I can also relate because even though I was just helping my former roommate/co-worker to adopt a cat, it felt like she was trying to adopt a child. We'd be told that there's been no other interest in him and that the people that were interested in him never showed up at the last adoption fair. Then she was told another story that he was just waiting at Petsmart to be picked up because another woman was just waiting to be approved for his adoption.

Then I actually called one of the rescue women to confirm that he's still up for adoption and she said he was and not to worry that my former roommate/co-worker was first in line for him. Then the day before the adoption I was e-mailed from the same rescue woman that now even though we'd be there first and interviewed first that another woman would be coming later to also be interviewed and this was the same woman that never showed the week before. I later found out that they would be doing her interview as a courtsey since she had contacted them first but they found something about her that was a concern.

Luckily they felt that my former roomate/co-worker would provide the best home for him. It sure seemed like a lot of work and stress just to try to adopt one cat. I've never been through this kind of experience before. Now I understand why some people just give up and move on. They also like to try to adopt within a local area so if the adoption doesn't work out the animal can be easily returned.