Quote: When he brings it up, tell him you appreciate his concern about you, and how he does not want to burden you, but you love him and would not find taking care of his dog a burden.
Aahh! I'm sticking with you, Opt.!
This is along the lines of what I said initially, minus the ILY-- only your words say it much better than I did!
I do think he probably already sensed my discomfort as he's pretty quick that way (and I'm pretty transparent, come to think of it).
So when I talk with him, I will just go ahead and reinforce that... and listen to any concerns he might have if he has them.
You're absolutely right about the accusing thing-- I wasn't even thinking that, but there have been times when what I've said has come across that way even when I didn't mean it to.
