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How far out in time is the inevitable? Don't talk to him until you have a general idea on when you're putting her down. The last thing you want to do is have the talk then let her hang on for days, weeks, months....old dogs can linger on a long time. Saying goodbye is a sad part of life and I bet he'd like to create some final memories with her before she goes.Sorry, GB. i've been through this twice; once with the boys. It sucks and I'm sorry.
does not compute
say what now
Yeah, I'd take her to the vet. The deaf thing is common in older dogs. My parents just put down their 16 year old dog. She lost her hearing years ago. Hung on for a while. Eating is a bigger concern, as would be her thirst. Are you noticing more water intake? The vet can do blood tests and if there's any cancer, it'll usually show up. It is possible that she's just not as hungry as she used to be. Any other abnormalities?Vet will give her a good exam. If the end is near, talk to your boy and let him know what's going on. It sucks, but this is part of life and he'll probably appreciate the father/son chat about it. He's too young (I think) to be with her when you put her down. That's a heartbreaking experience. But he can maybe go with you as you take her for a final hamburger at the drive-thru or something. Memory Box was a big hit with my oldest for Miss Cleo. It's been almost 4 years, but he still has that tucked away in his closet. If you have pictures with the boy and the dog, make a little slide show for him.
Had to google that. what do i do with it?
I don't know what it is but I'm going to guess you cook with it and then whack off at 4am.
here's where you lost mePS sorry shuke, that blows.
I don't even know what you're talking about. You and Josh Willingham are now on the list.
So she got half of everything (which she deserved)and he had to continue to pay her a portion of what he made? It sounds like she was perfectly capable and after splitting their assets she had no reason to take his additional future income. Sorry if that upsets you.
Exactly
You're getting a little cavalier with that list, don't you think?
I THINK I could've gotten through putting down my 11 year old Rotty, which I got when I was a Soph in college, without crying if my sister hadn't been there. I was surprised when she wanted to go back to the room in the first place. I knew not to look at her, even once, so I stayed focused on the dog and I was doing exceptionally well for a while. One freaking sniffle out of my sister and I bawled like a baby for hours. I got teary eyed just now, but hey, I loved that dog. The decision is always a tough one. Mine had bone cancer and I selfishly drugged her up through the holidays. Some days were good, some days it seemed like she wasn't on any drugs or in any pain at all. The day of the scheduled event, she acted like a freaking 1 year old pup. I was having to carry her up and down the stairs previously, but she was sprinting up and down them that morning. I had second thoughts, but figured it was the best way to go out and went through with it that day.I probably would've still bawled my eyes out without my sister present. I'm not a parent, so I don't know what I'd do in that kind of situation with a child loving the dog as well. Less than 5 years old seems a little young to say much of anything on the subject, and I wouldn't fault anyone for giving the "Chipper went off to live on a farm" line. If the kid is over 10 and can't handle it, tough cookies.
Congrats!
Try not to think about all that money you both pissed away when you could have done this in the first place. Something similar happened to me, although not to your extent.
Buyout/lump sum payment/transfer of assets, or in the nomenclature you can understand, divorce settlement, are all usually done in lieu of alimony. Generally if it's done within one year of the dissolution it's not a taxable event (think those rules have evolved as my mother's payments were not taxable to her or deductible to my dad).Anyway, we often say we're having a disagreement about semantics, but I think in reality we just process information differently. I see little to no difference between alimony and the agreement my parents executed in the mid-70s. One spouse (usually the woman) sacrifices educational opportunities and a joint decision is made for her to not have an independent career, but rather stay home (most of the time) to raise the children and maintain a comfortable home.'Drifter said:
you're sitting there with your pants undone and belt open?
who is?
taking kids to visit family in ny, ftwi have taken 2 years off from posting to return and let everyone know that I will be driving 700 miles up I95 transporting a pair of animals (no, not jzilla and tremedous upside) this saturday. its for all of you to figure out the who, what, why and how of this endeavour.
Some guy displaying "the sign"?
sorry, your stunt double is sitting there with his fly open and belt undonewho is?
Just like the nard-dawg punching a hole in the wall this was a bit of an overreaction. Ended up winning the last four of the night and actually made a small profit on the day. Carry on.
No. He's not even on there.'Thorn said:
Oh.i have taken 2 years off from posting to return and let everyone know that I will be driving 700 miles up I95 transporting a pair of animals (no, not jzilla and tremedous upside) this saturday. its for all of you to figure out the who, what, why and how of this endeavour.
the token black guy?
You should get handsy with a flight attendant.
Traveling with my girlfriend, but she grabbed an airplane blanket, so things are looking up!
Sorry to hear about this. I just went through putting my dog down a month ago. If you have the money I highly recommend calling a mobile vet to come out to your home and put your dog down. Out of the nearly 3k I spent trying to figure out what was wrong with my dog(cancer) that was the best $800 spent and will hopefully be able to do this with my other dogs when the time comes.Yeah, I'd take her to the vet. The deaf thing is common in older dogs. My parents just put down their 16 year old dog. She lost her hearing years ago. Hung on for a while. Eating is a bigger concern, as would be her thirst. Are you noticing more water intake? The vet can do blood tests and if there's any cancer, it'll usually show up. It is possible that she's just not as hungry as she used to be. Any other abnormalities?Vet will give her a good exam. If the end is near, talk to your boy and let him know what's going on. It sucks, but this is part of life and he'll probably appreciate the father/son chat about it. He's too young (I think) to be with her when you put her down. That's a heartbreaking experience. But he can maybe go with you as you take her for a final hamburger at the drive-thru or something. Memory Box was a big hit with my oldest for Miss Cleo. It's been almost 4 years, but he still has that tucked away in his closet. If you have pictures with the boy and the dog, make a little slide show for him.
:blink: 800 to put a dog down? why at home?
Save your insults for the political threads. I don't want to piss all over this thread but money earned by both parties while they are together should be split evenly. I have no problem with that. Future earnings should be separate. In this very specific case where one person stays home and sacrifices career opportunity, the other sacrifices time and loses opportunity to spend with his children. What's the dollar value of that? Split what was earned when they were together and leave the future earnings out of it. It's my opinion and you can be offended by it and insult me for it all you like but I won't stoop to your level in this thread.
Get her into the mix.
Um, yeah. I think I've found 13 so far. Kind of a fun diversion.
I was particularly fond of the way they posed the guy in the gray shirt and the guy in the blue shirt to both appear to be groping the women behind them.
