I am not happy but I know I have to do something I really do not want to do.
Back in February my best friend's husband got orders to Japan. They had to sell their house here and didn't want all of their animals there while showing it, and couldn't take them all with them, so they ended up finding new homes for their 2 cats and 1 of their dogs, Toby. Toby was her baby that she got our senior year of high school. My boss was looking for a basset hound for her husband, and Toby is a purebred, so I told her about him and they eventually adopted him. They didn't move till September and she visited Toby a lot.
Toby was happy at her house. He got along great with her son, loved to camp with them, and loved the other dogs. The only problem was that Toby did not like my boss' father. He lets the dogs out once a day for my boss (he lives next door) but Toby would not go out for him, only bark and growl. At first that was fine, but then he started peeing on the carpets! She sectioned off rooms and things but he kept on refusing to go out for him and peeing when they were later than usual getting home.
So yesterday at lunch my co-workers and I were sitting around just talking casually and things and my boss said something about a new horse I hadn't heard about. So she proceeded to tell us the story of how she got these 2 new horses. Then she said 'Oh, here's something else you don't know about yet..' in her cheery storytelling voice.... Over Thanksgiving they camped in West Virginia while visiting family. SHE GAVE TOBY TO HER AUNT!!!
It wasn't even planned! They just liked him, so she let them have him! Just like that!
Now a few months ago she kind of casually asked me if my friends family would possibly want him. But it was just casually. There was no serious talk of finding him a new home. None!
So now I have to tell my best friend, who is due to have her first child in less than 2 months, with no one but her husband for support, that her precious Toby has been given away to some stranger. I talked to her sister Monday and she told me she's been crying her eyes out because her cat Buddy (her sister is keeping him till they return to the states in 4 years) had gotten a very bad UTI and her sister freaked out and called her before she could get him to a vet, to let her know what was happening.
I am so POed with my boss! I've known her since I was 14 when she and my mother worked somewhere else together. I never thought she would do that. I know my friend won't hold it against me personally, but she is going to be so hurt over it! She was going to visit him still when she comes home for visits and visited him a lot over the summer before she moved.
Does anyone have advice on how to break the news to her? I have her phone number, but no international calling plan, so I most likely will have to do it through e-mail. I'm thinking of calling her sister first. I haven't said anything to my boss. It wouldn't do any good in the end. Please help! I know I have to tell her....I just really don't want to give her that news!
Back in February my best friend's husband got orders to Japan. They had to sell their house here and didn't want all of their animals there while showing it, and couldn't take them all with them, so they ended up finding new homes for their 2 cats and 1 of their dogs, Toby. Toby was her baby that she got our senior year of high school. My boss was looking for a basset hound for her husband, and Toby is a purebred, so I told her about him and they eventually adopted him. They didn't move till September and she visited Toby a lot.
Toby was happy at her house. He got along great with her son, loved to camp with them, and loved the other dogs. The only problem was that Toby did not like my boss' father. He lets the dogs out once a day for my boss (he lives next door) but Toby would not go out for him, only bark and growl. At first that was fine, but then he started peeing on the carpets! She sectioned off rooms and things but he kept on refusing to go out for him and peeing when they were later than usual getting home.
So yesterday at lunch my co-workers and I were sitting around just talking casually and things and my boss said something about a new horse I hadn't heard about. So she proceeded to tell us the story of how she got these 2 new horses. Then she said 'Oh, here's something else you don't know about yet..' in her cheery storytelling voice.... Over Thanksgiving they camped in West Virginia while visiting family. SHE GAVE TOBY TO HER AUNT!!!
Now a few months ago she kind of casually asked me if my friends family would possibly want him. But it was just casually. There was no serious talk of finding him a new home. None!
So now I have to tell my best friend, who is due to have her first child in less than 2 months, with no one but her husband for support, that her precious Toby has been given away to some stranger. I talked to her sister Monday and she told me she's been crying her eyes out because her cat Buddy (her sister is keeping him till they return to the states in 4 years) had gotten a very bad UTI and her sister freaked out and called her before she could get him to a vet, to let her know what was happening.
I am so POed with my boss! I've known her since I was 14 when she and my mother worked somewhere else together. I never thought she would do that. I know my friend won't hold it against me personally, but she is going to be so hurt over it! She was going to visit him still when she comes home for visits and visited him a lot over the summer before she moved.
Does anyone have advice on how to break the news to her? I have her phone number, but no international calling plan, so I most likely will have to do it through e-mail. I'm thinking of calling her sister first. I haven't said anything to my boss. It wouldn't do any good in the end. Please help! I know I have to tell her....I just really don't want to give her that news!