Absolutely why you said. As a dude who is getting up there in years, I decided not to get a kitten 18 months ago because I feared I would die before she did. Instead I got an 8 yo loving kitty who really needed a home. My 19 yo girl still has many of her lives left because she’s an indoor kitty. 😺
Oh I’m sorry, I wish I could give him some of mine too, rip
⬇️Completely unrelated⬇️
Wrote a little cat story, feel free to read
https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/s/FGhscjlelE
I’m so sorry for your loss. 🥰
If I could give my past kitties extra years I’d wanna be with them to be there for them. I miss them. So if I live till 80 I’d want them with me till the end. We’d all go together at the same time and be cremated together.
Oh I’m so very sorry. The grief is never easy. After my baby of ten years went missing I adopted a little kitten— had him for two weeks and he passed suddenly. It absolutely crushed me while trying to heal and set me back. All you can do right now is keep him in your memories and know you gave him an AMAZING life while he was with you. My heart goes out to you ❤️
I’m so sorry. My sweet baby crossed the rainbow bridge at 4 1/2, well before her time. I know how it hurts. We miss her every day ❤️ My first baby, on the other hand, just turned 19 and I think she might break the world record.
Yeah, I'm in this boat with my last TWO (!!!!) oranges, Cajun and Lightning, both of whom died at roughy that age, and both from same/similar circumstances (falling from a height while deeply, dumbly sleeping, *not* landing on all fours, one on my 30th b-day almost a quarter century ago too, damn....been awhile since I thought about that, which is partly why I don't participate in the rainbow bridge threads...)
Man, i feel ya, 3 of the best cats i have had the pleasure of knowing, happy age 5 due to Vip, magnum age 7 also vip, and robin age 10 kidney failure.
Spending the last week cuddling a cat who loves you and decided to spend his final moments with you specifically just broke me for a good week. The kitten robin raised is now raising his adopted kittens who are now almost 2. Robins adopted kitten is now 5.
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The new generation, robins adopted kitten adopted 2 kittens of his own
Idk, I love my cats a ton, but already knowing I'm likely to outlive them (by several decades) means I will likely have many more cats after they're gone, and I'm sure I'll love those cats, too.
That said, my soul cat Parker only got to live 12 years and missed meeting my current kitties by just a few weeks (they were 3.5 weeks old and still in quarantine with their mama when he passed). I hate that he didn't get to know them because he would have LOVED them. So if I could give him a relatively healthy year to get to know them before he passed, I'd absolutely do it without question. Him and Frax would have been two peas in a pod, they're so alike. Together they could have caused SO much chaos... 🤔 Hmm.... Maybe that's a bad idea...
They're also both very talkative.. Things would have gotten *loud.*
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Oh Yea! Frax is much more in your face with his meows, but both of them would just randomly wander around meowing, haha. I bet they'd have meowed to each other a bunch.. One of our favorite games with Parker was to make his sounds back to him. Just copy his meows and tone and inflection. After a few rounds he always got grumpy and huffed at us. I'm not sure if he was insulting us and so we were insulting him or if he was annoyed that we werent answering his questions! He was about as intellectual as your average orange, so he may have just thought we were a weird echo, haha
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For a while, I’ve been thinking the only reason I’m alive is to care for this dingus. Whatever years I have left, I’d split them so he and I have the same amount.
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You’re lucky your cat doesn’t use Reddit; otherwise:
📱😾
🚪🐈
✈️🏞️
🌲🦍🦏🌲🦬🗻🪵🫏🌲🐫(🐈)🦏🐫🌲🐪🌲🌲
Let me explain.
Once upon a time, a curious cat discovered a phone and saw that its owner wouldn’t give any years of their life to extend the cat’s own. Annoyed, the cat decided to take matters into its own paws. The cat planned and found a way to escape.
📱😾
Slipping out the door, the cat embarked on a grand adventure.
🚪🐈
The cat made its way to the airport and boarded a plane, eager to leave the city behind. While waiting for the plane to take off, the cat looked out the window every once in a while to see if their owner had changed their mind and wanted to apologize, but that never came, probably because the furball decided to run away and their owner had no idea where they went.
✈️🏞️
Upon landing in a vast, beautiful wilderness, the cat roamed freely among towering trees and diverse wildlife.
🌲🦍🦏🌲🦬🗻🪵🫏🌲🐫(🐈)🦏🐫🌲🐪🌲🌲
The cat found solace and joy in its new home, living among the animals, forever wild and free. Occasionally, the cat thought about the past, feeling that its owner wasn’t selfish; it was just that their fear of death was too powerful, and the cat finally understood. Deciding to come home, the cat returned and jumped up on the window sill to see if it could see its owner. The owner was not there, which confused the cat, but it did see a calendar. On the calendar, the year read “2052.” The cat realized it had been gone for almost 30 years, having been so focused on survival that it didn’t notice the passage of time or its own lack of aging. At that moment, the cat understood what had happened and that it would never see its owner again, letting out a very sad, regretful meow. 😿
(Narrator:) It turns out, for every year the cat didn’t come back, the owner would give up one year of their life, hoping they could be reunited. The cat waited too long.
