crumb outside the room when he is over, or lock him in a &ldquo;crate.&rdquo;  So I said, &ldquo;okay bye.&rdquo; Not only is Crumb 10000x more important to me, but I laughed in Kyle&rsquo;s face about never kissing my cat again/keeping him locked.  This is where I may be the AH. Kyle told me that I was ruining our future and how mean I am for laughing at his concerns. I felt guilty so I asked a group of my friends and they were split. The pet owners laughed, the non-pet owners said I am in the wrong for not making Kyle feel more comfortable.  They said that Kyle wasn&rsquo;t asking me to get rid of Crumb, just compromise with him. They said I was being kinda gross and understand his concerns. Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say: NTA (Not the As*hole) -Crumb sounds like a great cat! Your boyfriend, not so great. Keep the cat, ditch the boyfriend. You&rsquo;ll be happier. - krik2019   I think you need to rehome him. The BF I mean. You are too incompatible and he is asking way too much. This is well beyond making him comfortable, this is him trying to change the way you live your life after 2 months together?? Screw that. From personal experience, I say find yourself a cat man, you&rsquo;ll be much happier. NTA - KellyfromtheFuture   NTA. Kyle is out of his mind to think he gets to demand anything in your house when you&#39;ve been seeing each other for a whole two months. Good riddance to a control freak. Give Crumb a kiss for me. - AKtigre   NTA. You two are incompatible. And you&#39;ve known Crumb longer than Kyle. - TyrannasaurusRecked   NTA, cats are very hygienic creatures and if I were you I&#39;d get a new boyfriend that actually likes cats, Crumb sounds wonderful. - DeepSpaceNineInches  So, there you have it!Everyone agreed that this woman isn&#39;t at all in the wrong here, but this cat disagreement might be a red flag for future incidents of incompatibility with her boyfriend. No one should have to regularly endure an environment that isn&#39;t up to their cleanliness standards, but asking someone to change the way they care for their beloved pet is also unacceptable. Good luck, everyone (but mostly Crumb)!

While most cat owners try to avoid the &quot;crazy cat person&quot; label with a collection of feline friends who rule over their kitchen countertops with litter stuck in their paws, it&#39;s hard to avoid becoming completely obsessed with...