We stayed in a hotel where you were not allowed to swim in the pool after 5 p.m., but I wanted to. My husband advised against it, but I was stubborn. I come back happy, and he looks at me wide-eyed. He laughs: \u201cHere\u2019s your punishment!\u201d He shows a video on his phone: I\u2019m swimming, and suddenly a cat comes to the edge of the pool and does its little business. My husband kept teasing me for the rest of the vacation, and I believed in instant karma.<\/p>\n
I shrieked, splashing out like the pool was lava. “Did I swallow any?!” Panic mode: I showered thrice with hotel soap that smelled like regret. Hubby, filming my freakout, posted it anonymously to our group chat\u2014friends roasted me endlessly: “Cat’s revenge for rule-breakers!” Hotel staff caught wind via security cams; we got a stern warning and complimentary chlorine tabs. That stray cat? Hotel mascot “Whiskers,” apparently a serial offender.<\/p>\n
Vacation turned comedy tour: Every meal, hubby mimed pooping sounds. I swore off rebellion, sticking to schedules like glue. Back home, we framed the video still as “Karma’s Purr-fect Timing.” Moral: Rules exist for reasons\u2014furry, vengeful ones. Now, I swim only in daylight, and hubby? He’s the rule-enforcer supreme. Instant karma? More like instant hilarity. No regrets, just lessons in not tempting fate… or felines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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