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08-11-2005, 12:11 PM | #1 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| feeling guilty just wondering if any yorkie talkers feel the same way i do, especially the single people who live alone... i work all day long and cant wait to get home to lexi..the thing that bothers me is i dont want to go out at all,. even with my girlfriends... i dont want to leave lexi home again alone. my friends say oh gina, its a dog, you need a life, and you need to get out there...she can stay alone.. yes of course but she's been home all day long. i feel bad for her... i know i should be with her but also need a life.. any suggestions please. let me know how you guys feel or is it just me... |
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08-11-2005, 12:22 PM | #2 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| I am exactly the same. You described my exact feelings. I cant' bear to leave him after I've been gone all day at work. I never go out. Ever.
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08-11-2005, 12:26 PM | #3 |
& Bailey & Bella Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio
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| I am so with ya... and I get to take Bailey to work with me... but I recently thought of switching jobs,,,and that was my #1 problem,,, I couldnt take him.... I thought maybe on the first day I would just walk in with him and say " oh didn't I tell ya ,I bring my dog to work??!!" LOL Anyhow, I KNEW if I took that job and had to be away from him all day, that I would NEVER go anywhere at night or on the weekends... Its pathetic,,but SOOO true,,,, Im right there with ya.
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08-11-2005, 12:26 PM | #4 |
My Teeny Lil Super Guy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York City
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| i can totally sympathize b/c eventhough i dont live alone ... hes MY responsiblity and he is really attached to me so he knows the schedule already from 5:30 - 6pm i should be coming home .. if not he panics and is pacing by the door or he messes up his bed and toys.... so i havent gone out for an after work thing all summer so far.... i do miss going out but not as much as i will miss being without my baby... gosh waht to do .. how the hell are we supposed to balance the two??? totally confused and upset at the same time
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08-11-2005, 12:27 PM | #5 |
BANNED! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Janesville WI
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| Im the same way. I invite alot of people over though. I am not a bar person and it seems like that is all people want to do anyway. Go sit in a bar and play darts or pool. Well, I have a bar in my basement and a pool table and dart board so why not sit here and do it. They claim its to meet new people but I am not very social when I am in a bar. Drunk people annoy the sh** out of me. |
08-11-2005, 12:30 PM | #6 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| I am married but we never go out really either. I hate leaving my dogs. Luckily we have a sailboat that we take them out on.
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08-11-2005, 12:34 PM | #7 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| but at least you have some one..i wouldnt mind staying home if i was married or i had a boyfriend..i loved staying home with my husband and just relaxing with the rottweiler we had... being single changed me so much...and lexi changed me so much..im a mush for her...maybe someone will come knocking on my door and say im here... yeah right |
08-11-2005, 12:50 PM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 494
| Have you thought about finding her like a doggie baby sitter? Or a friend who also has a dog and you guys can alternate days? One day her dog can stay at your place with Lexi and another Lexi over there? That way even if you go out after work, you know that Lexi has had some sort of company for the day? Just a thought.
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08-11-2005, 12:54 PM | #9 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA
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| Or you can do what I do. Take her everywhere. I mean that when I say it. I take her to my social hour with my friends. I am the same way, which is why I don't work out as much anymore. I don't have the heart to come home only to leave her and go to the gym. So I leave my workouts for the weekends when she has me all day. Other than that, when my girlfriends call to hang, I either persuade them that I will cook the most amazing meal if they come over, or if we go out, Coco comes along. I just put her in her purse and she chills.
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08-11-2005, 12:55 PM | #10 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| that would be great, but none of my friends have dogs. they are now all single again... they either got divorce, broke up w/boyfriend and my other friend is single and back into my town cause her fiance just passed away... its so ironic how everything comes back around in a circle... we were all single at one point, all married or with someone, now were all single again. and there is me with lexi. .they go out all the time... |
08-11-2005, 12:58 PM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 494
| Is there anyone from YT that lives close to you so that you can arrange for something like this? Or you can join a meetup in your area and meet new friends and set something like this up? I think it would help you as well as Lexi. You will have your girlfriends and also have friends who you KNOW are crazy dog people like us!
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08-11-2005, 12:58 PM | #12 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
Posts: 10,455
| thanks guys at least im not alone in this.... |
08-11-2005, 01:04 PM | #13 |
Charmed by Sophie & Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Alabama
Posts: 593
| I totally sympathize with you! I posted elsewhere on this forum that I was having a hard time finding balance in my life between my part time job, my husband, 3 kids and 2 yorkies, plus friends and family, and social obligations. I work 3-4 hours a day, several days per week. I try to work in the middle of the day, so that I'm with the pups in the morning and the evenings. Sometimes we go out to dinner, and I feel guilty about that. I'm also the one who has 99% of the responsibility day and night. Once they get older and housebroken, my load will decrease somewhat. Since I have 2 Yorkies now, I feel a little less guilty about going out without them, but some guilt is still there. At the end of the day, I know they love me, are well provided for, stimulated, socialized and loved by me and my family. I don't think they are suffering because I choose to work or spend an evening or 2 away from them. I'm always home by 9:00 p.m. They've trained me well. |
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