Let me preface this by saying I feel extremely guilty about all of this. I feel bad for the little guy, bad for myself, bad for my roommate, and just bad in general.

I adopted a kitten from the nearby animal shelter about a year ago. At the time, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to bring one home yet, but they were pushing cats on everyone because they had so many of them at the time. I just kind of picked a kitten up and before I knew, I was home with it.

I had done my research beforehand about owning cats, and I knew a lot. But I wasn't prepared for this cat. At first, he was okay -- very playful and energetic, but with a bit of a restraint problem. I worked very hard with him on socializing him, trying to make him okay with being held and handled, etc. It worked out for a while, until one day he just changed. He started biting me when I tried to pick him up, and when I'd put him down he would turn to face me with aggressive posture and lunge himself at me with teeth and claws gnashing. He starting wanting CONSTANT play--if I wasn't playing with him every waking second that I was home, he would start being destructive and trying to bite/scratch me. He was meowing at the door throughout the night, and if I let him in he would just bite and pounce on me. I started spending most of my time, energy, and money trying to keep the cat entertained, which affected my relationship, my mental health, and my performance at work.

Now, he just wants constant attention. He'll follow me around everywhere, and yet he hates being held, handled, or pet, so he'll bite me if I make a wrong move or look at him wrong. He and I have a plain old bad relationship, and I don't know if anything could ever repair it. I took him to the vet several times, spent hundreds of dollars on tests, and was told he's perfectly healthy, just "has quite the personality." Nothing to be done.

Eventually, I knew I just couldn't take it anymore and tried to find him a new home. I asked all my friends and coworkers, I made a profile for him on Craigslist and several other adoption websites, and after several months of searching, I've come up dry. Everyone wants a friendly, calm, cuddly cat who isn't aggressive, but this cat is the opposite, so no one wants him.

I know if I try to take him back to the shelter, he'll probably be be euthanized or labeled unadoptable because of his biting history. I can't do that to him. So I feel stuck with him. I'm miserable, he's miserable, we're all miserable. Dumb cat.