Headline should be: "Woman Hates Her Husband and Her Life Oh Yeah And Theres a Kitten Now". Like, this family clearly is not doing well, the kitten is beside the point

OP really impressed her kids with her own dislike of indoor pets. Never having had one, the kids wouldn't develop that opinion on their own without a lot of negativity and doom from mom. "Oh, they're a lot of work, they're messy, they'll throw up in your shoes, YOU will have to be completely responsible for cleaning up after them, so you'll have to drop an after school activity. We won't be able to go on vacation and leave it home alone. . .. Now, who wants a pet?" OP should rehome the kitten & tell hubby it must have escaped thru the gaps in the fence. It would have a better life away from this family.

If I had this guy's family, I'd seek animal companionship too.

This woman sounds completely insane. She's got some severe anxiety issues that the kids have picked up on.

He cried because his father brought home a kitten?

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Not everyone wants a pet. I hate to say it, but maybe OP could take that poor kitty to an animal rescue place. If there are 4 people ignoring that poor kitty, plus it's scared out out it's mind being in a new place. Very sad.

If a kitten is going to torpedo your son like this, boy, do I have some bad news for him. Life is way harder than that.

The poor cat is the only thing that is not totally crazy in that family.

The fact you keep calling the kitten "it" over and over again makes me doubt that you haven't been cruel, or at least uncaring to the poor little fellow. But the only one in that family that seems normal is the father. To have such hatred for a kitten is serial killer territory. If anything, the father should get the hell out of the relationship with this callous women and those kids lacking in simple empathy.

It's a f*****g cat and their lives are turned upside down. Yeah they all need intense therapy and meds. Please re-home the kitten to a loving home.

We always watch videos about how it's usually dads who don't want animals in the house, then end up falling in love with them. This mum seems like she's projecting a lot of her issues onto her children. Keeps talking about older son being stressed about everything that every teenager stresses about. If anything, having a pet is like being high on serotonin all the time, there's this little thing around the house who has a blast everytime they see you and all they want is to play. I had to beg my mum to keep the stray cat I found when I was 14. My beautiful boy has passed at the age of 17, he made every single day of those 17 years happier and a little brighter with his mere presence. I can't imagine my teenage years without him. He was such a big source or love and comfort. Don't ever deprive a child from an animal's love.

This kitten needs to be rehomed ASAP, I seriously fear for his life. The family is weird, but that’s them. It’s just my opinion. But that husband is the epitome of irresponsible egoist.

ROTTEN family. The Dad AND the kitten deserve better.

that poor cat

Headline should be: Oldest child controls the family. If he doesn't allow it, it is not to be done!

You don't adopt an animal without the consent of all the family. But the kid's reaction, even neurodivergent, shows how the mother really thinks. My Evil-Step-Mother hates animal (she's Evil...) and when her kids were toddlers, they were forbidden to touch any dog or cat or anything. So by the time they were 4 and 5, they panicked every time they saw a dog, screaming and running... One day I had enough, I took my brother and presented him a carlin I knew was a sweet boy. I explained to him to stay still if a dog is too happy, and the dog will calm down. I told him to "be a statue" and he did. And the dog calmed down. After 10 minutes of doing it, they were playing football together in the yard, and each time my brother was a little overwhelmed, he became a statue untill the dog calmed down and so on... he learned it to his sister with my help, and now my sister (17yo) has a cat, and my brother (16) loves all animals ! Oh and we are all autistic except ESM of course.

How tragic for a kitten to be brought into such a family of weird, soulless people.

It's simple; Don't bring a pet into the home if the other family members/housemates are not on board.

a pet is an optional family member. you do not bring one into the household without everyone's approval!!

I call BS on a teenage boy giving that much of a s**** about his dad getting a cat, unless his mom has been influencing him the kid for a long time.

Just wait a few years. That cat will be their best friend. All this stress in your life? Oh but there's a friendly floof to give you cuddles. Also cats are pretty independent so there's no need to worry so much about it.

Oh the old cats are Lactose intolerant b******t. NOT ALL CATS ARE SUCH A THING, just as NOT all humans are, until the cat PROVES it is, you shouldn't take the milk away for all you know your husband brought kitten milk and put it down for the cat. But like you care, everything is a hysterical overaction, most kittens you can barely hear in another room with the door closed. All thee people saying rehome the cat STFU... its the husband's home too and HE PAYS FOR THE HOME, the utilities, the food, and apparently KNOWS he has a SAH wife, so what is allegedly cruel about giving a kitten HE WANTS in HIS HOME. This poster is just a hysterical Cat hater, so what if your COLLEGE AGE son doesn't want a pet, is HE paying the mortgage, the utilities, for the food on the table, FOR HIS OWN CLOTHES, His Phone, his internet, ANYTHING, or even his own college fees, NO I DOUBT IT when he's paying ALL THAT he has a right to ban pets, UNTIL THEN your husband has a right to get a pet if he wants too. If your COLLEGE AGE SON can't handle it he can move into a college dorm,.

I understand your Husband brought a car at home without ask, but I never read you sit down and talked with him to know why did he do that? I never read he called everyone and introduced Max and what does he expect as family to do with the new pet. What I can see from your first, second, and third update is your children are immerse in their own world and their needs, nothing is more important than what they want and if something or someone brake that their answer is over the top. I can understand their discomfort and upset because the situation but a 16 yo crying because the situation is too much, a 12 yo saying "I don't want to come back home" , and you supporting this behaves because they are kids and move to college and social issues are happening it is overwhelming, and now a cat Jesus poor kids how many problems. Maybe the dad brought home because he expects his kids stop to think just on them I feel compassion for the cat