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Thank you, everyone, for the support and the advice. The more I think about it, the more I think maybe she is freaking out about this big move. She is moving to New York for school in a month, and she doesn't have an apartment or a job yet. I am really hoping that she is giving herself three months to truly let go.

She acknowledged to me that it would take something of a perfect storm for her to be able to care for the (my!) dog. She will be working AND going to school; she will have to find an apartment that allows pets; she will need to find a roommate, so the roommate would also want a pet; and she would ideally find a job that has a dog-friendly policy, like our company. Basically she will have much less time and money than she does now.

I'm really surprised that she is being so selfish, because I always thought of her as extremely sweet and soft-spoken. I guess I don't know her that well, though. I think I'm just going to keep the dog no matter what. I can kind of imagine her shipping him across the country, leaving him alone in a tiny apartment all day, and then saying, oh, my dog has gone psycho, tee hee!

I don't know how much she makes, but she paid well over $1,000 for this dog, and she told me that she didn't have enough money for his dental work at least two months ago... I don't think she bought him thinking that she was signing up for a fifteen year commitment.