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My elderly relative is already growing frustrated with her. He suggested putting her outside again.

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[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Maybe you should put him outside in a few years when he needs help.

[–] ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

It is truly a case of the elderly vs. the elderly.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If your response to this situation is to hiss “harm the human instead”, who clearly is going through something themselves, then you don’t have the empathy required to have a cat in your life.