A woman in Taiwan refuses to share her husband with a cat

Monday, December 9, 2002 Posted: 10:58 AM EST (1558 GMT)

A woman in Taiwan refuses to share her husband with a cat

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Many couples divorce because the wife refuses to share her husband with another woman. For one Taiwanese couple, the home wrecker was a cat.

A judge said on Monday that he allowed a woman to divorce her husband because she refused to share the couple's bed with the man's cat.

Frequent squabbles over the cat made it difficult for the couple to live together, ruled Chen Tsai-wang, a Panchiao District Court judge in suburban Taipei.

The pampered pet was a problem because it frequently wet the bed, Chen said. Although the man promised to house train the feline, the marriage was beyond repair, the judge said.

"The couple has been estranged for a year, and it would be too late to make remedies," Chen told The Associated Press.

The husband had allowed the cat to urinate "on the bed and anywhere at home," the woman's brother, identified only by his surname, Yang, told TVBS cable news network.

"He refused to put the cat in another room. This showed how he had ignored my sister's feelings," the brother said.

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2002

Answers

ain't that a pisser.

[yeah, ya knew i was gonna say that, din't ya?]

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002

The cat is upset because it feels the woman has invaded its territory. I'll bet that deep down, the man is a homosexual or has some other reason for not loving his wife, and the cat might be picking up on that feeling, too.

That should've been the first indication: if the cat doesn't like a potential partner, there are going to be problems.

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002

Cats have great radar. Definitely love me, love my cats.

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002

But Meemur, it's HIS cat so something must be wrong with HER, right?

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002