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Footballguy
Cats suck-blah blah blah. Lets get that out of the way.
Wife gets pregnant with a planned due date of September 9th. We had bucked heads a few times on getting rid of our two cats before our son was born/brought home. I finally have to come to the realization that my wife is not going to back down and that I will have to give the cats up before September.
I had recently started asking around at my work and checking in with different pet stores for potential avenues, but had not looked extremely hard by any means.
Monday, June 30th, my wife and I go to her doctors appointment. At the end, she mentions some slight issues that started happening that morning. Doctor does a few tests...her water broke at essentially 30 weeks. He tells us go home, pack up, and head to the hospital in the next hour.
The hospital was able to stop contractions long enough for my sons lungs to develop a little more. She gives birth 7/5/14 with my son, Mason, at 3 pounds, 14 ounces. It's our first child. I'm feeling pretty awesome because he is relatively healthy.
Fast forward a few days. She is getting discharged and I bring home her mom and aunt from the airport. Caveat is they are from Korea, korean speaking only, different culture, etc. My son is going to be in the NICU for another 1.5 months give or take a week.
Out of the blue, a huge argument arises. MIL expected cats to be gone by the time my son was born. She wants them gone ASAP. MIL states that they gotta be outta the house in about 2-3 days (my first day off of work). My wife backs MIL up. I eventually guilt them into giving me another week, until 7/23, to try to place them. Otherwise I have to 1) take them to the Humane Society where they will be put down or 2)Have the vet put our 3 and 4 year old cats down.
No kill shelters are full; I've called about 50 places that have a recording stating they are full, or I have to leave a message, or the person picking up says they are full and that no one is adopting this time of the year.
Am I wrong in wondering how my MIL, and especially my wife, can be this cold and heartless to kill our cats that have been a part of our family almost as long as we've been together? Korean culture dictates, they state, that they need things done chop chop. My son wont even be home from the NICU until almost another month at the earliest, but they are not budging.
At this point, if I can't find a home for them by next Wednesday, I am really contemplating getting a hotel w/ the cats to buy time.
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TLDR: My wife and her Korean family give me a week to get rid of cats before taking them to get killed after my baby is born prematurely.
Wife gets pregnant with a planned due date of September 9th. We had bucked heads a few times on getting rid of our two cats before our son was born/brought home. I finally have to come to the realization that my wife is not going to back down and that I will have to give the cats up before September.
I had recently started asking around at my work and checking in with different pet stores for potential avenues, but had not looked extremely hard by any means.
Monday, June 30th, my wife and I go to her doctors appointment. At the end, she mentions some slight issues that started happening that morning. Doctor does a few tests...her water broke at essentially 30 weeks. He tells us go home, pack up, and head to the hospital in the next hour.
The hospital was able to stop contractions long enough for my sons lungs to develop a little more. She gives birth 7/5/14 with my son, Mason, at 3 pounds, 14 ounces. It's our first child. I'm feeling pretty awesome because he is relatively healthy.
Fast forward a few days. She is getting discharged and I bring home her mom and aunt from the airport. Caveat is they are from Korea, korean speaking only, different culture, etc. My son is going to be in the NICU for another 1.5 months give or take a week.
Out of the blue, a huge argument arises. MIL expected cats to be gone by the time my son was born. She wants them gone ASAP. MIL states that they gotta be outta the house in about 2-3 days (my first day off of work). My wife backs MIL up. I eventually guilt them into giving me another week, until 7/23, to try to place them. Otherwise I have to 1) take them to the Humane Society where they will be put down or 2)Have the vet put our 3 and 4 year old cats down.
No kill shelters are full; I've called about 50 places that have a recording stating they are full, or I have to leave a message, or the person picking up says they are full and that no one is adopting this time of the year.
Am I wrong in wondering how my MIL, and especially my wife, can be this cold and heartless to kill our cats that have been a part of our family almost as long as we've been together? Korean culture dictates, they state, that they need things done chop chop. My son wont even be home from the NICU until almost another month at the earliest, but they are not budging.
At this point, if I can't find a home for them by next Wednesday, I am really contemplating getting a hotel w/ the cats to buy time.
::end rant::
TLDR: My wife and her Korean family give me a week to get rid of cats before taking them to get killed after my baby is born prematurely.
pets are not disposable just because you had an f'n baby..