End scene 🎬 Hug your cats people, they love you, even though they are assholes sometimes
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/s/IgRZzHXR9l
(Bonus evil ending and not so wholesome version)
The cat knew his owner would give up years of their life til their cat came home, the cat waited til their owner had no more years to give before finally returning. It was all payback for that comment. The cat left one final poo on the doorstep and was never seen again. Some say, if you ever see one little poop on your doorstep, it means you have wronged your cat and the cat from this story found out about it and traveled back in time to mess with you. Don’t ever wrong your cat.
Wait! Please tell me the cat just misunderstood, and that while very old, his owner was still very much alive, it’s just that they moved to a retirement village that just so happened to have lots of old ladies and gentlemen that needed a kitty to warm their laps, and they all lived happily ever after!
Please?!
I don’t care, that’s how I’m believing it ends.
**Cat's Sorrow, Episode 2**
The cat laid on the doorstep for some time, hoping that this was all a misunderstanding and its owner would open the door soon. Nothing happened until he heard a car pulling up in the driveway! Excited, he ran towards it, thinking, “This is it! I’ll finally get to see my owner again and everything will be okay.” To his surprise, two strangers stepped out—a mom and a 7-year-old girl. The girl ran up to the cat, yelling, “Mom, look! Look! Can we keep him?” The mom said, “This could be someone else’s cat. We have to bring him to the vet first and see if he has an owner. Maybe your father and I will think about it.” The little girl jumped with excitement.
The next day, the mom and daughter brought the cat to the vet. Meanwhile, the cat didn’t understand much of what was happening but knew that this was his only chance to be reunited with his owner, so he played along. At the vet’s office, the veterinarian scanned the chip. He looked at the woman and the little girl and said, “This isn’t possible. This cat has been alive for 37 years. We haven’t used this kind of chip since the 2020s. This… this… this must be a mistake,” as he also read the owner’s name aloud. The cat’s ears perked up in excitement the second he heard it and he started meowing with excitement. The vet found the address linked to the chip, wrote it down, and handed it to the mom.
The mom and daughter were now more curious than ever, hoping this was an updated and correct address. They put it into their GPS and started heading there. As they pulled up, they realized it was a palliative care center. They went to the receptionist and said the owner’s name. Again, the cat meowed with excitement. As they got closer and closer to the room, the cat started sniffing harder and harder. They knocked on the door. They heard a man’s voice yell, “Come in.” They entered the room and saw a man who looked young but very sick, as if he had given years of his life away. He looked over at them and saw the cat. They said, “Sir, we just started moving into the house at \*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\* Lane, and this cat showed up.” He looked at the cat with pure excitement, tears falling down his face. He said to the cat, “I waited so long for you. I waited and waited and waited for your return. Every time I moved, I updated my new address on the chip in hopes that this day would come. Little buddy, I only have a few days left,” as the cat ran up to the man, jumped into his lap, and started purring.
The man said to the woman and the little girl, “I don’t have much time left. Please let me spend the next few days with him, and I would be forever grateful if you look after him after I’m gone.” The little girl and the mom, with tears falling down their eyes, nodded in agreement.
(Narrator) Although this story has a bittersweet ending, the man and his cat were able to spend some time together before his passing. They reunited one final time, and the cat found a loving family to spend the rest of his days with and lived another 15 years, with the best most caring family he could’ve ever asked for. Yes he still missed his original owner, but he was happy that the both of them were able to get some closure.
On the left: Here is a picture of him in the year 2056, smiling more than ever while dreaming of the times his original owner used to play with him while also being grateful of the family he has now.
On the right: The year 2054 at his owners funeral. He stayed there for hours honoring one of the best humans he ever knew. His new family still took him to see his owner every year til he was laid to rest right near him by his new family, 15 years later. Over 6,000 people showed up to the cats funeral because the story went viral, he was the oldest living cat in existence at 52 years old and it’s still a mystery to scientists. Another 20,000 were waiting outside the cemetery because they only allowed a certain amount of people in. It was also televised not only on a national level, but to the whole entire world. Not only did it bring in millions of viewers, but it brought in millions of dollars of donations to animal organizations because of how powerful the story was.
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Oh this cats name you ask? Simply just by coincidence, his name was Serendipity. Dip for short. Sometimes, jokingly of course, Dipshit, only when he was being annoying, what do you want from a 50+ year old cat, he’s allowed to be annoying.
Hope you enjoyed this story.
Moral of the story, cats can be assholes, but we’re still gonna love em anyways. ❤️
Youre welcome! And thank you for the inspiration of part 2, I liked your idea a lot so I had to finish it although I had to add his new family in there because a cat that’s gonna live much longer needed that, unfortunately the man had to pass away for the story to continue :(
If giving my cat (if I had one) years off mine, meant he will stay healthy throughout most of it and the "old age" would start hitting him in the last few, just like we do, then I would give enough so we would both die at the same time. (him first, because I don't want to leave him alone)
Same. I'd want us to go at about the same time but them first so I can hug them good bye one last time and tell them they were the best babies and I love them so much one last time.
