If this was AITA on Reddit, I'd be giving this an "everyone sucks here" rating.
My sister and her family live on the other side of the country. They came over this summer with their daughters, who were 8 months and 2 1/2 years. The toddler looooooves cats, and I have a cat, but my cat is a nasty piece of shit. Before we went into the house, I got down to my niece's level and said "I need to tell you something important, okay? I have a kitty, but she is not a nice kitty and she gets very scared. So if you see her you can wave hello, but we're not going to look for her and we're not going to touch her, okay?" About 45 minutes later the cat snuck down the stairs to creep on us - niecelet got excited, went to go towards the cat, then stopped, waved, and whispered "Hi kitty!" If a toddler can listen and follow a "leave the animal alone" rule, why can't an 8-year-old?
At the same time, this letter writer really does not like children, does he? I'm surprised this letter isn't from a childfree forum.
All of the adults here have handled this poorly. Jesus.
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My sister and her family live on the other side of the country. They came over this summer with their daughters, who were 8 months and 2 1/2 years. The toddler looooooves cats, and I have a cat, but my cat is a nasty piece of shit. Before we went into the house, I got down to my niece's level and said "I need to tell you something important, okay? I have a kitty, but she is not a nice kitty and she gets very scared. So if you see her you can wave hello, but we're not going to look for her and we're not going to touch her, okay?" About 45 minutes later the cat snuck down the stairs to creep on us - niecelet got excited, went to go towards the cat, then stopped, waved, and whispered "Hi kitty!" If a toddler can listen and follow a "leave the animal alone" rule, why can't an 8-year-old?
At the same time, this letter writer really does not like children, does he? I'm surprised this letter isn't from a childfree forum.
All of the adults here have handled this poorly. Jesus.