A woman becomes surprisingly pregnant – and after a little research finds out that her cat is actually the cause. How was that possible?
I beg your pardon, WHAT happened?
Yes, yes, it's true: a woman got pregnant and the cat is to blame. But don't panic: of course, nobody here had sex with their pet, not even accidentally. The real reason is just a damned unfortunate coincidence responsible for another child in the family.
Phew, then I'm reassured. But what exactly did the cat do?
Everything is due to the fact that one day the family cat declared war on all the cotton swabs in the household. At least that's what Reddit user "Playtonic1" says in one strand, in which he explains his mishap in detail.
Cotton swab? Why that?
No idea. Cats are weird, every cat owner can confirm this from their own experience. This cat had suddenly developed a fondness for mercilessly shredding the poor cotton swabs if it could get any into its claws. In fact, the chopsticks were in a bathroom drawer, where they would normally have been protected. But a cat with a mission always finds a way – and this one had a very special talent.
Oh, talented cats are dangerous …
Exactly – and a little safe cracker got lost on this one. The user describes her as a "genius of evil" from whom nothing is safe: "No door, drawer or flap can stop her and if she knows where something is that she wants, then she WILL get it," he writes with a mixture of fascination and pure terror. "It's so bad that after you moved in with us, I believed in a poltergeist for weeks because I woke up every morning and all the cupboard doors in the kitchen were open."
The drawer in the bathroom wasn't safe either?
No – and so one day he found a real cotton swab massacre in his bathroom.
OK. Somehow I'm still missing a few crucial steps between "being angry at cotton swabs" and getting pregnant …
Sure, one would have to mention: The couple already had a child, but wanted to wait until the coronavirus pandemic was over with further family planning. Since she could not tolerate the pill, the user's wife soon stopped taking it, and the two decided on a different type of birth control.
Oh. Oh no, I understand what happened there …
As I said: a cat with a mission prevails regardless of losses – or in this case a new playmate who will now enrich the family.