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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Flashy_Room_321 on 2024-07-02 18:33:46+00:00.

I decided to delete the original post and redo it to hopefully comply with the rules

Link to r/AmITheAsshole for context, consider this the update.

When I initially made my AITA post my girlfriend’s brother faked a mental breakdown to get out of his responsibilities and put the work load on us, all the while he was lying to us and talking shit behind our backs, so I’ll continue from there.

One thing I had forgotten to mention in the original post is that he left behind THREE cats in his apartment that he knew he was about to be evicted from. He had promised us over and over and over again that he was trying his hardest to find a place to rehome two of them and that the third one would come with him IF he moved in. We made it blatantly clear that the cat coming with him would be his responsibility despite being in our apartment since we would be working and we would have very little time to get the cat used to our husky and our own two cats. I’ll make it crystal clear that we did not surprise him with this information and that he agreed to our terms.

Obviously since he was in a mental hospital, everything got thrown into a loop. We agreed that we would assist him with finding the cats a new home and unfortunately, since he would be unable to provide any care for the one cat, he would be rehomed as well. We quickly discovered that he had only been talking to one person about them, despite us telling him repeatedly that he needed to have backup options just in case they no-showed. My girlfriend waited for almost an hour after the agreed upon time to meet in his apartment the day before the eviction for this person and, surprise surprise, they no-showed. With no other option, our only course of action was to call animal control and impound all three cats.

At first, the process of getting the cats out of the apartment was going pretty well. That was until I got a message from my girlfriend and she was super upset, it turns out her brother had told the officers that we told him that we would take care of the cats and that WE would be responsible for any fines and penalties that came from the removal. We would also be at risk of losing OUR pets.

I was pissed. I immediately called them and explained the agreement we had and the officer I talked to was super helpful and understanding, which was appreciated. Later on, my gf got a call from her brother and he was livid. He was screaming at her things like “how could you do this to me?” And “we’re siblings!” My girlfriend aired out all her grievances, all the lies, manipulation, talking behind our backs, his irresponsibility, everything. He was all deny deny deny, and we shut that down pretty quickly. Eventually, he said the magic words: No contact.

I had floated the idea around in my head myself and felt very relieved that I wouldn’t have to be the one to bring it up, needless to say we happy obliged. Not ten minutes later he calls us again and says we need to bring him his car an hour and a half north of us along with all of his things… yeah… no. No contact, no help, that’s how I feel about it.

So now he’s stuck an hour away. He has no car, his family wants nothing to do with him, he has little to no place to live. His only options are to move back in with his abusive ex or be homeless. His cats are in danger of being put down. The only thing I feel bad about is that the cats may be put down due to all of this and it’s not fair to them. They deserved a better owner and if I had the time and space for them I would have taken them in a heartbeat

*again I hope this complies with the fallout rule