See above... Ok...from hopeful to crushed to I don't know...
We spoke several times today and I have to say it felt like normal. We were a team (the "hopeful" part) working together to find a place for the dog. We found a foster home for him, and she brought him to the vet for his shots, as arranged by the foster parent. I had to go to my parents' so I couldn't go. She was supposed to come and see the dogs at my parents' but she opted to head over to to the OP's for the night instead--handily, the vet was halfway to the OP's place, so despite the fact that she was exhausted and complains about gas money, there she goes. She said this experience showed she wasn't ready to get another dog, and I said she already had two dogs, to which she replied she'd written them off because I don't allow her to see them. I told her she just can't replace everything in her life. I said that getting another dog was ridiculous as one of our dogs would never get along with another dog, and she said that she had to get dog "for her" at some point. Meaning that she has no intention of being back here (the "crushed" part). Should I believe her about that? She seems to have written us off. I don't know, I just can't believe that. I told her we could walk the dogs, I just have no intention of allowing her in the house as long as she's with the OP. She then asked what I was doing tomorrow night. I asked why, and she asked if I wanted to go walk the dogs with her (the "I don't know" part). I am so down that she still hasn't even let a glimmer of a chance for "us" at some point to enter her mind. She's already talking about replacing the dogs. How much credence do I give this? She's been with the OP for almost 9 weeks...
"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage." -- Robert Anderson