Flea bitten...

This might seem a bit strange but its really a big issue with me at the moment.

Is it fair of me to say I dont want to go round to my boyfriends. The reasoning behind it being that his cat has fleas and I get seriously bitten when I go, I stayed from Thurs-Sun and came home with about 20-30 bites. And they just look horrid.

I asked if him if he (or anyone as his Mum, Mums husband & Sister live there) was going to do anything about it I even bought some flea spray for £5.99 but it didnt work because needed to clean the house and stop a reinfestation but I can't clean the whole house on my own (how rude would I look hoovering up their bedrooms, lol)

No-one else seems to care because they're not getting bitten. It might seem really petty but its really annoying and especially the fact that they dont care, I mean I would and do for the cats sake (its about 6 months old)

So if he expects me to come from uni in a 45 minute journey to get bitten half to death hes dead wrong, I mean I would consider if he was doing something about it but they're not.

Am I being seriously unreasonable?

Reply 1

username47781

definiatly tell him that you kept getting bitten, and if he just laughs in your face then i think you may have a problem being together

Reply 2

generalebriety

No.

Not at all.

Reply 3

always + forever

no - your boyfriend's house sounds not all that a pleasant place to be

Reply 4

Schroedinger's Pandora

Fleas are disgusting, they hide in carpets, your sofa, your bed.. Anywhere.

My ex sounds a bit like your boyfriend, he had 3 cats and every summer the house would get infested.. I mean you'd put your foot on the carpet and you'd see them jumping up your legs. The lazy bastard could never be bothered to hoover up, either. I'd go round to see him and just end up trying to sterilise his house! He didn't care because he wasn't getting bitten, but I used to come out in these rock hard red lumps all over my feet and legs which itched like damn crazy.

In the end I thought sod it. If his house is infested the chances are that you'll be taking them home on your clothes too.. It's disgusting that nobody is doing anything to remedy the situation though. Their poor cat!

You can get stuff called "spot on", which works a treat. It's expensive but maybe you could suggest it?