r/MadeMeSmile • u/gravityVT • Jul 11 '26
CATS boys reaction to seeing their missing cat
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u/ComfyInDots Jul 11 '26
"hOw dO yOU fEel aBOuT iT?"
zooms camera in boy's face
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u/auntieup Jul 11 '26
Treating the kid like a goddamn circus animal. I hate these people who force their kids to perform whatever emotion they need to extract on camera, on demand, in their own homes.
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u/eliz1bef Jul 11 '26
THANK YOU! That older boy was a raw nerve and they just broadcast it for the world to see. This was a private moment. No one needed to see the pain he was experiencing. It was joy and pain, but pain for certain. All that fear in his heart pouring out. So cruel to post this.
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u/elledee78 Jul 12 '26
All I wanted to do was turn that camera off and give that sweet boy a hug. He deserved to have privacy and comfort for this moment!
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Jul 13 '26
I look at this differently, people need to see men and boys expressing emotion in our society. It's insane to me a person crying is seen as something to be ashamed of. These comments are weird.
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u/eliz1bef Jul 13 '26
You make an excellent point, but I just feel this exposes this poor kid to bullying. You are absolutely right that we need to see men and boys expressing emotion. 100% agree. I just feel so much for this kid that he's in such a raw moment and being exploited by his mother for clicks.
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u/ciclidss Jul 11 '26
Terrible parenting. I can't imagine if every time I cried or had a tantrum as a child, it was available for the world to see. Poor kids. Happy for the cat though!
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u/fiddlesticks9471 Jul 11 '26
Exactly not every moment need to be content, especially when it involves kids
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u/SuspiciousFan9368 Jul 11 '26
Ya, no reason to post this shit. People are ignorant media obsessed losers.
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u/lindziiix Jul 12 '26
I think it’s good to film things like that to look back on as family memories, posting it is where I draw the line
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u/WeAreGray Jul 11 '26
That was dad's reaction, just sitting there typing away on his phone.
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u/hojster24 Jul 11 '26
Hm, don't usually see many men referred to as "mommy"
Chuckled at this but I'm (joyfully) head-cannoning this family as queer
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u/WeAreGray Jul 11 '26
Works for me!
(i actually didn't catch that reference the first time through. But I hear it now and I'm chuckling along with you)
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u/WhatsMyPassword2019 Jul 12 '26
Haaaaate these videos: “what do you think the surprise is gonna be?”
You post this stuff on your fam chat, not the www ffs
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u/jajajajaj Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Or like "ohhh, the kids are still here? Don't close the door yet."
edit: I thought we were talking about the cat
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u/CalypsosCthulhu Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
My cat Tequila went missing 2 weeks ago 😔 even my other pets are acting different, they miss her. I hope she comes home soon.
Edit to add: thank you guys so much for all the love and support ❣️ I’m gonna use all your tips, and I’ll let yall know when she comes home 🤞🏽
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u/shoulda-known-better Jul 11 '26
Put a blanket you've used inside a box made into a shelter for kitty... Put some of her dry food by it!!
This is how I got my boy back.. Went to go to work and he came stretching out of the box!
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u/Faedoodles Jul 11 '26
I can corroborate this. We had a cat missing for over a month and when we put out his food/blanket/bed, he turned up within like three days.
We were making dinner and he just stuck his big grey head through the doggy door in the kitchen and meowed loudly.
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u/Fun_in_Space Jul 11 '26
Check the shelter every few days. They have so many cats, it would be easy to miss one, even if they have a lost cat report on it.
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u/jmaclondon Jul 11 '26
Our cat got out last fall. I kept putting food and a blanket she slept on on our front porch. The food was being eaten so I put up a trail camera. Our cat plus 2 others frequented every night. Put a little trap out after a few days and colaught her the next night.
I didn't think I'd miss her (not being a cat person) but was i ever happy when we had her back. They really are part of the family.
I hope Tequila is back very soon
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u/JohnnycorpGraham Jul 11 '26
We have two sibling cats. The orange dummy went missing a week ago. Within hours his sister was searching the house for him desperately meowing. We couldn't find him. Assumed he got outside somehow. The next morning, he came waltzing into the bedroom for breakfast. Like boy, where were you??
