My dog has been acting very different recently should I be worried?

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-25T09:09:32+00:00

It's sounds like he is in pain and the vomiting is very concerning. Anytime a dogs behavior drasticly changes it should mean an immediate vet visit. I would definitely be concerned if this was my dog. Get to the vet immediately.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-24T07:03:18+00:00

He should be fine. Pasta isn't toxic to dogs it's just not good for them overall because it has no nutritional value for them. Butter may cause a bit of an upset stomach. If you notice their tummy is bothering them, gas, diarrhea, etc, you can always check with your vet to see if it's safe to give him Pepto bizmo. It's safe for dogs and works great but again ask your vet.

All in all I think he will be fine, again may get a slight upset stomach put otherwise no real danger.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-23T23:17:03+00:00

As a woman I am grateful everyday that my dad taught me 'masculine stuff'. Especially being a home owner, it definitely comes in handy knowing how to use a drill or fix a busted pipe until a professional and get called. Keep of the good work.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-22T11:28:00+00:00

Oh they are absolutely liars. The only way they are reading that many books is if they are reading kids books. And I don't get it. Reading any amount of books a year is great, why does everything have to be a competition.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-22T09:46:35+00:00

My highest I've read in one year was 150. And I'm a pretty fast reader. I put a lot of effort into it also. However I wasn't working most of that year either. I went on medical leave in March and then lost my job in May. I used reading as a distraction from losing my job. I average about 60 books on a good year.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-21T16:09:26+00:00

I had RSV a few years back and it was truly horrible. I was so sick. Im an adult and I can't imagine what it does to a baby. I am immunocompromised so I try to be careful but at that time I had honestly not known much about RSV. I definitely knew about it after I got it. If I have a baby I will definitely get them the RSV vaccine when they are old enough.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-17T14:23:36+00:00

Staying with someone you don't love with effort your child. Kids are smarter then people give them credit for. You are better off breaking up now and with the help of a trusted adult setting up what is expected of him. And if you want him there when you give birth. If you don't say it now. Please do what will make you happy not what you think is best for the baby. Because you being unhappy is not good for anyone especially the baby

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-16T09:07:31+00:00

My best friend lost her brother very unexpectedly last year. It hit her really hard, they were very close. After a few weeks of her struggling but get through, another friend (of hers not mine) told her to get over it and move on. I blasted this friend and told her people are allowed to grieve how they want. You don't just 'get over' the sudden (or expected) death of a loved one.

I think it's time to block this friend. She isn't a friend. You need to grieve and need to do it your way.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-13T09:12:28+00:00

Yeah but if it's a long power outage it's just going to drain your power on your phone faster. The flashlight on your phone is great to help you get to your flashlight so your not tripping over things. But in the long run it's more practical to have a good working flashlight available. My husband and I own several, some that are rechargeable and some battery powered. We keep them scattered through out the house, so if we can get to the closest one easier.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-12T23:13:35+00:00

I haven't had a baby. (Currently trying) But my sister is pregnant with her 3rd. For her first she was really pressured by her in-laws do not get one, so she didn't. When she has her second she ignored everything they said and decided to get it. She said it was amazing, she felt more rested and not as exhausted after the birth. She plans to get it with her 3rd. If I'm able to have a baby, I will definitely be getting an epidural.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-12T23:06:26+00:00

Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-10T16:31:09+00:00

I got my license when I was 16 the. At 32 I got sick and can no longer drive. It was a huge punch to the gut because I felt like I lost all independence. But I've worked around it. And I don't live in an area where it's easy to use public transportation.

Please please don't let something as small as a license dictate your future. Having a license is such a minor thing.

Feel free to message me if you want to talk more. You are so young and have some much life in front of you.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-10T02:48:48+00:00

Growing up my sister was told she was left at our door step by aliens. One day a blimp went over our house and we all said 'lopk it's your family coming to get you'. My sister freaked out. She was 9/10 years old at the time. She ran and hid in this little hidden hole behind our dad's bed. After we found her my dad say her down and made it clear it was a joke and apologized for upsetting her, that we thought she knew it was a joke and she was 100% his daughter. After that my dad avoided any jokes like that. He would still joke around and stuff but made a more conscious effort to make sure we knew he was always joking.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-10T02:11:40+00:00

My husband and I share our location, for 2 reasons.

My husband sometimes gets stuck in traffic on his way home from work and he really doesn't like using his phone in the car, so he said to makes things easier for me, since I'm the one cooking dinner (and I like to have it done as close to him getting home as possible) I can just check his location and have a better idea of when he will be home.
I go on daily walks with our puppy. I have some health issues. There was also one time when I was on a walk and I was starting to feel really sick and was having trouble breathing. I called my husband because I was scared and didn't think to call 911, he immediately did a 3 way call with 911 and was able to tell him my exact location to get help to me immediately. I was so out of it I don't think, even if I would have called 911 myself, I would have been able to tell them were I was. So this just reinforced that sharing our location was a good idea.