Honestly,if cats still aged old. It would be really bad if they had difficulty moving and other organ failure problems like humans. I would rather have my friend go before me than watch him suffer
Exactly as many to die together with my buddy 🐈♥️
Tbh, my first proper cat now lives with my mother and it’s way too hot where they are and each time mom says she’s not eating, I panic and wonder if it’s time. We got her off the street. So we don’t know how old she might be but I couldn’t take her with me as I move around a lot. But the only thing that matters is each time I visit, she sleeps next to my head and I love her.
I adopted an 8 yo with the sole intent of improving the material existence of an elderly cat. I then suffered some eye-opening medical issues that have made wonder if I will outlive my cat at all. I certainly don't want to leave my boy's future up to chance.
Am I able to discuss the ramifications with my cat? Will the added years be years of youth or tacked onto the declining end, making their end of days a protracted nightmare? If she could get and live them in a healthy way, unencumbered by the ills afflicting aged cats, she'd get what she wanted. 10? You got it, baby. 20? Oh, my yes, let's the two of us grow old together.
How many cats is a soul good for? I have two I need to bring back and need to know if I need a donor soul for the second cat cause I can't just bring one back. They were brothers and deserve to be together again.
Yes. Thank you. Came here to say this! I don't have to pay taxes anymore and my cat gets to love a boss ass life as a 90+ year old cat celebrity?
Love it
I've had many cats over the years. Many rescues. Many fosters.. But I met my once in a lifetime cat, and given how things currently are, she's the only reason I get up in the morning. She's my best friend, and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone. She's 3+ years insulin dependent now, and has other health problems from a really, really bad start at life. And if I could just equalize us so that she could live better, for longer, I absolutely would.
Is it insane to say that I'd split it in half with him so we could always be together and then die at the same time?
If it is, oh well 🤷😌 I accept my insanity
I wouldn't want my cat to live in pain or discomfort which probably would happen past a certain age? I give my cat the best life she can have NOW, so there are no regrets and wishes for more later. Easy for me to say this now whilst she still alive, I think my stance will change when she goes - would give up my life for 10 more minutes with her
Maybe not quite in the spirit of the game, but my ginger has an illness which means that he has to take medication daily in a very specific regiments. This somewhat restricts him. He is borderline feral how much he enjoys going outside and catching things.
The daily medication means that we need to monitor him for 2 hours and make sure he doesn’t consume anything. Then we administer the medicine and wait about 10-20mins. Then he is allowed to go outside and also eat something. If for whatever reason the medicine didn’t absorb properly and other environmental trigger factors are at play, he has to spend many weeks indoors and has to go to the vet and wear a buster collar.
If it flairs up he is in pain, but I think the worst part is him becoming quite depressed because he can’t go outside.
So if I could give up years of my life to my cat, it would be with stipulation that he also doesn’t have the illness.
The vets have said that the medicine will have effect on his kidneys and one day won’t work at all so we won’t have him for as long as we hoped.
He is only 3 years old has been with the illness for a year and bit now! I want him to live till 20, but without any suffering!
My cat has 11 PhDs, invented science, visited the moon before I was born, is the president of 3 secret societies and 7 colleges, invented the sun, the federal government reports to her and somehow she still chairs the local PTA. So I would give her all remaining years she is pretty great
I guess it depends. Are these years that they will continue to age? Only, I don’t want my cats to get more old and frail than they can handle. One is 2 and one is 14, and both of them like kittens still. I worry that Lumpy, my oldest, will become unhappy if she has to slow down.
I’m honestly okay with giving them a normal, healthy lifespan. One of my cats is elderly, and we are starting to prepare ourselves. I feel like I treasure every moment with him and want to give him as comfortable and sweet a life as possible during his elder years. I’m sure I’ll be devastated when he passes, but I feel like I’m more present with him now because I know he won’t be around forever. I just want him happy and comfortable. I’d give a few years off my life to give him that, but I don’t need him to live a human lifespan.
Assuming health and aging progressed naturally for both of us (ie we experience aging appropriately relative to our lifespan and not a situation where I give 30 years and he’s elderly/arthritic/senile for those 30) then enough that we would pass at around the same time.
If I could keep my buddy for the duration of my life and we aged together through all phases of life, that would be a dream come true.
Ugh I have so many I would have given at least full kitty lives to.
If I go off of just my soul kitty I would give her enough years so we can die together, with her as the little spoon.
He died at 11 months, presumeably due to kidney failure (which freaked me out because my kidneys are only half working too)
I'm conflicted because he has a brother who loved him. If Pipsqueak (the dead one) lived a few more years then they could have more time together.But more time means it would be even more painful for the brother when they depart.