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u/GoodDaleIsInTheLodge Jul 11 '26
Put unwashed clothes on the washing line and any of her blankets to help her pick up your/her scent. It is said that putting their litter tray outside is actually a bad idea because it can make other cats come to the area and spray/mark the territory.
I hope your baby is home soon😭💔🤞🏻9
u/shortmumof2 Jul 11 '26
Someone once told us if our cat ever got out, to put her litterbox outside so she can smell it and come home
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u/dawnmountain Jul 11 '26
It's probably stuff you've already done, but...
- Put her favorite food out by the door
- Also put something with your scent (like a blanket)
- Ask neighbors, use nextdoor, place flyers
- I also recommend a motion activated camera that will ding your phone!
My cat ran away years ago and that's what we did.
I hope and pray your kitty returns soon.
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u/Stickel Jul 12 '26
!RemindMe 7 days , TEQUILA I LOVE THE DRINK AND LOVE YOU RETURN HOME, K THANKS - Stickel, lover of cats!
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u/BenicioDelWhoro Jul 11 '26
Three weeks tomorrow for us. Never had a cat before and it has broken me
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u/JudgmentalOwl Jul 11 '26
Our guy was missing for six weeks before some kind kid brought him to a local vet and his chip scanned so don't give up hope! My biggest tip is to search well outside of your neighborhood. Our guy was found a couple of miles away from our house. Our vet said he was likely chased out by the local strays.
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u/give_peace_13 Jul 11 '26
When our cat went missing we would walk around the neighborhood and try to call for them. Leaving out the little shelter with the blanket and food will help too. I have no idea how but one night making dinner I had the sudden thought "They're here!" and somehow they were right outside the front door, so keep checking as often as possible in case they try coming back.
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u/No_Attitude700 Jul 11 '26
Put Tequila's litter box outside in a safe spot! Cats can smell for miles, and it will hopefully help Tequila find their way home! ❤️
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u/Ok-Courage-8424 Jul 11 '26
Show nearby cat's the photo of your cat. Some lady did that and cat came back home.
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u/CloneClem Jul 11 '26
Kittie thinks, 'WTF? NBD, I was just cattin' around.'
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u/ComprehendReading Jul 11 '26
"BTW, in 9 weeks your gonna have 3-8 more cats to worry about. Luv ya!"
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u/listening0808 Jul 11 '26
I wonder how long ago October was when this was filmed.
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u/kelb4n Jul 11 '26
Looking at the trees and the lawns, probably at least a couple months. It seems to be late spring or even summer.
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u/listening0808 Jul 11 '26
I had assumed it was un some part of the country where it would look like that in November or something.
But then I noticed the "VT" in OP's handle.
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u/WishboneNo543 Jul 11 '26
I wonder how the mom would feel if her kids posted reaction videos of her all over the internets.
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u/Cpt_Jigglypuff Jul 11 '26
Yeah, this is a very private/intimate moment. I couldn’t imagine someone sharing a video of me being this emotional, and couldn’t even fathom doing this to my own kid.
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u/Beatlepoint Jul 11 '26
The moment shouldn't even have happened, they should have been told the cat was found instead of parading him around like a magic trick.
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u/Glum-Geologist8929 Jul 11 '26
I can see it now: So MOM, how do you like your new retirement home?!!!!
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u/BRAX7ON Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
Because cats aren’t just pets. They’re family. You can’t just lose a member of your family and pretend like nothing happened. It hurts.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 11 '26
I've always hated people that try to down play the loss of a pet. "It's just an animal." No, that was my fucking family, I'm gonna grieve. If someone feels like its no big deal then they shouldn't have a pet.
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u/Scarlet-Witch Jul 11 '26
I know when my dog goes to the next plane of existence IT WILL BREAK ME. I don't even let him sleep on the bed or the couch. (He's 130lbs, we don't have room for that, he has a comfy bed for him in each room despite him vastly preferring the bare floor).
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u/Icy_Steak8987 Jul 11 '26
Lost my dog of 15 years during the pandemic. I was devastated. Still am six years on. I miss her terribly. Main consolation I have was I was at home every day of her final year because of COVID. She had a happy last year.
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u/Memory_Of_A_Slygar Jul 12 '26
Lost mine at around the same time as you and she is still my lock screen on my phone, even though I now have a whole house of cats who ive taken thousands of pictures of. I'm more of a cat person, but she was a very special dog. Miss her.
