Animals: Today, I found out that the tinsel on my Christmas tree is worth...

By I Like My Cat - 21/12/2012 10:02 - Netherlands - Utrecht

Today, I found out that the tinsel on my Christmas tree is worth a couple of hundred euros per strand. Well, that's how much the two that were surgically removed from my cat have cost me. At least the cat's going to be fine. FML

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By shaggyberaddy - 05/01/2018 05:00

Today, I spent 15 minutes trying to get my cat out of our seven-foot Christmas tree. Once he was done, he tore about the house and broke the nativity scene, beheading baby Jesus and a wise man in the process. The tree is fucked. FML

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By oneillrox - 03/11/2011 20:06 - United States

Today, I took my cat to the vet for an x-ray. They found three dollar coins in his stomach. The surgery to remove them is $600. FML

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By Nose Numb - 30/11/2014 20:24 - United States

Today, for the first time ever, my family bought a real Christmas tree instead of using our old fake one. Today, I also found out I'm allergic to Christmas trees. My family won't get rid of it because they paid so much for it and intend to "get their money's worth". FML

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By Anonymous - 20/12/2022 03:00

Today, to try to have a less depressing Christmas, I've put up a small tree in my apartment and wrapped some presents for myself. I woke from a nap to the sound of my cat vomiting. What did she throw up on? The presents. FML

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By catlover - 13/12/2012 11:04 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I went Christmas shopping for my cat. I still haven't bought presents for my family, yet my cat already has several small gifts under the tree and an outfit to wear around the house. I really need a new hobby. FML

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You can't put a price on a cat

By Anonymous - 18/08/2022 20:00 - United States - Webster

Today, I was nervous about taking my cat to the vet for a UTI, because money’s a little tight. Turns out the antibiotics weren’t that expensive, but he wants at least $1,000 for dental surgery she apparently “needs.” FML

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By treeless - 24/12/2011 08:11 - Canada

Today, my apartment was broken into. The thief stole my TV, $350, and my Christmas tree. There is still a trail of broken ornaments from my living room to the door. FML

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Bottom line

By strangeprincess - 09/09/2019 16:00

Today, I had to put my cat to sleep after she was in an accident. While I was crying hysterically, the vet asked me for $230. FML

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By alyssaamarante - 13/06/2015 02:41 - United States - East Northport

Today, I decided to go thrifting to save some money. Ironically, I ended up having to pay for an emergency trip to the hospital because somebody was too lazy to wash the cat hair off their clothes. I'm severely allergic to cats. FML

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By FellingShitty - 05/10/2009 02:19 - United States

Today, I realized I'm missing my diamond earrings. After ripping apart the vacuum bag and exhausting all other options I'm pretty sure my new cat ate them. I'm going to go sift through several days worth of cat shit now. FML

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Friday 21 December 2012 16:32

Shiny things basically shout at cats to play with them.

ManInTheMachine 19

Friday 21 December 2012 16:33

I think it's safe to say your cat is purr-ty inconsiderate. The long term effects could've been catastrophic. Litterally.

Comments

kikks_xx 10

Saturday 22 December 2012 14:31

my christmas tree is literally ALL silver tinsel. we've never had any problems with the cats eating it, they just shit it out like anything else they bloody eat

Levvy 22

Saturday 22 December 2012 18:29

I love the way this comment is worded. At first it sounds like you're saying the cats aren't eating it, but then suddenly it swerves and you just reveal the eating hasn't been a problem.

MrsAlexander83 10

Saturday 22 December 2012 15:26

It's times like this when I'm glad me and my whole family are allergic to cats. They seem to eat a lot of items.

Quicksilver23_fml 2

Saturday 22 December 2012 18:08

Don't feel too bad OP. We spent $3200 to remove two "please sign here" stickies from our cats stomach. Thank goodness for pet health insurance!

OopsMonkey 7

Sunday 23 December 2012 8:39

OP, here. Sadly we do not have pet health insurance-- guess we'll be getting it now, though. Before the vet dropped the price several hundred Euros because it is actually my 8-year-old's cat and best nonhuman friend and she couldn't bear to see him lose his cat for Christmas, we thought we were going to have to surrender him-- that costs the same as putting him down but gives him a chance at a good life somewhere else. But the vet is a freakin' hero. We have learned our lesson about cats and tinsel; honestly, both of us adults have had cats and tinsel since earliest childhood and never seen anything like this, however common it turns out to be after all. But we will obviously never allow the combination again. Thanks for the supportive comments, screw you to the people using this as a chance to be nasty to a random person (or cat), and to the people who seem to think I spent hundreds of Euros on tinsel and then let my cat eat it... ummm, get a clue, folks. Just saying.