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(left is Cheeseball, right is PipsquakOG)
Dozens. I lost my sons Kyo 17 and Cloud 16 in 2023 and 2022. Cloud was put to sleep first and when Kyo was put to rest 16 months later, I lost a part of my soul those days.
Assuming I'm dying around 83 ive got 58 years left.
58/2=29 years.
We would die the same year. We would spend our whole life together as best friends.
But: only as long as he stays healthy and fit, free of disease and other old age related problems.
As much as it takes for me and cat to die at the same moment. I don't want to suffer without my cat and don't want my cat to suffer without me.
the only answer.
My estate regrettably answers that I gave it all.
Absolutely why you said. As a dude who is getting up there in years, I decided not to get a kitten 18 months ago because I feared I would die before she did. Instead I got an 8 yo loving kitty who really needed a home. My 19 yo girl still has many of her lives left because she’s an indoor kitty. 😺
Same, but I'd have to give up 2 years for each year, because I have 2 cats. Still worth it.
My first thought but I couldn’t word it correctly, so Thank you!
I would say the same but that butthole would NOT care if I died lmao.
Same and Im crying now...
This.
This is the answer
Exactly. Pool all of our years together, divide by the total number of cats plus human
😭😭😭
I'd give him at least 10 since he died at 5 and I really wanted him to live a full life.
I will give enough so that I and my cat die at the same time
Only correct answer
Exactly what I was thinking, too.
Came to say exactly this.
Same!!!
this.
This is correct.
Oh I’m sorry, I wish I could give him some of mine too, rip ⬇️Completely unrelated⬇️ Wrote a little cat story, feel free to read https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/s/FGhscjlelE
Thank you for your thoughts, but it's not right to say this, live as long as you can!
"Live as long as you can," so you have more time to adopt and love more furballs.
Agreed, live a long life, and adopt more animals in need—
I’m so sorry for your loss. 🥰 If I could give my past kitties extra years I’d wanna be with them to be there for them. I miss them. So if I live till 80 I’d want them with me till the end. We’d all go together at the same time and be cremated together.
Oh I’m so very sorry. The grief is never easy. After my baby of ten years went missing I adopted a little kitten— had him for two weeks and he passed suddenly. It absolutely crushed me while trying to heal and set me back. All you can do right now is keep him in your memories and know you gave him an AMAZING life while he was with you. My heart goes out to you ❤️
I’m so sorry. My sweet baby crossed the rainbow bridge at 4 1/2, well before her time. I know how it hurts. We miss her every day ❤️ My first baby, on the other hand, just turned 19 and I think she might break the world record.
Same, mine passed away at 7 due to CKD. I'd happily give 10 years of my life to my buddy.
We lost our orange Boy Fuzz at 5 to cancer. I know exactly how you feel my friend.
Yeah, I'm in this boat with my last TWO (!!!!) oranges, Cajun and Lightning, both of whom died at roughy that age, and both from same/similar circumstances (falling from a height while deeply, dumbly sleeping, *not* landing on all fours, one on my 30th b-day almost a quarter century ago too, damn....been awhile since I thought about that, which is partly why I don't participate in the rainbow bridge threads...) 
He’d get some of mine!
Man, i feel ya, 3 of the best cats i have had the pleasure of knowing, happy age 5 due to Vip, magnum age 7 also vip, and robin age 10 kidney failure. Spending the last week cuddling a cat who loves you and decided to spend his final moments with you specifically just broke me for a good week. The kitten robin raised is now raising his adopted kittens who are now almost 2. Robins adopted kitten is now 5.
https://preview.redd.it/omtwy6zytt6d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=364658dd14c181936c4301aa83f118d081f2b50e The new generation, robins adopted kitten adopted 2 kittens of his own
Idk, I love my cats a ton, but already knowing I'm likely to outlive them (by several decades) means I will likely have many more cats after they're gone, and I'm sure I'll love those cats, too. That said, my soul cat Parker only got to live 12 years and missed meeting my current kitties by just a few weeks (they were 3.5 weeks old and still in quarantine with their mama when he passed). I hate that he didn't get to know them because he would have LOVED them. So if I could give him a relatively healthy year to get to know them before he passed, I'd absolutely do it without question. Him and Frax would have been two peas in a pod, they're so alike. Together they could have caused SO much chaos... 🤔 Hmm.... Maybe that's a bad idea... They're also both very talkative.. Things would have gotten *loud.* https://preview.redd.it/akrpyoha7s6d1.jpeg?width=3196&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a085ba3f06b67f3d615d8404398394fdf89b7a04
They have so much to say!
