August 9, 2026 at 1:21 am

Her Overweight Cat Begs for Food Constantly—But Her Owner Refuses to Give In

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Have you ever owned a cat…?

If you have, you know one thing is absolutely true: they think you work for them and that you should do what they want at all times!

And, to be fair, that usually is how it works…

But the woman who wrote this story is pretty frustrated with her kitty, who demands food at all times…

And this feline could stand to lose a few pounds.

Read on, and see what you think about this situation.

AITA for not giving my daughter food when I just ate?

“My daughter (4), is a huge glutton.

I try to keep her healthy and make sure she doesn’t overeat but we live with my parents and they love filling up her plate to excess.

This has resulted in her thinking it is okay to yell at the top of her lungs, sometimes crying, just to get food. Often when she already has food, but its just been sitting out for a few hours.

Yikes…

Today I am eating dinner with my parents and she is out in the yard playing or whatever. And when we are done and cleaning up after dinner she comes in and immediately starts yelling.

We get in a huge fight where I start yelling too. I tell her that she always interrupts me and I need her to let me finish my sentence but she just ignores everything I say. Just screaming, crying, that she wants food.

And she is hungry and since we just ate there must be some for her but I tell her that she still has food from this morning that is still perfectly fine.

What the hell is going on in this house?!?!

At this point I am yelling too. I say “you are a glutton! You ALWAYS complain that the food I give is too dry. It’s NOT supposed to be wet!”

And she just keeps yelling that she wants food until I pick her up and hold her.

This has her quiet for a bit but really quickly, she wants to be let down. So I let her down.

I’m getting a headache just reading this…

And she starts crying AGAIN.

I am just done with the conversation so i just leave her with my dad (who she hardly ever yells at btw) and go to another room.

If you haven’t guessed it by now: Yes I am talking about my cat, she has a lot to say and its often about food. She is not underweight. She is a very happy almost vaguely fat cat of four years who often brings in gifts from our garden that are almost always fully dead.

I am just trying to keep her from being unhealthy but she disagrees. AITA?”

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