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"Of all the things that can wreak havoc on a relationship--distance, disapproving family members, opposing political views--would you ever think a tiny little kitten would be one of them?Meet my friends Emilie and Mike (you might remember Emilie&amp;amp;#8217;s sweet parents from this post): So cute, right? They&amp;amp;#8217;re getting married this fall, and they live together with their two cats, Olive and Pepper. Problem is, Olive and Pepper hate each other. Specifically, when they brought Pepper home, Olive immediately started viciously attacking Pepper whenever they were in the same room. Olive is kind of demonic sometimes. As a non-animal person, I say this is a good reason not to have pets. Emilie, who has a bigger heart, says, &amp;amp;#8220;We really believe that adopting an animal is making a commitment to giving that animal a loving home and family, so we did everything we could to help soothe and fix the situation....we kept them in separate rooms, tried to slowly re-introduce them with food, even got Olive on some meds to try and reduce her rage, but NOTHING worked.&amp;amp;#8221; Pepper is afraid. Seriously, their situation got bad. According to Emilie, &amp;amp;#8220;at the worst of it, we had a schedule of who would sleep on the couch each night...otherwise, whichever cat wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t sleeping in the room with us would cry and scratch at the door and no one would get any sleep. We honestly were on the sleeping schedule of someone who has a newborn baby (waking up 5-7 times a night, screaming in frustration, cranky from never sleeping) except we DONT HAVE A BABY! It was a huge stress on us because we were constantly over-tired and we are both people who NEED our sleep to function. We aren&amp;#x27;t fighters by nature, but we were definitely getting cranky with each other a lot more often...all because of the cat drama! There was honestly a point when I thought we might just end up living the rest of our lives this way.&amp;quot; Yikes. How stressed would you be if you couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t even sleep in the same room as your fiance because of a cat?! Guys, for real, it was so crazy they were selected to be on an Animal Planet show called My Cat From Hell. Their episode airs tomorrow at 8 p.m. Clearly, things are better, but watch them tomorrow to see how the whole thing panned out. Emilie promises lots of dramatic tears, and you know you love a happy ending between a guy, a girl, and their cats. Have you ever experienced a crazy relationship stress like this? Pets? Babies? Something else? Let me know if you watch their episode! Other pet stories: *Ask an Expert: 5 Tips for Adopting Pets Together *Pets: Training for Parenthood or Not So Much? *Do You Sleep With Your Pets?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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