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Redvelninja

Updated 11mo ago

Dealing with Cat Allergies: Is it Wrong to Ask?

So question: I am not a big cat person and I don't like cats too much because I am allergic to their dander. I like to tell people that if you have a cat, it's fine but that cat is their responsibility and not mine. I can not be around more than 3 cats at a time. More than 3 will cause my allergies to act up and that is an unconfortable experience for me. I just simply just want to be comfortable and not deal with my allergies on a regular basis. Am I wrong here?

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j_Bug

2y

is there a certain situation you're wondering about? because just in general not being a cat person is of course not a bad thing
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Redvelninja

2y

Well, since you've asked, I had a guy friend told me that he owns 7 cats and I said that's 5 too many and he basically was looking at me funny as if I just lost my mind. I told him that basically, I'm allergic to cat dander and if he ever decided that he wanted to roomate with me it was fine but to keep no more than 2 cats at a time because of my allergies. He apparently didn't understand cat dander so I just said cats to simplify it. I just am not sure if saying my opinion on keepings cats as pets as not favorable to me because of my allergies was wrong to say to people who keep cats as pets or to cat people.

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