Woman Offended Her Date Due To Cat Allergy Issues, Her Friends Called Her A Jerk But Reddit Defended Her

Sitting next to a man on the first date, a girl immediately felt uncomfortable. Finally, the thing unraveled when she recognized that the guy had a cat at home.

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That “sad” story happened with the girl (the Original Poster) who was allergic to cats, and after it was public, it attracted almost 2K upvotes and over 460 comments.

Friend’s suggestion and the “wrong” meeting

After the meeting, the OP shared her story on the popular subreddit AmItheAsshole. She wrote that she had been suggested by her friend to go on a date with a good friend of that woman, and she also liked that man right away. However, just from the moment, the man sat down, she immediately got a stuffy nose.

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Allergy and difficult decisions

Even though the OP strongly doubted, their conversation continued until the thing was clarified – that guy had a cat at home. With an allergy sufferer, it is really hard to accept when the consequences of that disease are terrible.

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She tried to explain but the guy was still offended saying

Could not suffer from allergies, and although wanted to move in with her partner, the OP told the man that they would not live together unless he got rid of the cat. Against her wish, the man did not accept that and even didn’t need to live together.
Obviously, if a person is not allergic, they can not completely understand the negative effects it brings. Indeed, the man thought that everything would be alright if she used allergy meds.

Source: AmItheAsshole

On the contrary, the OP was really uncomfortable when the man could not understand how difficult it was to treat that disease. And of course, no one wants to fall asleep every day because of using medicine against the cat.
The OP quickly split bill before the man stormed off and the friend’s judgment
After the controversy, realizing that the man intended to storm off, the girl quickly called a waitress to pay half and then go home.

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When the story was public, there were a lot of conflicting comments. The majority felt sympathy for her, but someone thought that it is not reasonable to leave a relationship just because of allergies, typically her friend.

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In short, allergies are an unpleasant disease, so if they cannot get along with this problem, the best way is just to be friends. Do you have a better workaround for this case? Please share with us in the comment below!