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u/Icy_Steak8987 Jul 12 '26
🫂 I keep mine as the background wallpaper of my family group chat. We must never forget.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 11 '26
Don't think about him leaving too hard. It won't make it easier when he does, you're just making yourself feel it over and over. Enjoy the time you do have the best you can.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 11 '26
I've pondered it a lot. I was raised in a family that breed shar pei's. We had 13 adult dog at one point (not all for breeding) so I've dealt with the loss more times than I ever asked for. Anyways, we are signing a contract when we get our pet. A contract that you will get 10-20(ish) years of joy and more, but at the end of the contract you will hurt badly. It's the cost of love.
Edit: No one gets to love deeply without pain.
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u/RedShirtDecoy Jul 11 '26
Felt like a part of my soul was ripped out when I had to put my dog down last year. She was 13 with degenerative myopathy and it was time but god it hurt so damn bad.
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u/ChocalateShiraz Jul 11 '26
Oh wow, I had to put my pug down two months ago, she was also 13 and had degenerative myopathy. She was, without a doubt, my best friend, my emotional support, my family, my best friend. It really sucks, I still cry when I think about her, watching her deteriorate was soul crushing. I don’t think I’ll ever get over losing her
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u/RedShirtDecoy Jul 11 '26
Dm is so shitty and I'm watching her brother/littermate get it also. Have a few more months left with him but he's 14 now. At least it's not painful is what I keep telling myself.
But yea, I still think I hear his sister on occasion, and think of her often. They definitely leave a wonderfully heavy mark for sure.
So sorry for your loss.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 11 '26
I'm so sorry. I'm gonna copy and paste part of another comment I made. "We are signing a contract when we get our pet. A contract that you will get 10-20(ish) years of joy and more, but at the end of the contract you will hurt badly. It's the cost of love." Again I'm sorry, but try to look at it as you gave them the best life they could ask for. If it still hurts I'm sure you did great for them.
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u/RedShirtDecoy Jul 11 '26
Thank you and 100% agree. We know what we are signing up for.
I'm looking down the barrel of doing it again with her brother/littermate this year due to the same condition.
I got them at 1 but it has been an amazing 12/13 years filled with so many cuddles, laughs, and noggin kisses.
1000% worth it and will probably do it all over again in the future.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 11 '26
Do it. Feel that care again, and the hurt. You know what will happen. But you also know they will be loved the whole time they're with you.
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u/Kr_Treefrog2 Jul 11 '26
A Cambridge study found that kids feel closer to their pets than their siblings. Think about how devastated you’d feel if your sibling went missing and realize kids feel worse when it’s a pet
Source: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pets-are-a-childs-best-friend-not-their-siblings
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u/esperanza_and_faith Jul 11 '26
Why the fuck would any parent put this on the internet?
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u/PureYouth Jul 11 '26
I’m so tired of all of these children reaction videos. They are so accustomed to being filmed that they’ve started acting. It’s really unsettling
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u/GuestAdventurous7586 Jul 11 '26
The younger one was defo lowkey let down it wasn’t a slushie maker.
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u/inbetweenframe Jul 11 '26
i personally wouldn't upload my children on social media. but thee two kids don't seem to be acting that much?
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u/frikidiki79 Jul 11 '26
I had to give back a stray kitty I fell in love with in January. I was surprised she was chipped, but she had a big family with like four crying teenagers. I miss you Maxine.
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u/chizzus Jul 11 '26
Oh how very bittersweet. Thank you for taking care of her until she could unite with her family. You're an awesome person for that
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u/Hohoho-you Jul 11 '26
Hate the mom for posting this on social media and obviously narrating it for views "are you happy?" 🙄
Poor kids though. The pain of having a lost pet is a horrible feeling
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u/VoodooMamaJujuBubu Jul 11 '26
Made me smile? No more like made me ugly cry 😭 they love their cat so much
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u/groweroall Jul 11 '26
We got the kiddo a cat when she was four years old. I've never seen such an immediate bond, and she's now 10. I've come to the conclusion that we actually got the cat a kid.
