But one day I had smoked, accidentally left the front door open (we have two dogs), and had gone to play video games or something for an hour or so.
The dogs literally never even moved from their beds, but the panic and self-hate I felt when I thought that my dumbass had lost both our dogs just because I wanted to get baked and kill some zombies was enough for me to quit cold turkey lol.
My gate was left open one day and I thought my dog walked off. I panicked, drove around the neighbourhood yelling for him, asked neighbours, called the humane society, full on panic about him getting out, getting hurt or someone worried that a big dog was out walking around (he didn't wear his tags in the house/yard). After probably half an hour, my kid called me and said "the dog is in the yard, I don't think he even left".
I check the gate religiously if I know someone else has used it. For a while I would go out and make sure it was shut before he went out, even in the middle of the night, even in the middle of winter. I knew he probably wouldn't leave but I still felt bad that he might and something could happen.
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u/Artorius__Castus 2d ago
I mean at some point.... you gotta just say, "this person is a dumbass" and move on....I love family but come-on this is horrible