Today, my wife of seven years told me that she doesn't trust me with dog-sitting her dog while she leaves to spend Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's with her family. She ended up calling someone she "trusts" to take care of her dog while I spend the holidays by myself. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me over the phone, after having left me to look after her dog while she went on a 2-week vacation with her family. Now I have to choose between paying for a kennel for her damn dog or taking care of it every day until she gets back. FML
Today, I spent Thanksgiving alone. I'm not close to my family, I'm the black sheep but my sister said she would come over. To my surprise, she ended up going to my family's', where I'm not wanted. My boyfriend went to his family's, so I spent the whole day alone. He'd even took my dog. FML
Today, my wife is refusing to go on our honeymoon because the resort we chose won’t allow pets. She’s now angry with me for not checking before we booked the place, and is threatening divorce if I go without her. I told her we could just get a dog sitter, but she refuses. Oh well. FML
Today, I went to pick up my dog from the dog sitter I'd left him with while I was on vacation. When I arrived at her house to pick him up, she said, "I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about." and threatened to call the cops if I didn’t "leave her premises for trespassing." FML
Today, my wife kicked me out of my own bed to go and sleep on the sofa because the dog was whining, and would only stop if she was allowed to sleep on my side of the bed. My wife would rather sleep with the dog than me. FML
Today, my wife isn't speaking to me and is considering separation because I got rid of the puppy she surprised me with for my birthday. She knows I hate dogs and I'm severely allergic to them, but thought it would be a happy case of "Dad later falls in love." FML
Today, my girlfriend dumped me because her dog "told her to". FML
Today, my wife is leaving me for the guy she told me not to worry about, who is also her ex. FML
Today, my girlfriend came over to talk. She just got back from a small vacation, and she'd asked me to feed her dogs while she was gone, so I did. I even stayed with them at times so they wouldn't get lonely. My girlfriend had come over to break up with me. She didn't do so earlier because she needed her dogs fed. FML
Today, it's my wife's birthday. Since I had work, I gave her $200 to spend on herself and left. When I came back with dinner and the movie she wanted, I found her with a dog. She is very attached to him because the shelter was going to put him down. I love him, but I'm allergic to dogs. FML
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robc32ca 4
there must be more to it, why aren't you going with her for Thanksgiving?
SouthernBelle14 0
why aren't you gonna spend the holidays with her too?
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lizbee16 0
why isn't she spending it with you?
CodingSquirrel 3
She couldn't possibly be the problem here could she....
Cazzybum 11
This is bullshit tbh. Why aren't you spending the holiday together for a start, and married for 7 years and she doesn't trust you with a DOG?? God forbid the two of you ever have kids, will she trust you with a baby? Dump the freak.
HeaRTs_Girl 0
Why are you spending all of those holidays apart? Sounds like there's more wrong than just the dog issue. :-/
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Oh FFS, most of you probably haven't even had a long-term relationship yet. The dog thing is a bit extreme, but there are lots of perfectly valid reasons why a healthy, loving couple would choose to spend the holidays apart. Cut it out with the marital advice, already.
cufaoil 11
yes, there are a lot of reasons as to why it could be the case, but on the other hand without more information on the whys and wherefores it is implied that OP's wife doesn't care that he'll be spending the holidays alone.... and, to me, that does not bode well...
withasmile 3
87 - I've been married 14 years - so I feel free to dish out advice. And I wouldn't worry about the traveling if she 'didn't trust him to take care of the dog.' Not indicative of a healthy relationship at all.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Yeah, I'm not trying to stick up for the wife. Unless OP twisted her words, the comment and action about the dog were both bitch moves (teehee). I was moreso responding to the assertions that she's cheating or they should divorce based solely on the fact that they'll be apart for the holidays. I haven't spent any away from Mr. Doe, but I understand having to choose between seeing extended family or being together. It's not always an easy choice.As you mentioned, we just don't have enough info to draw conclusions. She could be a monster bitch, or he could've agreed to the holiday plan months ago, and is just throwing a pity-party now. Nothing absolutely points to a shitty marriage.
MuchDance90s 0
Moreover, there are so many reasons why spending Holidays apart isn't necessarily indicative of impending divorce. Hubby could have a job that requires him to be at home or near work (maybe on-call for something? maybe shift work?) and wifey wants to visit family. They could have grown children (maybe from previous relationship(s)) that wife wants to visit. Maybe they spend all their free time together, so being apart for Holidays isn't such a biggie. Maybe the holidays aren't such a huge deal to them, or the family considers it a bigger "thing " than the couple. Maybe every single family member on hubby's side is dead, or an asshole, or both. Maybe hubby hates her family. Maybe her family hates him, so it's better that he stay home. But yes, definitely divorce because of one silly incident involving trust issues and a dog. seriously, people?!
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
99: I've only been married for 5, but my in-laws have been happily married for 30+ and I can easily see them in this situation. He's a contractor and lives in Kuwait; she splits her time between Kuwait and MD. They have pets in both places. (Her live-in daughter is a vet tech, so she shares the pets here and takes over while my MIL is in Kuwait.) If my FIL's schedule picked up, I'm sure she'd hire someone to do the walking, grooming, etc. while she's in the US. The extra duties would stress him out, whether he'd admit to it or not. I can't excuse the way OP's wife phrased it; it was a bitchy thing to say. I'm also not assuming this is OP's situation at all. I'm just pointing out that there *are* situations that explain the action, without entailing an imperiled marriage.
alexFYL 11
She probably thinks you have aggression problems and are going to beat the dog. 7 years doesn't mean anything, sometimes people change. Don't be such a jerk and she'll start to trust you again.
BrotherPhil 35
Wow, that's a really insightful analysis. Where can I learn to judge and condemn people on no evidence?
FyreKrotch 1
Why aren't you spending the holidays with your wife, OP? That can't possibly be a good sign.
skyeyez9 25
Maybe op is a cat person and doesn't like his wife's dog? Anyways it sounds like you need to go to counseling or a divorce.
franwins0827 7
Why aren't you with her for the holidays? :-(
fakEwOrLD 0
so why exactly don't you spend the holidays with her?? she must be cheating...