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u/yuyufan43 Jul 12 '26
God, that must feel so good. My dog died in my arms of a heart attack last year. My other dog was killed by a car while she was being dog sat. I can't IMAGINE the relief of giving up hope only for them to return to you. I wish I was as lucky but fuck, I'm so happy for these kiddos at least
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u/spidcrweb_finn Jul 12 '26
I lost my cat back in October. This broke my heart, because I understand the devastation. I’m waiting and hoping for this moment.
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u/Goobl3r89 Jul 12 '26
Half these make me wonder if they just hid the cat and didn’t tell the kids so they could make this shit content.
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u/ExtraReward0 Jul 12 '26
Love seeing the cat home safe! Good thing mom didn’t use the situation to try and go viral. She let the kids enjoy the mom privately as a family 🙃
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u/TwinSong Jul 12 '26
My neighbour's cat went missing for a while and I was so worried about her, she's my little friend 🐱 . Last time she went missing she returned severely injured and ended up losing a back leg and most of her tail poor kitty.
When she returned, such a relief. I think she went into an area of bins and got stuck there, she was OK.
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u/Tipper117 Jul 11 '26
Videos like this make me sick. That should've been a private moment for that boy with his family. Not paraded around online for clicks. Had his reaction been nothing but pure joy, sure, ok, share the happy moment. But there was some raw emotional hurt going on there. As soon as the family saw that, they should've shut that camera off and been more concerned about being there for him. Or at the very LEAST don't post it online for the world to see.
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u/ZnarfGnirpslla Jul 11 '26
Maybe this is really really sinister because what if they have been trying to get rid of her for ages and once again their plan fell apart?
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u/Ok-Bird6346 Jul 11 '26
That’s so sweet, but the elder boy is…what, maybe fifth grade? I don’t have kids, but I would guess anywhere between fourth and sixth grade.
That poor kid is going to be taunted until he goes away to college. But hey, mom got some internet points.
I just don’t understand what goes through some peoples minds when they’re posting videos of their own fucking children. Edit to add; Parents, knock it the fuck off and protect your children’s peace.
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u/Billazilla Jul 11 '26
My sweet Penelope got outside through a window screen May 5 without any of us knowing. I suspect it was because sometimes squirrels run past the windows, and I left her on the open window sill with the screen shut. She always liked laying in the open air like that. She was never an outdoors cat, but she still waited at the front door. We realized she was outside around 9pm, and went to look for her. She was startled and bolted off into the night and we lost sight of her. We searched and searched, notified lost pet websites and FB groups, posted papers all up and down the neighborhood, shook the treats can outside loudly, planted smelly fish and cat snacks in catch cages, spread her used litter around the yard for the scent, everything you can imagine. A week and a half later, we caught her on camera at the front porch at 1AM, and when went to the door, she bolted again at the sound of the door being unlocked. I stayed up until 2AM the next night, but didn't see her. She came by and ate a little of the food I had set out. I stayed up the entire night sitting at the front door until dawn, shaking her treats can, scattering them around the area. Did not see her. We found her five weeks later on a phone tip from a neighbor. It was too late, she had to have gone only a couple of hours earlier at the most. We were devastated, and I cried several times over the next few days. I have fought off the guilt (I just let her sit in the open window, thinking she couldn't open the screen), and I have never lost a cat before to anything I could control. It has only been a couple of weeks since then, and I miss her so much, she was a sweetheart and was starting to build a habit of snuggling with me at night just before she got outside. So I get these kids. And I am so glad they got their precious kitty back.
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u/Antistis Jul 11 '26
I lost my cat to kidney failure back in March and I'm not gunna lie, this video hit me where it hurts. Losing her must have hurt, and the relief of seeing her again... Can't even imagine.
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u/ThrownAway17Years Jul 11 '26
Is everyone rediscovering Rusted Root? I hear “On My Way” in so many videos now.
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u/Particular-Leg-8484 Jul 11 '26
Idk how old this video is but that cat looks well fed and unfazed. She went on a lil adventure and had the time of her life 😂
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u/Flat-Succotash5369 Jul 11 '26
Better than a slushy maker or Nintendo.
Hell, better than a slushy maker AND a Nintendo.
