U2Kitten said:
I can't understand how anyone could make a 'life decision' disregarding the life of their pets. I'd never go anywhere they weren't welcome.
Good grief!
I have a dog now, he's really become a family pet since I'm living with my parents at the moment. I'm going to law school in September, and he can't come with me. Not only is he not permitted in my apartment but even if he were, he wouldn't like it there! He's a large collie, used to having a large yard and people to walk him. So I am leaving him with my parents, who are near retirement, who walk him multiple times a day, take him boating with them, fishing, and so on. He's going to have a much better life with them than he would with me, cooped up when I'm gone most of the day. And I'll have a better life because of going back to school as well.
It sounds to me like LivLuv has thought a lot about the care of her pets, probably more than a lot of other people would have and has viable, believable options. Life is flexible, things change. If people can up and move around the world, if refugees can be shipped to another continent and they adjust to their new surroundings, language, culture and absence of family, then for God's sake, so can a cat.