As you know, my situation is stressful enough these days anyway, but now at the top of it, I had a very bad argument with my parents tonight.
Told you before that several times in the past, I got very upset with my step father since he's teasing Lily when he's here, he always gets her startled so that she's afraid of him already. For this reason, I haven't invited them for a long time; since obviously he just cannot respect my wish to leave her alone. We always disagree about the way animals should be treated, and he just cannot understand why I want my cats to live in a peaceful environment, and that I just don't want them to fear anything in their own home.
Anyway, tonight, they showed up here, and we all were in the kitchen (a friend of mine was also there). Lily joined us and opened the sliding door of the kitchen cabinet to "steal" some cat food, as she often does. As usual, she went into the cabinet to eat, with her butt sticking out of the door. And Reinhold, my mother's fiancé, had nothing better to do that tearing on her tail!
Well, and this time, it was really enough for me. I totally lost control, yelled at him and told him to leave my apartment. I know it's bad, 'cause actually he's not such a bad guy, but I don't want him to be around my cats anymore. And I was so hurt that my wish wasn't respected, and that poor Lily has been treated that way while she was happily eating in the cabinet. I swear, all I wanted to do that moment was to protect her. And I had a very stressful day at work today, and a lot of trouble, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back.
He left, without saying a word, which shows that he was really hurt, and my mother followed him and told me she would never enter my apartment anymore, and that I better do not call her again. Looks like the relationship to my parents is totally ruined now. Actually neither my mother nor I are the unforgiving type, but I feel this time it's something serious. After all, I kicked my parents out of my apartment! I feel so bad. On the other hand, I just can't understand why it's so hard to leave my cats alone!
I mean, Lily is such a relaxed and happy cat, very friendly to visitors and full of self-confidence, and I don't want this to be ruined by my step dad. But the bad thing is that even my mother will never get the point!
I'm sorry for venting, and I know I sound confused, but I really had a long and exhausting day, and I'm tired and sad, and this incident makes it even worse!
Kirsten
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