so friday night i came home and went to smoke a cig on my front porch. i live in a small apartment/house and have the bottom floor to myself (unconnected to the top).
as i'm smoking, this stray cat approaches me. i've seen it around before, but it had never let me pet it. this time it did, and i noticed that it's starving, so i gave it a little food. the next morning i went out for a bit, and when i came back, it was there again. i took it inside and checked it for fleas, then gave it some more food. the thing is really friendly and is absolutely starved for attention, and it pretty much hasn't stopped purring since i let it inside.
i gave it a bath and bought some cat food+flea shampoo, but i'm thinking about it now, and i don't know if i want to keep it. it's pretty young, so it's gonna be a long-term commitment if i do. i don't have money to get it neutered either.
i'm not sure what to do. i put it outside for a while today, kind of hoping that it would leave. it came back around 7 though, and now it's asleep on my couch.
i'm also kind of worried about how it will affect my social life. i don't want my friends to think of me as "that guy who lives alone with his cat." similarly, i'm not sure how girls will take it. might make hookups kind of weird.
has anyone done this before? is there anything else i should consider before i make this decision?
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