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How I De-Allergized My Boyfriend to Cats

If you’re a cat lover allergic to cats, there’s still hope.

Aurelie B.
Readers Hope
6 min readNov 19, 2024

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A man petting a cat on a couch
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If you’ve followed me before, you know that my brother’s cat had a little sexcapade that led my family to take care of four kittens, born in early April back in France. I watched them grow through webcams and flew from Canada to see them when they were only two days old.

So, obviously, when I returned to my adopted city, Toronto, I decided to adopt two of them once they were weaned. The only remaining problem — aside from the logistics of relocating two kittens across the Atlantic —: is my boyfriend’s cat allergy.

At first, I didn’t believe him. My boyfriend is from Latin America, and in my experience, people from there are rarely allergic to anything — it’s pretty amazing! Over the years, I’ve met friends from Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Gand uatemala, and not one of them has ever asked for gluten-free or complained about being unable to eat certain foods.

So, when my boyfriend claimed to be allergic to cats, I half-expected him to pull a ‘Chandler move’ — you know, like when Chandler pretends to be allergic to dogs because he doesn’t want to admit he doesn’t like them in front of the other Friends.

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Aurelie B.
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Me? 30 something French woman living in Toronto. Positive, witty & a dash sarcastic. You? Open-minded reader ready to follow me on my adventures through Medium.

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