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Two lively puppies are depressing? That makes no sense. If he said they were too much work, that I’d understand.
Agreed. Puppies are a lot of work and it can be stressful, but depressing? Gosh, what I wouldn't give for some puppy breath right now! Baby animals are the bomb.
I have, over the past year, reconnected with a former co worker from 35 years ago. We were not close friends at the time, but upon reconnecting, we found we have led parallel lives. We’re the same age, have both had the same health issues, etc. so we messenger daily, and are able to share things safely from a distance.
She and her 2nd husband of 19 years, have seemed happy through our correspondence. They are 68 and 71. They recently got two very expensive puppies. I told her that was a mistake at their age, but they did it anyway. They intended to get one after their lab died, but the husband fell in love with a second one. The puppies are about 6 months old and are over the worst of it.
Now, my friend is spending the week at her sons, to babysit her teenage grandson, and will fly home on Saturday. Yesterday, the husband called her and said the dogs are causing him to be depressed, and can he get rid of them, or does she want to say goodbye? She says he has not been the man she married for about 2 years now. He went to a shrink, but lied his way through it. He won’t go to the doctor. He also has diabetes that he won’t properly take care of.
I feel sorry for her. I think what he did is deliberate cruelty to punish her for being gone. She said she is going to tell her doctor, who is in the same practice as the husband’s, to get advice. I told her I think that’s a good idea, and to get help for herself; put herself first. She really babies this guy, and this is the thanks she gets.
What would y’all tell her to help her get through this?
Nothing. This is their deal and nobody else's business.
She is back home and things seem to have buffed out, at least on the surface. The husband monitors the messengers, so we won’t be discussing him anymore. Fine with me.
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