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Input: Ok so hear me out on this as I know it sounds bad.

The cat was bought by my gfs mother, but was also raised with my girlfriend her entire life. My girlfriend considers the cat part hers and sees it everyday.

This cat was elderly and infirm. It was blind, deaf, had no control of its bowels so it was constantly laying in its own urine and feces until someone found it. It could not move on its own.

It is on so much medication that it doesnt even recognize people anymore. It has to have its face held against a bowl of water to drink and a plate of mushed up food to eat.

There was no quality of life. This upsets my girlfriend greatly. I volunteered to destroy it and end its suffering, however my girlfriends mother refused. She said that she would rather it die naturally. This in my girlfriends opinion is cruel, and she sends me to put it down discreetly.

The cat was already heavily medicated but I followed the proper protocols and injected it with a sedative before giving it an overdose. It felt nothing and died quickly, I measured its breathes as I held it in my arms until it expired.

I placed it back down for my girlfriends mother to find. My girlfriend is upset but thanks me.

My sister (who i told) believes i shouldnt have destroyed the cat without the mothers permission, despite the undue stress on my girlfriend and the cat. It was a slave in its own body. Am i the asshole?

putting down my girlfriends mothers cat, without her knowledge