Animals: Today, I received an unexpected package from my mother. It contained...

By Cat Ashes - 05/12/2013 05:18 - United States - Dewitt

Today, I received an unexpected package from my mother. It contained my cat's ashes. Apparently he died 3 weeks ago and she thought this was the best way to tell me. FML

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By LJ. - 13/03/2009 02:20 - United States

Today, my mother finally had her beloved Siamese cat cremated. The cat has been dead for over a week and she has been keeping it on her bed, stroking its fur and saying, "She looks like she's sleeping" and "She's so cold." To top it all off, she's been calling me by the cat's name for three years. FML

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By jnr1234 - 20/06/2012 02:15 - United States - Princeton

Today, I was sent a letter by the vet, saying my cat was late for her yearly checkup. My cat died last week and I'd had her cremated by the same people who had sent the letter. FML

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Alas, poor Tiddles

By SonOfACatKiller - 19/09/2019 08:00 - United States - Juno

Today, my mom asked me to pull out the load of laundry she'd stuck in the dryer. Instead of clothes, I pulled out my dead cat. FML

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Thanks for the memories

By How - 01/10/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, I was expecting a package from a few days ago, but it still hadn't arrived. As I was going to work, I found it at my grandma's house. Why didn't my grandma tell me, you ask? She died last year. My package was mistakenly delivered to A DEAD PERSON. FML

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By catstew - 02/10/2009 01:43 - United States

Today, my mother's beloved cat died and we thought it would be nice to bury it in the back yard. I came home from work and while walking to the door saw that the cat had been dug up and partially eaten by the local raccoons and strays. FML

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By Birthday girl - 06/01/2013 05:59 - United States - Wahpeton

Today, was my birthday. Today was also the day that my mom's cat died four years ago. She was too busy crying and looking at old photos of her beloved cat to even wish me a happy birthday. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/07/2013 16:10 - United States - Provo

Today, I found my cat dead on the road. I called my family and told them, and later buried the cat. Not long after I got done burying it, my cat walked up to me. I buried someone else's cat. FML

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By nochance - 05/03/2009 16:06 - United States

Today, I received a card in the mail. It was from my vet's office. Written inside was "We send our sympathy during this trying time." I haven't been home in three days. I can't find my dog and my mother won't talk about it. My dog was 7. She hated that dog. FML

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By Anne - 14/02/2012 20:50 - United States

Today, I returned home from college for the first time in a month. I went to my bedroom and found a nice gift bag on my dresser. Thinking it was a Valentine's gift, I opened it. My dog's ashes were in a tin inside. This is how I found out my dog died since I was away. FML

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Fatal decision

By juliette - 07/02/2015 05:13 - United States - Astoria

Today, my mom called me an attention seeker and threw a bitch fit because my cat "decided" to die on her birthday. FML

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Thursday 5 December 2013 12:03

RIP cat

footballfreak65 6

Thursday 5 December 2013 12:04

Well that was pretty insensitive R.I.P OP's cat

Comments

tranced_ 45

Thursday 5 December 2013 14:01

I remember when my cat died, felt like a part of me died that day..

hannahsnyder69 16

Thursday 5 December 2013 14:03

3 weeks and you didn't notice? If I don't see my cat everyday I feel broken inside

mansen 15

Thursday 5 December 2013 20:29

From reading the post, I am deducing the OP lives a fair distance from their mother, and may live in a place that does not allow pets, hence the cat being at their mothers. And the OP not being able to see their cat everyday, and not knowing for 3 weeks that their cat was dead. No way to know if OPs mother lied in conversation in the 3 weeks about the cats well being also, until the OP received the cats ashes.

Vidrill 22

Thursday 5 December 2013 14:10

Even if the cat was not important to your mom, it was important to you! She should have treated its passing with more respect. It is your right to have the time to mourn your pet.

MissDQ 12

Thursday 5 December 2013 14:17

I'm so sorry you had to find out this way OP. My horse died and was cremated 10 weeks ago and the crematorium offered to send him back in the post because I lived 4 hours away at that time; his ashes weigh 15kg, there is no way I was having him posted ! Luckily my mum lived only an hour away so she went and picked him up.

DanielleinDC 33

Thursday 5 December 2013 14:57

I'm so sorry for the loss of your cat. What an insensitive thing for your mom to do. She couldn't have picked up the phone and told you?

skyeyez9 24

Thursday 5 December 2013 18:03

That is so cruel. A beloved pet's death can be as heartbreaking as a human family member.

worldclassrager 39

Thursday 5 December 2013 20:12

Seriously? Thats a bit too far...sorry about your cat OP...

incoherentrmblr 21

Thursday 5 December 2013 21:41

If she would attached a pic also, that would've been worse. I remember the day i had to put my cat down. it was a very sad day. Sorry for your loss OP.