Fight over dog broke up Sylvester Stallone’s 25-year marriag

[daphodil]

Yeah, this is some petty shizz they're talking about. Sounds like final symptoms and not the cause.

[MsDark]

I feel for the dog.

Sly is late-mid-life crisis-ing + the roids have probably been slowly doing a number on him for years physically and mentally.

I look for the above to get even crazier now. He's probably going to drop dead of a heart attack or stroke or something.

But clearly this is how he'd rather go out because I don't think he is handling getting older. If he lives anywhere near as long as his mother that mug will be scarier than hers.

Added and on a totally shallow note:

I'm impressed with Janice Dickinson returning to the catwalk for Versace 6 weeks post-partum from the kid who turned out not to be his!  

Jennifer should have never taken his ass back after that.  But I guess she wouldn't have her daughters if she hadn't.  He's probably going to regret this decision.  

[trixie]

 Yep, this really wasn't about the dog, but that was one of those last straw things.

[kittylady]

Aug 25, 2022 19:21:21 GMT constancespry said:

^^ I do agree that ideally both partners should be in agreement, but considering their financial resources it just doesn’t seem like a big enough deal to end in divorce and they should just find a compromise.

I wanted to take in a dog left behind by asshole neighbors when they moved, and hubby was against it because we already had 2 dogs and cats. Animal control was full and gassed new arrivals after 48 hours, so he compromised by allowing me to keep him while I tried to find a good home.

During that time period he got really attached and asked me to turn down the first potential adopter, because he wanted to keep the dog after all. We had him for 13 years and hub never regretted keeping him. So, if both parties are willing to compromise, it can work out fine.

There was an article I read a long time ago about how something as stupid as leaving a cup by the sink ended up leading to divorce.  The message of the article was that it wasn't so much about the cup but an accumulation of years and years of thoughtlessness, trying to be right at all costs and not listening. This is what has probably happened here. Too many years of little things that could have been avoided wearing away at the marriage until the puppy became the last straw.

Edit: Found the article: Divorced for leaving dishes by the sink

[krisnine]

There have been many times I’ve contemplated divorcing my SO over wet towels on the bed 

[funky]

^ and leaving the empty toilet roll thingy NEXT TO THE EFFING BIN. But yeah I agree, they have all the resources, money, pet minder and what not to care for an additional dog, so it's not the same impact of adopting another dog than for us normal folks. That being said, covering the tattoo of her face with that of said dog is one of the pettiest things I've seen in a while and it made me laugh.

[charmedhour]

Aug 26, 2022 11:17:05 GMT funky said:

^ and leaving the empty toilet roll thingy NEXT TO THE EFFING BIN. But yeah I agree, they have all the resources, money, pet minder and what not to care for an additional dog, so it's not the same impact of adopting another dog than for us normal folks. That being said, covering the tattoo of her face with that of said dog is one of the pettiest things I've seen in a while and it made me laugh.

I do something similar all the time - we keep TP in a hall closet and I always forget to bring a new roll into the bathroom when the other starts getting low.  It drives R crazy and often leads to bickering.  Why we just put TP in the bathroom I haven't figured out yet.

[no1novice]

Aug 25, 2022 18:11:55 GMT czb said:

i thought she said that they had enough dogs. bad sign when someone adopts a dog after the partner says No ... i saw it happen with one of our friends.

This was my ex + I with what turned out to be my dog, Holly.
He went to pick up a rescue for his mum & after I had said repeatedly that I didn't want a dog; the last thing I said was "do NOT come back with more than one dog".
Obviously he totally ignored me.
I fell in love with Hol the first time I saw her at his mother's house.
After 2-3 weeks I walked into our home & she was there.
When I inevitably left she got into my car & would NOT get out, even growled in his face when he tried to pick her out.
I miss her, I'll never have another dog like her.

[lindsaywhit]

Awww, Nov. I'm so sad for you, and I truly get it. I've loved a lot of dogs, but there will never be another Dutchess for me and I don't expect to ever get over her. I do still find a lot of joy in talking about her, especially with my children - she was amazing, and we all have great stories and lots of laughs about her.

[charmedhour]

Aug 26, 2022 13:36:18 GMT no1novice said:

Aug 25, 2022 18:11:55 GMT czb said:

i thought she said that they had enough dogs. bad sign when someone adopts a dog after the partner says No ... i saw it happen with one of our friends.

This was my ex + I with what turned out to be my dog, Holly.
He went to pick up a rescue for his mum & after I had said repeatedly that I didn't want a dog; the last thing I said was "do NOT come back with more than one dog".
Obviously he totally ignored me.
I fell in love with Hol the first time I saw her at his mother's house.
After 2-3 weeks I walked into our home & she was there.
When I inevitably left she got into my car & would NOT get out, even growled in his face when he tried to pick her out.
I miss her, I'll never have another dog like her.

