I killed a cat
Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha
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I feel horrible.
It happened yesterday, on my way home from daycare. I was going slow, but poor little thing literally threw itself under my wheels. There was no way I could avoid it. So I just pulled over, got out of the car, and watched it thrash around as it tried to cling to life. I will spare you the details, but it was obvious there was no way anyone could save that cat. So I just watched and cried and waited and hoped it would stop suffering soon.
And then right across the street from me was a little boy sobbing in his mother's arms. He had seen me kill his cat.
I went over to at least apologize, but I just felt so guilty and helpless. The little boy's mom told me she saw it happen and that I wasn't to blame, but still, that doesn't change what happened now, does it.
When I got back in the car, DD1 asked me why we hit that cat. And then if the cat was in heaven (yes). And she cried. She spent most of the evening crying, asking me why we hit that cat, if it was dead, if it was in heaven... And DD2 kept repeating "hiddacat?" (hit that cat).
I don't think I've ever felt so awful in my entire life.
Re: I killed a cat
That sucks that that happened. Maybe you could checknout the SPCA and adopt a kitten for the little guy.
Thanks guys. It's just so much, you know? There's hitting that poor kitty, seeing it suffer before it died, watching the sorrow on the little boy's face (and his mom's, too)...
And TandB, I thought about getting him another kitty, but then decided against it. It's not just a toy that I broke and that I can buy at the store. A live being cannot be replaced with another one, you know? Plus if it happened to my kid, I'm not sure I'd want to get another pet? I did ask the mom if there was anything I could do, even though I knew there wasn't.