capt_noonie: I'm sorry if I misinterpreted your tone, but I thought you said my mother didn't seem like she wanted a dog and thus, (for one reason or another) we would end up giving up on the dog during a problem. When I know we would never do such a thing and that my mum does really want a dog. She even told me she'd make the effort for a non-local dog and make special accommodations if someone needed to stay overnight in order to make a required home visit.
I also thought you said my only options for my situation would not include a rescue because we weren't qualified :/ I guess I was just upset that the rescue option was closed to me in an unfair manner and I wasn't just referring to the age thing. You said that we'd never make it to a home visit because my mother wouldn't pass a phone interview. I took it as offensive, when perhaps I shouldn't have because you didn't mean to attach that sort of feeling to it.
I did, however, acknowledge in my post that your advice on how the process works was useful (despite feeling like you were making assumptions about my mum). It was good advice when I didn't completely agree with you and it is still good advice now that it has been cleared up.
I am even taking that advice! I will be having my mum refill everything out and call everyone back up. I was just doing it to make her life a bit easier, since I have more time being off from school. Of course, that ends Monday. >_<
So, that thanking for advice was still directed at you at the end because you *did* have good points in there. I just got the tone of the rest of the message wrong at the time. I wouldn't have responded at all if I thought you didn't have valid input (as per one of my boundaries I set up for this thread for myself, which is not to get upset or respond to any nonconstructive comments). Your comment was constructive, so I responded to it.
I apologize and I hope you will continue to offer advice. Just perhaps watch what you generalize? I'm assuming (now) what you were going for was a general example, but it came off to me (at the time) like personal comments directed at me.
