dashcat
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Just when I thought I was immune to difficult child's manipulations.... I fell for a big one.
She called me Friday and asked if I would consider helping her foster an abandoned kitten.
I asked what she meant by that and she said "I'll stay with you for a few days, and we can nurse this kitten back to health and I fill find him a good home". "Will you take full responsibility for the feeding and care of said kitten?", "Oh, yes, I promise. I've done internet research, B (doofus boyfriend) has the supplies".
Are you finished laughing?
I said yes.
WHY??? Was I momentarily taken over by aliens? How could I have uttered such an idiot response?
So kitten is here. And she is - mostly - caring for it. I do spell her from about 5:30 - 10:00 am ish ...I'm an early riser and I really don't mind doing a couple of feedings while she sleeps.
However. I am no subjected to full-blown difficult child drama. First night: she doesn't feel she can "do this". Since B had told us, the day before, that the coworker who had taken the other kitten (and had I known about this, I would have said no...believing that kitty should be with his littermate - at this OHTER person's house!) would take him if it didn't work out, I tell her to call B and we will deliver kitten to willing coworker.
Right. According to difficult child, B blows up (she did call him at 2:00 a.m.!)...says "I knew you couldn't do this!". She waffles. Next day, she calls him at work. He starts crying. Really? A grown man starts CRYING at WORK because he is attached to a kitten that he is not staying up all night with?
difficult child and B make up. He comes over and feeds kitten once. Together, by the way, they are nauseating. "I love you, babe" (repeat 300 times) smooch, smooch... GAG! Ugh.
But this kitten is a living creature. She made the commitement to care for him and she will (under my roof at least).
It's only a few days old. Eyes aren't open, bottle feedings every 2 hours. Poor little thing.
But now what? I realized - all too late - that once kitty is here, I'm going to have a heck of a time "making" her find it a home.
Dang.
The only saving grace is that she and B will get tired - really, really, quickly - of the fact that I won't allow her to live her AND spend the night at his place. Nor will I put up with her laying around the house instead of looking for work. There' s plenty to do around here - painting, scraping, mowing, weeding. I also don't have TV service. I have a flat screen and a dvd player (love movies), but no Netflix, no cable, no cleaning lady. Poor difficult child.
But, yes, I am insane. Call it a momentary lapse of reason....
Dash
She called me Friday and asked if I would consider helping her foster an abandoned kitten.
I asked what she meant by that and she said "I'll stay with you for a few days, and we can nurse this kitten back to health and I fill find him a good home". "Will you take full responsibility for the feeding and care of said kitten?", "Oh, yes, I promise. I've done internet research, B (doofus boyfriend) has the supplies".
Are you finished laughing?
I said yes.
WHY??? Was I momentarily taken over by aliens? How could I have uttered such an idiot response?
So kitten is here. And she is - mostly - caring for it. I do spell her from about 5:30 - 10:00 am ish ...I'm an early riser and I really don't mind doing a couple of feedings while she sleeps.
However. I am no subjected to full-blown difficult child drama. First night: she doesn't feel she can "do this". Since B had told us, the day before, that the coworker who had taken the other kitten (and had I known about this, I would have said no...believing that kitty should be with his littermate - at this OHTER person's house!) would take him if it didn't work out, I tell her to call B and we will deliver kitten to willing coworker.
Right. According to difficult child, B blows up (she did call him at 2:00 a.m.!)...says "I knew you couldn't do this!". She waffles. Next day, she calls him at work. He starts crying. Really? A grown man starts CRYING at WORK because he is attached to a kitten that he is not staying up all night with?
difficult child and B make up. He comes over and feeds kitten once. Together, by the way, they are nauseating. "I love you, babe" (repeat 300 times) smooch, smooch... GAG! Ugh.
But this kitten is a living creature. She made the commitement to care for him and she will (under my roof at least).
It's only a few days old. Eyes aren't open, bottle feedings every 2 hours. Poor little thing.
But now what? I realized - all too late - that once kitty is here, I'm going to have a heck of a time "making" her find it a home.
Dang.
The only saving grace is that she and B will get tired - really, really, quickly - of the fact that I won't allow her to live her AND spend the night at his place. Nor will I put up with her laying around the house instead of looking for work. There' s plenty to do around here - painting, scraping, mowing, weeding. I also don't have TV service. I have a flat screen and a dvd player (love movies), but no Netflix, no cable, no cleaning lady. Poor difficult child.
But, yes, I am insane. Call it a momentary lapse of reason....
Dash