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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/DeliveryVast8591 on 2026-02-28 10:49:51+00:00.
This is something I still think about months later. My cat, Milo, had this weird habit of sleeping right next to my head every night. He’d curl up on the pillow and purr so loudly it sometimes woke me up. I used to joke that he thought he was a human. Last winter I started closing my bedroom door at night because I wanted better sleep. Milo would scratch the door sometimes, but eventually he stopped. I figured he just got used to sleeping somewhere else. One night I noticed he didn’t come running when I opened a can of food. That was unusual. He was always the first one there. I checked the house and found him curled up under the table. He looked tired, but I assumed he was just getting older. The next morning he could barely stand. We rushed him to the vet, and they told us his kidneys were failing and he had probably been sick for a while. The vet said cats sometimes try to stay close when they don't feel well. I keep thinking about those nights he scratched at my door and I just ignored it because I wanted uninterrupted sleep. He died two days later. Now I sleep with the door open. TL;DR: I started locking my cat out of my room at night because I wanted better sleep. Turns out he was sick and probably just wanted to be close before he died. I still feel guilty about it.