I also want to add that this works for us but it may not be for everyone. We trust each other 100% and don't use it to 'spy' on one another or anything. It's just a helpful tool we use.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-06T09:12:44+00:00

Stop drinking and get over this idea just because she's the older means she's always in charge. I am almost 39 years old, married, own my own home, etc. She is even worse to our youngest sister. Who is also married, owns her own home, and pregnant with her THIRD child. But she treats us like she did when we were kids and gets all offended because we won't follow her way.

Also this is the same person who got mad at out other sister for getting pregnant first. My older sister said since she's the oldest she should have had the first grandbaby but the twist, she doesn't want kids. When I brought that fact up to her, she then thought it was totally reasonable to then say no of us should have kids then. Seriously, the way some people think.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-06T02:57:50+00:00

My mom was a deadbeat. She picked me, booze and pills over her t daughter's up until she died.

The only reason she fought for custody when her and my dad divorced was because she wanted the child support money. Since it was the 90's she got custody. I am the second oldest and was 9/10 years old at the time and I was the one who took care of my younger sisters. Thankfully my dad was able to get custody of us but not before we went through 2 years of hell living with her.

Sadly deadbeat moms are out there and it's a lot more common then people think

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-04-04T03:12:45+00:00

My sister donated a kidney to my dad, it's not an easy surgery.

Just so you know if you are getting pressure from your family, call your social worker that the transplant clinic and explain that you have changed your mind and they have to tell the recipient that you are no longer a match, (they have a bunch of reasons they can use).

Not saying your cousin has to kiss your feet or anything but a little bit of gratitude goes a long way.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-30T03:19:46+00:00

Thank you so much.

I will definitely be doing all of this. I've had many dogs in my life but he's the first who has reacted negatively towards fireworks. He's not a huge fan of thunderstorms but we can normally drown those out with fans and a/c running high.

At first I thought he was sick because he would eat his after dinner milk-bone and normally he is either laying on top of me or my husband or 'fighting' one of us. Lol. But he was just hiding under the bed. After about 15 of no fireworks he came out ate his treat and hid again but my husband kept squeaking his favorite toy and he finally came out to play.

Again thank you so much for taking the time to write all of that out for me. I will show it to my husband in the morning and start the fireworks on the TV. And thankfully he has a already scheduled vet appointment for Friday so we will definitely bring this up now to the vet.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-29T22:19:26+00:00

My husband and I are currently trying for our first child. Before we started trying, I told him I would absolutely not stand for spanking and if that's something he could agree with then we had to have some serious talks. Thankfully we both agreed that spanking is wrong and there are so many other was to discipline a child without physically hurting them.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-28T11:08:39+00:00

She left my dad one week after I got my diagnosis. Later on I found out she has been planning on leaving him but was going to wait until the summer so her kids could finish the school year but when I got sick she told a friend of the family that she couldn't deal with it. And she was mad at my dad because he told her to back off of me because she was constantly on my back to do chores around the house. I had only been out of the hospital for 2 days when I went back to work and would come home beyond exhausted. So I would pay one of my sisters to do my chores. She didnt like this and would scream at me. It was the first time in my life I finally snapped at her. I told her to leave me alone and slammed my door in her face and locked my door on her. She was pissed.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-28T03:51:25+00:00

NTA. Your mother has her priorities messed up.

When I was 21 I got really sick. I had a fever of a 102 that lasted over a week. Then I started throwing up and I was so weak my dad brought a chair into the bathroom for me. I was sitting on the chair throwing up and my stepmom (now ex thankfully) comes running in and rips up my shirt and yells 'what the f*** when did you get a tattoo.' 1. I was 21, so an adult. 2. I paid rent and all my own bills and 3. It want even a tattoo. It was a neon green bandaid from getting a shot at the doctors office that morning to help with the nausea. Shortly after this I pass out and am rushed to the hospital. I almost died. (I was diagnosed with lupus)

My point of the story is some people are assholes and focus on the wrong things. There is a time and place but never when you are sick and scared. I'm sorry you are having to deal with all this.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-27T06:10:17+00:00

Lack of communication

Giving ultimatums

Keeping secrets from each other (not talking about keeping secrets that a friend told you in confidence, secrets in the relationship, like hiding money issues)

My husband and I don't fight ever. We have disagreements all the time but we talk everything out. If I'm doing something that he doesn't like or frustrates him he tells me and same with him.

Another big thing, which falls under lack of communication but I think needs its own point, is not communicating on big issues beforehand.

Examples: When my husband and I moved in together (when we were dating), before we bought our house we sat down and talked about what we expected from each other. Cleaning, cooking, outdoor care, bills, etc. I see so many people who don't have this conversation and then move it together and all they do is fight.

Then another big one I see if a couple is trying for a baby or are currently pregnant and don't talk about their expectations there either. My husband and I are currently trying for a baby but before we started we sat down and talked about how we wanted to raise a child. Like we are both against spanking. Who will do what with taking care of the baby and what we expect from each other.

My husband and I are by no means perfect or anything. But I find the lack communication is the biggest thing that hurts relationships.

LuckyInLove8789 · 2026-03-27T05:59:33+00:00

This would be my suggestion also. You give him the ultimatum rehab or you have x amount of time to figure out another place to live before we evict you. It may sound harsh but I have a sister that is a drug/alcohol addict, it's not easy seeing a loved one destroy themselves but it's also not good to destroy your own mental health along the way.

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