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ā€œHow a Kitten Eased My Partnerā€™s Depressionā€

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In this weekā€™s NY Times Modern Love blog Hannah Louise Poston tells the story of living with her severely depressed boyfriend, Joe, and how her decision to buy a kitten improved their relationship. ā€œThe next morning when we woke up, the first words out of Joeā€™s mouth were, ā€˜Whereā€™s the kitten?ā€™ And the kittenā€™s first act, when she heard his voice, was to ice-pick her way up the quilt and jump on his face. That same summer, Joe mustered the energy to make major changes in his lifeā€¦ā€