"You've made me wait over a year to get our cat checked out by the vet. The lump on his leg has grown from pea size to golf ball size. Now we need to wait longer because you're stressed out from work and life and all the other things. It's not going to get any less stressful. You're losing my trust."
"from pea size to golf ball size. Now we need to wait longer because you're stressed out from work and life and all the other things. It's not going to get any less stressful. You're losing my trust. I'm trying to give you space for your feelings but it's coming at the cost of my own and maybe a lot more. This sucks."
The speaker reports that their cat's leg lump has grown from pea size to golf-ball size after more than a year without veterinary care. The speaker attributes further delay to the partner's stress from work, life, and other obligations. The speaker believes the stress will not lessen and views the continued postponement as damaging trust. The speaker is attempting to give the partner space for feelings while experiencing emotional cost and potential additional consequences. The speaker expresses frustration, urgency, and the sense that the situation is causing relational harm.
Read at Portland Mercury
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]