I just talked with my ex tonight. I am considering moving out of the house I am renting to own from his mother into an apartment that is closer to work, friends, and family. The only catch is that I have to give up one of my dogs. I have wrestled with this immensely, and anyone here who knows me knows that my dogs are my life. I asked him if he would take one of them (I have three). Here is the clincher: he says, "I am trying to do things right this time...I need to take someone elses feelings into consideration....there are memories attached to that dog and she may not be comfortable with that." <P>Does he not realize that as long as I have three dogs, I am stuck living in his mother's house with all of the furniture, memories, decorations, etc.? He took NOTHING with him when he moved, not one picture, piece of furniture, or plate from our house. Nothing that he has has my mark on it at all. I am left with it all. He is concerned about her feelings?? What about responsibility? I am just asking for one thing. WE got the dogs. WE made that decision....oh I am so fuming mad. Basically, the biggest decision I have had to make in a long time is resting on her willingness to "accept" our dog....As if giving him up were not upsetting enough (the dog, I mean).<P>And to think that he was considering trying to reconcile. (He made it perfectly clear that he wasn't. He repeated the fact that he doesn't want to live with me. I even had to consider what I would have done had he asked to come back. Why even waste my time?<P>Ok, so we are not talking kids here or custody battles, so this may be small potatoes to many. But why am I so damn upset!!