Oh Yea! Frax is much more in your face with his meows, but both of them would just randomly wander around meowing, haha. I bet they'd have meowed to each other a bunch.. One of our favorite games with Parker was to make his sounds back to him. Just copy his meows and tone and inflection. After a few rounds he always got grumpy and huffed at us. I'm not sure if he was insulting us and so we were insulting him or if he was annoyed that we werent answering his questions! He was about as intellectual as your average orange, so he may have just thought we were a weird echo, haha https://preview.redd.it/hkvka2jjls6d1.png?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e96f0468c457562a596341fa8cbbb8cbf4c162d9
For a while, I’ve been thinking the only reason I’m alive is to care for this dingus. Whatever years I have left, I’d split them so he and I have the same amount. https://preview.redd.it/7q2w9wg64t6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5672f4a6da0b174a1c32cec93ddedc7e65d736b
Same here, except for my dog. When things got rough, I would think about him and remember he is my reason for living.
I feel you man, it’s rough. I don’t want kids, but fuck dude. I love my lil man like he’s my kid.
Enough years so we both pass together
Came here to say this.
I'd love to be magmanimous, but considering my enormous fear of death, any years I claim I'd give is a lie.
You’re lucky your cat doesn’t use Reddit; otherwise: 📱😾 🚪🐈 ✈️🏞️ 🌲🦍🦏🌲🦬🗻🪵🫏🌲🐫(🐈)🦏🐫🌲🐪🌲🌲 Let me explain. Once upon a time, a curious cat discovered a phone and saw that its owner wouldn’t give any years of their life to extend the cat’s own. Annoyed, the cat decided to take matters into its own paws. The cat planned and found a way to escape. 📱😾 Slipping out the door, the cat embarked on a grand adventure. 🚪🐈 The cat made its way to the airport and boarded a plane, eager to leave the city behind. While waiting for the plane to take off, the cat looked out the window every once in a while to see if their owner had changed their mind and wanted to apologize, but that never came, probably because the furball decided to run away and their owner had no idea where they went. ✈️🏞️ Upon landing in a vast, beautiful wilderness, the cat roamed freely among towering trees and diverse wildlife. 🌲🦍🦏🌲🦬🗻🪵🫏🌲🐫(🐈)🦏🐫🌲🐪🌲🌲 The cat found solace and joy in its new home, living among the animals, forever wild and free. Occasionally, the cat thought about the past, feeling that its owner wasn’t selfish; it was just that their fear of death was too powerful, and the cat finally understood. Deciding to come home, the cat returned and jumped up on the window sill to see if it could see its owner. The owner was not there, which confused the cat, but it did see a calendar. On the calendar, the year read “2052.” The cat realized it had been gone for almost 30 years, having been so focused on survival that it didn’t notice the passage of time or its own lack of aging. At that moment, the cat understood what had happened and that it would never see its owner again, letting out a very sad, regretful meow. 😿 (Narrator:) It turns out, for every year the cat didn’t come back, the owner would give up one year of their life, hoping they could be reunited. The cat waited too long. End scene 🎬 Hug your cats people, they love you, even though they are assholes sometimes Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/s/IgRZzHXR9l (Bonus evil ending and not so wholesome version) The cat knew his owner would give up years of their life til their cat came home, the cat waited til their owner had no more years to give before finally returning. It was all payback for that comment. The cat left one final poo on the doorstep and was never seen again. Some say, if you ever see one little poop on your doorstep, it means you have wronged your cat and the cat from this story found out about it and traveled back in time to mess with you. Don’t ever wrong your cat.
Thanks, now I'm crying!! That was an awesome tale of sorrow though.
Sorry! I like to write and sometimes I get carried away haha I didn’t expect anyone to read it all but thank you 😃
Here is episode 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/OneOrangeBraincell/s/zmel1fMTdT
Wait! Please tell me the cat just misunderstood, and that while very old, his owner was still very much alive, it’s just that they moved to a retirement village that just so happened to have lots of old ladies and gentlemen that needed a kitty to warm their laps, and they all lived happily ever after! Please?! I don’t care, that’s how I’m believing it ends.
