Family Matters
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
My Dog Died- VENT
My childhood dog died two days ago, and I just found out about it today when my Mom posted about it on Facebook. I already have so many issues with her, and I am just sad, livid, the works. . . What kind of person doesn't call her daughter to tell her when her dog dies?
I adopted him and grew up with him. He was my dog, too. A phone call would have been nice.
My son is toddling his way to two!
Re: My Dog Died- VENT
That's awful, sorry.
74 books read in 2011
I am sorry about your dog; this is so sad.
But, did she care for the dog when it lived? Gave it a good home, fed it, took it to the vets, etc? Sounds like she thought of the dog as it used to be your dog, but now it was hers, and she really didn't think about calling you. Not saying this is what happened, but if she'd had the dog for a number of years and had taken over its care, I can see how she'd not think to call you.
There's a lot to this story, but yes, she did care for him for part of his life. I couldn't take my dog with me when I left for college, and by the time I graduated my parents were divorced and I made the decision to let him stay with my Dad because my Dad was crushed from the divorce, was very attached to him and was the one who kept the house. It may sound silly, but I didn't want the dog to be uprooted when he'd lived his entire life in that house. Over two years ago, my Dad took his own life, and I again had to decide where the dog should live. I was going to take him, but due to his age and multiple health problems, I didn't think he could handle a move across the country. My Mom really wanted him, and she lived in the same town at the time. So I agreed she should take him.
Aside from being sad about his death, I'm incredibly upset and disappointed that my Mom didn't even consider my feelings as per usual. She's a total narcissist, and this kind of behavior, although expected, never gets any easier to accept. There is no defending her behavior; she knew how much that dog meant to me. And I know her. The point of her status update was to garner sympathy from her FB friends, not to inform anyone about his death.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
wow that is really sad...both that he died and also the way you found out. i'm really sorry for your loss.
www.mommieswithoutmommies.com
That's awful. And yes, I agree, a phone call would have been nice.
Check us out