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u/im_rickyspanish Jul 11 '26
I had a cat take off for months. I would go look for him daily for weeks but finally gave up. About 4 months after he left one morning my GFs little sister wakes me up by putting my cat on my chest. I was so happy. He was skinny af and had lots of cuts and scars but he was home. I guess he wasn't as tough as he thought he was, haha. That was my 1st cat. His name was Chester and he was an asshole, but he loved me.
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u/TheDrandLadyWeird Jul 12 '26
My cat went missing for around 3 weeks over Christmas when I was younger. One night, I was awake later than my family and I heard meowing at the front door and it was her. This was my exact reaction. I yelled her name and burst into tears, my entire family woke up. hahaha She never ran off again after that. She was HUNGRY AF when she got in the house lol
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u/LabiaMinoraLover Jul 12 '26
Does the crying kid even touch or pet the cat in this video? And why didn't he take his shoes off at the door?
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u/Fun_in_Space Jul 11 '26
Get your pet a chip. And a collar with *your* name and phone number on it.
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u/SnooFloofs2956 Jul 11 '26
This is heartwarming and all, but using your kids for internet likes is just bad parenting.
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u/Just_the_questions1 Jul 11 '26
Yes let me post my primary school age children all over social media crying. I'm sure that's gonna go over REAL well at school and won't make them a target for ridicule and bullying.
Fuck these kinds of parents.
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u/sunnearts Jul 11 '26
“also let me film the outside of our house so anyone can see where we live! i’m keeping my children so very safe!”
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u/New_Ad_3010 Jul 11 '26
I dunno why but these types of videos feel overly performative. Sooooo. No.
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u/Eggplant-666 Jul 12 '26
Weird hiding the news of a family member from loved ones so you can film and post it.
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u/Yyoksetioxd Jul 11 '26
bro I missread "car" instead of "cat" and I did not understand shit. Like, did they sold the car?
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u/Jumpy_Ad1631 Jul 11 '26
My mom’s cat went missing for literally a whole year when I was a kid. Then she just waltzed back in like it was nothing. Cats literally do not give a single fuck 😅
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u/Skaebneaben Jul 11 '26
At first I thought it said CAR and not CAT. It kinda made sense because the first kid stood by the car and touched it 😅
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u/Apprehensive_Map64 Jul 11 '26
My princess has been gone for three nights so far. All my other cats I wouldn't worry but she has never been the type to even want to go outside. Pretty sure she's dead already with our current 40°C temperatures. I can hope otherwise
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u/SixOneFive615 Jul 11 '26
Our dog ran off for 4 days in the Connecticut woods when I was maybe 12. Spent every day after school walking around, calling for him and putting up signs in the neighborhood. By day 4 it felt pretty hopeless and then he just showed back up. As a 40 year old now, still remember the relief viscerally. Glad these kids got their cat back.
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u/captcraigaroo Jul 11 '26
I had to check which sub this was when I saw the front door...I though the car was gonna run out
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u/ripyourlungsdave Jul 11 '26
We had a hyperactive beagle when I was a kid named Molly who loved to run away and go on her own little adventures. Most of the time, we'd catch her within a couple hours at the most. But there were a couple instances where she disappeared for a few days and one instance where she was gone for 3 months.
This was my exact reaction when we pulled back up to our house late one night in winter, after 3 months without her, to her just patiently chilling on the front porch, having not lost a single pound and without a scratch on her.
The worst of her wear was just her collar staining her fur from the rainfall. (Which never washed out). Still curious as to what she was getting up to those 3 months, assuming she didn't just run straight down the street and post up with some other family who then ignored all our signs and reward offers for 3 months.
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u/DarbH Jul 11 '26
When I was very young and still living in New York, something happened to me similar. We had a cat black-and-white that we named Minnie and she went missing. She was missing for four months at least perhaps longer and we had searched animal shelters and pet stores and we had pretty much given up and we were sitting at the table one time, and my sister who was still an infant in a highchair pointed towards the window and said Minnie. To which my mom or dad I forget which one responded to her that no honey Minnie is not coming home. Then we heard a soft meow turned around and sure enough. There was the cat at the window waiting to come in like nothing had happened. It was assumed that someone probably took her in kept her in their house for a while, hoping she would forget her real Home and eventually let her out and as soon as they let her out, she came back to her real home.
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u/PokedadJustin Jul 12 '26
I immediately started crying when yhe boy dropped down and started bawling
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