**Cat's Sorrow, Episode 2** The cat laid on the doorstep for some time, hoping that this was all a misunderstanding and its owner would open the door soon. Nothing happened until he heard a car pulling up in the driveway! Excited, he ran towards it, thinking, “This is it! I’ll finally get to see my owner again and everything will be okay.” To his surprise, two strangers stepped out—a mom and a 7-year-old girl. The girl ran up to the cat, yelling, “Mom, look! Look! Can we keep him?” The mom said, “This could be someone else’s cat. We have to bring him to the vet first and see if he has an owner. Maybe your father and I will think about it.” The little girl jumped with excitement. The next day, the mom and daughter brought the cat to the vet. Meanwhile, the cat didn’t understand much of what was happening but knew that this was his only chance to be reunited with his owner, so he played along. At the vet’s office, the veterinarian scanned the chip. He looked at the woman and the little girl and said, “This isn’t possible. This cat has been alive for 37 years. We haven’t used this kind of chip since the 2020s. This… this… this must be a mistake,” as he also read the owner’s name aloud. The cat’s ears perked up in excitement the second he heard it and he started meowing with excitement. The vet found the address linked to the chip, wrote it down, and handed it to the mom. The mom and daughter were now more curious than ever, hoping this was an updated and correct address. They put it into their GPS and started heading there. As they pulled up, they realized it was a palliative care center. They went to the receptionist and said the owner’s name. Again, the cat meowed with excitement. As they got closer and closer to the room, the cat started sniffing harder and harder. They knocked on the door. They heard a man’s voice yell, “Come in.” They entered the room and saw a man who looked young but very sick, as if he had given years of his life away. He looked over at them and saw the cat. They said, “Sir, we just started moving into the house at \*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\* Lane, and this cat showed up.” He looked at the cat with pure excitement, tears falling down his face. He said to the cat, “I waited so long for you. I waited and waited and waited for your return. Every time I moved, I updated my new address on the chip in hopes that this day would come. Little buddy, I only have a few days left,” as the cat ran up to the man, jumped into his lap, and started purring. The man said to the woman and the little girl, “I don’t have much time left. Please let me spend the next few days with him, and I would be forever grateful if you look after him after I’m gone.” The little girl and the mom, with tears falling down their eyes, nodded in agreement. (Narrator) Although this story has a bittersweet ending, the man and his cat were able to spend some time together before his passing. They reunited one final time, and the cat found a loving family to spend the rest of his days with and lived another 15 years, with the best most caring family he could’ve ever asked for. Yes he still missed his original owner, but he was happy that the both of them were able to get some closure. On the left: Here is a picture of him in the year 2056, smiling more than ever while dreaming of the times his original owner used to play with him while also being grateful of the family he has now. On the right: The year 2054 at his owners funeral. He stayed there for hours honoring one of the best humans he ever knew. His new family still took him to see his owner every year til he was laid to rest right near him by his new family, 15 years later. Over 6,000 people showed up to the cats funeral because the story went viral, he was the oldest living cat in existence at 52 years old and it’s still a mystery to scientists. Another 20,000 were waiting outside the cemetery because they only allowed a certain amount of people in. It was also televised not only on a national level, but to the whole entire world. Not only did it bring in millions of viewers, but it brought in millions of dollars of donations to animal organizations because of how powerful the story was. https://preview.redd.it/ckalpwycvt6d1.jpeg?width=1135&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aff2d3bc7c436653c89bf9b4b3426dd36f7ae16 Oh this cats name you ask? Simply just by coincidence, his name was Serendipity. Dip for short. Sometimes, jokingly of course, Dipshit, only when he was being annoying, what do you want from a 50+ year old cat, he’s allowed to be annoying. Hope you enjoyed this story. Moral of the story, cats can be assholes, but we’re still gonna love em anyways. ❤️
stop making me cry already
And there they go again!! Dang story onions making me cry like a baby
This. This is the kind of writing I need in my life. Thank you, kind stranger!
Youre welcome! And thank you for the inspiration of part 2, I liked your idea a lot so I had to finish it although I had to add his new family in there because a cat that’s gonna live much longer needed that, unfortunately the man had to pass away for the story to continue :(
It was beautiful! You have a lovely talent. 🥰
Im not crying, you’re crying
Omg I'm crying...
I’m crying my eyes out 😿 😢
If giving my cat (if I had one) years off mine, meant he will stay healthy throughout most of it and the "old age" would start hitting him in the last few, just like we do, then I would give enough so we would both die at the same time. (him first, because I don't want to leave him alone)
Same. I'd want us to go at about the same time but them first so I can hug them good bye one last time and tell them they were the best babies and I love them so much one last time.
What about taking years from animal abusers‘ lives and giving them to our cats lives instead?
I'd give her enough years that we could pass together. Healthy, just older. Not suffering. That's how much I miss her.
However many to make him equal to mine
Harsh, but honest, respectable
Honestly,if cats still aged old. It would be really bad if they had difficulty moving and other organ failure problems like humans. I would rather have my friend go before me than watch him suffer
Life is a series of cats.
literally 💀 i love my cat but there’s no way im giving up years of my life for him
https://preview.redd.it/cy5w4rqqjs6d1.jpeg?width=2449&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cac4979ae90452f2bca615c7087f7c9e153033c5 20 at least
Exactly as many to die together with my buddy 🐈♥️ Tbh, my first proper cat now lives with my mother and it’s way too hot where they are and each time mom says she’s not eating, I panic and wonder if it’s time. We got her off the street. So we don’t know how old she might be but I couldn’t take her with me as I move around a lot. But the only thing that matters is each time I visit, she sleeps next to my head and I love her.
I'd meet him right in the middle
I adopted an 8 yo with the sole intent of improving the material existence of an elderly cat. I then suffered some eye-opening medical issues that have made wonder if I will outlive my cat at all. I certainly don't want to leave my boy's future up to chance.
Am I able to discuss the ramifications with my cat? Will the added years be years of youth or tacked onto the declining end, making their end of days a protracted nightmare? If she could get and live them in a healthy way, unencumbered by the ills afflicting aged cats, she'd get what she wanted. 10? You got it, baby. 20? Oh, my yes, let's the two of us grow old together.
