Today, I got a puppy. I just found out I can't bring it on the family trip. To save me the trouble of finding a friend to take her in, my mum handed her back to the pound. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found my dog, who had been missing for over a month, at the local pound. Clearly it was my dog, she responded to her name and cried when she saw me. However, the woman there told me I could not simply take her, I had to follow through with all policies. I paid $250 to adopt my own dog. FML
Today, I went to my father's house to get my dog, since I had left it with him while I was on a business trip. When I got there, my dad said the dog pooped on the floor a few days ago, and so he took him to the pound. FML
Today, I brought back the puppy I adopted for my family. I spent months doing all the research on puppy care with two young children, and at least five hundred dollars for the dog, the supplies, toys… the whole lot. Turns out everyone's allergic to her. FML
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, my girlfriend canceled our date I've been looking forward to all week because her dog was having puppies. She doesn't have a dog. FML
Today, my parents finally fulfilled my childhood dream and got a puppy, after years of me nagging at them. The only downside is that I no longer live at home and he's not mine. FML
Today, after I went to live with my biological mom, after she convinced me she’s been off drugs while I was living with my grandparents, she gave me one of two puppies she'd bought as a gift. Then she got arrested. Turns out she stole said puppy. Some things never change. FML
Today, my mother informed me that she sold my dog to pay off some bills. FML
Today, my mother-in-law "borrowed" my dog without asking, to show him off to her friends. My dog is my service animal, and I'm not comfortable leaving the house without him. I have to be at work in an hour, and she's not picking up her phone. FML
Today, my mom bought me a puppy. I’m single, I work 14 hour days, my life is in no way suitable for pet ownership, but mom won’t take him back because she thinks I need to learn adult responsibility. I’m a senior technician with a team of 17 people, I couldn’t be more responsible if I tried. FML
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24788 7
Go get your dog back and bring your mom to the pound.
nishi_fml 0
That's cruel to the puppy.
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Megantilby 0
noo that's horrible I feel so bad for u dogs are amazing
Urchy 0
It sounds like the OP bought the puppy thinking s/he could take it on the family trip and learned otherwise. Furthermore, it is quite arrogant to think that a friend would be willing to watch your pup at the last minute while you are on vacation. A puppy is a lot of work, time and generally, unintentional destruction. Never expect someone to watch your pet for free or without having arranged it very far in advance. I doubt this puppy was originally adopted because shelters and rescues generally require proof from the homeowner/landlord that the potential adopter has permission to own a pet. A pet store or road-side seller is far less likely to care. Additionally, a rescue puppy usually comes with a contractual obligation to return it to the rescue if things don't work out. It could have been shelter-adopted, but again most shelters don't want to see the animals again and so screen applicants carefully. Unfortunately, the only responsible one here was your mother. You did not obtain prior permission from your "landlord", or your mother would have no cause to get rid of the pup. You did not have a boarding plan *in place* for when you brought the pup home and went on vaction. You did not plan for every contingency. I think you are likely a young and faily immature individual and I hope that the probable death of your pup will wake you up to the responsibilities of pet ownership. I know I'm being a bitch about this. I've earned that right after watching too many damn fine animals die because there is no room at the shelter. I've seen 15 yo dogs that people surrender because they are inconvenient. I've seen 8 wk old puppies and kittens that students couldn't sneak past the apartment manager. They all die the same because there isn't enough space and too few adopters. Animals may not be people but we domesticated them and made the rely on us just the same. We are responsible for them and I am tired of seeing the careless way in which their lives are handled.
alissa_roar 6
Ftw you are absolutely correct.
finished 10
I agree with 93
expectcriticism 13
thank you for wasting five minutes of my life with your intensive babbling full of nothing but assumptions. you don't know the real story stop being an insensitive prick
splitropes 0
:o thats mean to the puppy and you! tbh it kind of silly that you bough one before going on holiday and too your mum should have put more thought into it. sorry x
allison_natalie 0
this isn't funny so much as completely irresponsible and immature.
trucktwister 0
@55 cat ladies shouldn't be on the Internet so stfu.
misslizz327 0
ur mom is a {|}. she needs dropped off somewhere
smarties25 0
awwh! I'm sorry
Godless26 1
6 and 7...you two should learn to read...op never said she kept it a secret
angel55033 12
that poor dog that's so hard on them you people should be ashamed of yourself and op you should have bern more responsible and have been prepared you probably ruined the puppies life with trust issues now you guys suck
nevergo 10
FYL? What about that poor puppy? "Today, I finally got adopted! Then some douchebag found out he couldn't take me on a trip so his mom brought me back to the pound. FML"
darksidehascooki_fml 0
just trade ur mom for the puppy. there problem solved.