{"id":128,"date":"2008-12-02T03:35:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T03:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethbrenneke.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2008-12-02T03:35:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T03:35:30","slug":"throwing-in-the-towel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Throwing in the towel."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, after 2+ years with Molly, I think I&#8217;m finally throwing in the towel, and am looking to find a new home for her.&nbsp; This decision has been a long time coming (well over a year), but Sunday was the straw that broke the camel&#8217;s back:<\/p>\n<p>Matt and I left Friday to go to Branson for a few days.&nbsp; We have done this several times with Molly, and it has NEVER been an issue.&nbsp; She&#8217;s such an independent cat that as long as she had food and water, she was happy.&nbsp; Well, Sunday night, I&#8217;m sitting on the couch watching tv with a black comforter over my legs.&nbsp; Molly jumps up onto the couch, makes to sit down at my feet, and proceeds to PEE ON THE COMFORTER!&nbsp; She had JUST used the litter box.&nbsp; Before you ask, she has just gotten over an UTI, but I don&#8217;t think that was it, and frankly, I just don&#8217;t care anymore.<\/p>\n<p>To be perfectly honest, I don&#8217;t love her in the slightest.&nbsp; She&#8217;s destroyed my house, and has never shown an ounce of genuine love or affection towards me.&nbsp; I BEGGED Matt to let me get her, and she was so sweet at the Human Society, but the reason I got her was to have another companion.&nbsp; I was lonely with Matt going to school and working full time, and thought a pet would also aid in keeping my depression and anxiety at bay.&nbsp; I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Despite my feelings towards her, I do think she deserves to have a loving home where she would be happy.&nbsp; I just don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s with me.&nbsp; She&#8217;s high maintenance and isn&#8217;t very affectionate.&nbsp; She&#8217;s also black, which is another strike for her (black cats are really hard to get adopted).&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s where I plead for help.&nbsp; If you know ANYONE at all that would be able to give her a loving home, please let me know.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll provide everything- bed, litter box, carrier, food, etc.&nbsp; I can&#8217;t bring myself to take her to a shelter, even if it&#8217;s a no-kill.&nbsp; The thought of her stuck in a little cage breaks my heart.&nbsp; This hasn&#8217;t been an easy decision, and the guilt is currently eating me alive.&nbsp; I just don&#8217;t have the energy to deal with her anymore.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, after 2+ years with Molly, I think I&#8217;m finally throwing in the towel, and am looking to find a new home for her.&nbsp; This decision has been a long time coming (well over a year), but Sunday was the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/?p=128\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beth.unspunproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}