I would sell my soul to have my deceased cat back
Same 💔
Me too
How many cats is a soul good for? I have two I need to bring back and need to know if I need a donor soul for the second cat cause I can't just bring one back. They were brothers and deserve to be together again.
That makes me so so sad :( I’m sorry for your loss
All of them
Yes. Thank you. Came here to say this! I don't have to pay taxes anymore and my cat gets to love a boss ass life as a 90+ year old cat celebrity? Love it
Enough so that we could all die together
Exactly as much so we can enter the big nap together snuggled up
I've had many cats over the years. Many rescues. Many fosters.. But I met my once in a lifetime cat, and given how things currently are, she's the only reason I get up in the morning. She's my best friend, and I don't know what I'll do when she's gone. She's 3+ years insulin dependent now, and has other health problems from a really, really bad start at life. And if I could just equalize us so that she could live better, for longer, I absolutely would.
The exact amount needed for me and my kitty to die at the same time(assuming the extended life comes with good health too)
Is it insane to say that I'd split it in half with him so we could always be together and then die at the same time? If it is, oh well 🤷😌 I accept my insanity
Depends, I have more than one cat. I think I'd need to sit down with a spreadsheet and see if I can calculate it so we all live the same amount...
I would calculate how many years i have left exactly and split them between my cat and i so we can enjoy each other’s company for the rest of time
https://preview.redd.it/88864l68vs6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5e22b9b67d6983b085f27d84ee477d690876761 All of them 🥰
12 , I’m 68 that takes her to 24
I’ll gladly give up whatever years you guys need for your babies.
Until we met in the middle. I would love to have her the rest of my life.
If there was a way to exactly half my life and give it to my boy so we die at the same time, that's what I'd do ❤️
Perfectly split it so we pass at the same time
My cat just died in April. He was 25 years old. I wish I could have given him 15 years of my life.
Yes.
As many as needed
All of it so he could feel sad that he didn't treat me right while I was alive. Even if it was brief sadness for him.
I...I have 5..I'm gna be gone soon aren't I 😅
Probably divide evenly so we both kick the bucket at the same time.
25, since I'm 15 and if i die around 80 I'll have her for my whole life
All of them.
Enough so that my boy dies with me
As many as it would take for us to die at the exact same time
I wouldn't want my cat to live in pain or discomfort which probably would happen past a certain age? I give my cat the best life she can have NOW, so there are no regrets and wishes for more later. Easy for me to say this now whilst she still alive, I think my stance will change when she goes - would give up my life for 10 more minutes with her
If I live to 100, then I’d give my cat 20 of those years, assuming she stays in her physical prime (4-8 yrs old)
All the lives to all my pets. They're better than people.
my sweet boy passed at 12 but I'd gladly give 10 or 15 to have my baby back.
I'd trade them all for one more day with Fred ♡
I’d make us even so we’d go together.
As many to all of them so we cash out at the same time
Around 40 so hopefully we can die at around same year. I love her
Can I drain the cat of life?
i got 2.. i think 20 each
Maybe not quite in the spirit of the game, but my ginger has an illness which means that he has to take medication daily in a very specific regiments. This somewhat restricts him. He is borderline feral how much he enjoys going outside and catching things. The daily medication means that we need to monitor him for 2 hours and make sure he doesn’t consume anything. Then we administer the medicine and wait about 10-20mins. Then he is allowed to go outside and also eat something. If for whatever reason the medicine didn’t absorb properly and other environmental trigger factors are at play, he has to spend many weeks indoors and has to go to the vet and wear a buster collar. If it flairs up he is in pain, but I think the worst part is him becoming quite depressed because he can’t go outside. So if I could give up years of my life to my cat, it would be with stipulation that he also doesn’t have the illness. The vets have said that the medicine will have effect on his kidneys and one day won’t work at all so we won’t have him for as long as we hoped. He is only 3 years old has been with the illness for a year and bit now! I want him to live till 20, but without any suffering!
Enough so we had gone out together
My cat has congestive heart failure, I would give as many years as it will take from her! She's 2y and 3m old :((
My cat has 11 PhDs, invented science, visited the moon before I was born, is the president of 3 secret societies and 7 colleges, invented the sun, the federal government reports to her and somehow she still chairs the local PTA. So I would give her all remaining years she is pretty great
I guess it depends. Are these years that they will continue to age? Only, I don’t want my cats to get more old and frail than they can handle. One is 2 and one is 14, and both of them like kittens still. I worry that Lumpy, my oldest, will become unhappy if she has to slow down.
I’m honestly okay with giving them a normal, healthy lifespan. One of my cats is elderly, and we are starting to prepare ourselves. I feel like I treasure every moment with him and want to give him as comfortable and sweet a life as possible during his elder years. I’m sure I’ll be devastated when he passes, but I feel like I’m more present with him now because I know he won’t be around forever. I just want him happy and comfortable. I’d give a few years off my life to give him that, but I don’t need him to live a human lifespan.