You know how I feel about my fur babies and you know Maxine is super old for her breed. I can't even think about saying goodbye. She's my once in a lifetime dog and my heart is already breaking.

[czb]

i get you. our last dog was just amazing. we love our current boy but the previous one will always have a place in my heart. the day i had to put her down was one of the worst days of my life.

[no1novice]

Aug 26, 2022 19:47:57 GMT czb said:

i get you. our last dog was just amazing. we love our current boy but the previous one will always have a place in my heart. the day i had to put her down was one of the worst days of my life.

I was heartbroken when Holly died but she was at home. When I moved her, she was looking toward the door I came through so I may have been the last thing that she saw.

I am so grateful that I didn't have to make a decision about having to take her to the vets.

On her last day we had had a little walk but she couldn't really manage it. I'd skived off work and had a 3pm meeting so I sat in the sitting room with her & we cuddled.

[angeli]

Aug 25, 2022 1:00:15 GMT czb said:

that updated tat is the real tragedy in this.

i bet she thinks he is senile and years of doping made his peepee super wee. and maybe she doesn't like rotts? this is the weirdest divorce story i've read in a while.

I thought he got a girl pregnant, a friend of one of his daughters? If so, that's more likely to end a marriage than getting another dog when you already have dogs in the family.

[eatsleepbeer]

Aug 27, 2022 13:33:05 GMT angeli said:

Aug 25, 2022 1:00:15 GMT czb said:

that updated tat is the real tragedy in this.

i bet she thinks he is senile and years of doping made his peepee super wee. and maybe she doesn't like rotts? this is the weirdest divorce story i've read in a while.

I thought he got a girl pregnant, a friend of one of his daughters? If so, that's more likely to end a marriage than getting another dog when you already have dogs in the family.

Oh eeeeeeeeewwwwwww. That's so gross, a friend of his daughter. Anyway, the dog tat is better than the one of her face. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[holly]

lindsaywhit charmedhour no1novice czb & anyone I may have missed, I feel for every single person in this thread who has lost a beloved pet 💔

We currently have 2 fur kids that we adore. One is a rescue & she’s our special girl. I feel guilty saying that because my other fur kid is such a good girl, & we do love her dearly, don’t misunderstand (although she is moody like a teenager). She’s 11, & our other one is estimated between 11-13 y/o. She was dumped along with 50 other dogs of the same breed along a rural road in Denton County, TX in 2012. I’m not going to get into that whole story here because it’s long, but the dogs were all from a puppy mill 🤬, & they thought she was pregnant when they found her because she was so engorged, but she wasn’t, so she’d recently had pups that were ripped away from her 😢.

Anyway, last October she had a couple of seizures & we had to take her to the emergency vet. They had us thinking we were going to have to put her down. The next day we went to our own vet & I swear to God, his knowledge & caring saved her life. He kept her for the day for observation, & when we came to get her, he said he thought her seizures were caused by vertigo & gave us some meds to give her for a few days, & to keep on hand just in case. It took about 7-10 days to re-potty train her & several days before she could walk steadily on her own & she didn’t recognize her favorite words like “treat” & “up” ( meaning we’re going up on the bed, her favorite place), & about 2 weeks later she recognized her words, was going potty outside & was back to her happy go lucky self.

Then in February, I was back in Texas for a while & I had both doggos with me while I was there. One evening I noticed that her belly was tight, like she needed to poop, but she wouldn’t go when she went outside.. So I thought she was constipated. Then she didn’t go the next day, & he belly was even bigger. It was sticking out on the sides & was protruding upwards. I was like “ something is definitely wrong, & this looks like more than constipation.” So of course, it’s the weekend, so a trip to the emergency vet, where they diagnosed her with PLE (protein leaking enteropathy), which is that her intestines are not absorbing protein, so she wasn’t getting nutrients. And I felt so bad, because she had been looking skinnier, but she was eating & she’s a senior dog, so I assumed it was because of her age. I felt awful.
So they prescribed some medication & a special prescription dog food & referred me to an internal medicine vet for further testing & treatment. So they confirm what the ER vet thought & kept her on what the ER vet prescribed, plus a supplement. I just thank God this happened in Texas because if I was in Florida, I would have had to take her to that shitty ER vet & who knows…they might have ended up killing her with a wrong diagnosis or something.

And now she’s been peeing in the house since. May & she doesn’t have a UTI, so we think she’s starting to lose her mind a little bit. Even when we let her outside to go potty or play in the yard, when she wants to come in, (we have French doors to the back yard), she keeps going to the door that doesn’t open (well it does, but you know what I mean), & when we open the right side, she’ll just stand there at the other door looking at us like all confused 😭

So I believe our time with her is limited & it breaks my heart, but anytime you get a dog, you know that’s always the case, but we continue to get them anyway because they bring so much joy & give unconditional love in their short lives here on earth.

But these two will be our last, she’s going to break our hearts like no other when she’s no longer with us.