J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:48
What happens when a parent intentionally disappoints a child?
He was with his previous family for six whole years, and then bam. US. Who are we? And I'm not a pet person. So this is still, like I said, August 2021. It is now January 2023. I am still adjusting to having a dog. Now that the world has Aka open back up, people are traveling and moving about more. I am moving about more. And so when my son is with his father, we do it every other week rotation
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:52
How did you handle the aftermath? If you're an adult that has experienced this from a parent, how would you have wished the parent would have handled it? Even if the decision had to be the same, how would you wish that they had gone about it? I would love to hear all of those things so that I can take that into consideration, because this dog deserves to be in a home where he's not feeling the energy, because I know he feels it
Sarah Blanche
@SarahBd1 · 4:28
No, but at the end of the day, it's life like this happens in relationships with our children, with their families, with their husbands, with their wives. Additional stressors add on to the minute situations. And not saying that your situation is minute because you have a dog walker. I work two days in the office and obviously my son goes to school. So our puppy's home from 630 until 02:00 in the afternoon. And she doesn't make a mess
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
You know that I'm not a parent, but I can share with you, like, an experience when I was a kid and how it went and what I would have preferred. So we had two cats, and one was smart. And she would balance herself on the edge of the litter box and go inside the box
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:06
Thank you for your contribution. Okay, so the pet was a post domestic violence. Our house has just experienced a major upset with adjusting to a blended family, to the immediate abrupt disruption of a blended family. It was something that my son and his bonus siblings had talked about wanting a puppy or a dog for that December 2021 Christmas. Then our family was disrupted that March 2021
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 3:17
And so I replied to Sarah, my plan is to the next time he is back home with me our full normal week, that I wanted to have an open and honest conversation with him about it and allow him time to process it. And we both agree on a date and a way of how we do the release of Snowy to another home versus it being, let me present where I'm at with this and this is my decision and this is how I'm going to go about it
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:21
Well, I messaged the dog walker. The dog walker says, sure, I can take him for you. And I said, I really appreciate it. Thank you. So she walked him, and then she transported him to the groomer. Well, before she did that, she texted me. She said, oh, my gosh, I'm glad that this appointment worked out for today for you, because I walked into your laundry room
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 2:54
He has served his purpose for our home and our season is over. So I made the decision right then, and I also went ahead and forgave myself and expressed to myself, hey, JL, be patient with yourself as you still have to be tender with yourself as you express it to your son. And you have to also face his just emotions and feelings and reactions and responses because he has to have his time to process this as well