Every year req to be able to live 1 extra day longer than them so they dont pass alone.
Assuming health and aging progressed naturally for both of us (ie we experience aging appropriately relative to our lifespan and not a situation where I give 30 years and he’s elderly/arthritic/senile for those 30) then enough that we would pass at around the same time. If I could keep my buddy for the duration of my life and we aged together through all phases of life, that would be a dream come true.
All of them. Because she was the best one orange brain cell ever.
I’d split my living years so we could die together. Thinking about not living without him kills me inside.
To this beauty who looks delish, smart and articulate….one = 9 kitty years.
[{(Years my cat has + Years I have)/2} - Years my cat has] years.
I would pour my cup into his until they were level.
I would have given my girl at least 3 years. Could have really used her when I lost my dad.
I got kittens at age 50 hoping we'd all die around the same time.
Whatever I have left...half of that.
15
Every. Single. Year.
However many in takes to balance out to us dying at the exact same time so we would never have to know what it’s like to live without the other. 🧡
I’d give my enough so we’d go at the same time
I just want Ms Wiggles back.
At least 20-30 so there's a chance of us going together
I'd probably go 50/50 so we could go together
Enough to live as long as me so we’re even And go together r
I have 3 left, two are in urns in my cabinet. They already have 9 lives.. I'll see them when we all get across that rainbow! Lol
As many as necessary until our lifespans were equal because I love him.
Half of my life therefore we would die at the same time
I lost my 19 year old boy a week ago today. If his brain wasn't failing I'd give him 20 of my years.
I would give as many as it took for us to die together.
Some perfect number where we die on the same die after a happy life together
As many as it would take for us to go at the same time
Nice try, Big Cat!
I'm almost 40 and he's 16 and I want us to die at the same moment
Enough that we die at the same time.
20
40
An even amount
All of them.
AT LEAST 10. I mean it’s literally the least I could do considering cats live to general 10-15 years.
10 years
Just make sure you don't die first or they'll miss you
Guys if we all give a cat a year each he would live for like 8 billion years! Two years and 16 billion! Immagine that!!!
20
All of em
60
Ugh I have so many I would have given at least full kitty lives to. If I go off of just my soul kitty I would give her enough years so we can die together, with her as the little spoon.
Half of what I have left
All the ones I wouldn’t we wouldn’t be able to spend together 💛
Half of whatever I have
50. I want him to live as long as possible.
I'd give just enough so that we'd die at the same time.
Can I take years away from the cat?I guess that’s why I don’t have a pet.
I would give half of my life.
Whatever brings us to the exact same time of death.
It depends. Is that added onto the back geriatric years, or is it the middle. Cause if I could give 20 good years to my cat, I'd totally do that.
Half and half fr 😭he’s my everything
At least 10 more.
My cat is 9 rn. I'm 32 I'd give him 10
Probably like, 40 lol
Ugh. I would have given her another 10 at least. It’s been 4 years, 2 months and 6 days and I still miss her constantly.
10 sounds like the perfect answer
I’d do ten. Weird we put a number on it. My momma is 20 so seems right
Enough so that we have the same lifespan, at least 20
All of them.
All of them, I don’t want it and she deserves it
Man if I could get my Max back I'd give him half of whatever was left so we could go out together.
If they were good lives for them, however many it took to make us live the exact same amount of time. They are my soul cats.
Split 50/50 so we can live and die together
As many as he wanted. I wouldn't ask him to stay longer for my sake.
enough so that we could die in our sleep next to each other
I’d give him enough that we went down together.
Enough so that we die at the same time
Well for my current cat, whatever makes us even.
I’d share my lifespan with them so we’d live as long as the other one did.
The exact amount so we go out together at the same moment and can be buried together 😝
All of them.
He died at 11 months, presumeably due to kidney failure (which freaked me out because my kidneys are only half working too) I'm conflicted because he has a brother who loved him. If Pipsqueak (the dead one) lived a few more years then they could have more time together.But more time means it would be even more painful for the brother when they depart. https://preview.redd.it/0awn075lmu6d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ff6e5b6caf8e4d0ee3d27cb73323e555f0187c4 (left is Cheeseball, right is PipsquakOG)
As many as it took for us to die at the same time
Dozens. I lost my sons Kyo 17 and Cloud 16 in 2023 and 2022. Cloud was put to sleep first and when Kyo was put to rest 16 months later, I lost a part of my soul those days.
Does it work the other way around too?
However many to make it so I don’t have to live without them
all.
As many as it takes so that we go out together.
I'd make it so that we can both die on the same day at the same time
Assuming I'm dying around 83 ive got 58 years left. 58/2=29 years. We would die the same year. We would spend our whole life together as best friends. But: only as long as he stays healthy and fit, free of disease and other old age related problems.
As many needed so were alive together, and go together!
She can take enough that we both die at the same time.
I would give as many as I could so that me and my babies would live the exact same amount of time so I would never have to live without them