Our Family of Four
When Mr. D and I met I was living in AZ and my fur-child Max was still living in Maryland. As far as Mr. D was concerned I didn’t really have any pets. So when Mr. D moved to Miami and I decided to get Max a sister, Mr. D was pretty wary about it. He never had a pet and wasn’t really sure how he felt about it. Since he works from home and I worked long hours in Miami he knew he’d be spending the majority of time with my new cat.
Though the first few days were a bit rough Millie and Mr. D eventually got used to each other and all of us finally started sleeping through the night. Since they ended up spending so much time together Mr. D became very attached to Millie and considers her “his” cat. When we returned to Maryland we suddenly had our entire family together under one roof. Max, Millie, Mr. D and I were all together and Max was not happy that I hadn’t come back alone.
It took several months for everyone to get used to each other, Max would attack Millie so naturally Mr. D wasn’t a fan of him. Mr. D and I even got into fight about which cat was at fault – his or mine! We each wanted “our” cat in our bedroom at night, but our cats weren’t too keen on the idea of being in the room at the same time. Both cats were finally getting along when we left for England but since they’ll have been split for 6 months we’re pretty sure we’ll be returning to kitty WWIII.
Did you and your SO combine your furry friends? How’d it go?
