I did think that perhaps Tanya did a ‘trial’ giving-away of Martha and doesn’t want to say in case she takes her back or something... like Suzie aka HelloOctober gave her dogs to her parents then eventually got a bf, felt good about her life and took one dog back after a while. That was the only explanation I could think of as to why they wouldn‘t just say outright.
Obviously whatever happened is fucked up, but YTers are very used to coating things in a poor-me and also everything’s fine topcoat. Like the usual ‘I couldn’t give her the attention she deserved and now she’s with a loving family’ spiel. Or if she died, it’s very easy to just say she passed away and get the sympathy comments and move on, no one is going to be demanding a government inquest into Martha’s death to uncover ‘real’ reasons lol. So I guess it’s an ego thing.
And Jim clearly didn’t want the dog either, idk why people can’t grasp that. The story people keep pitching of Tanya secretly and malevolently giving her to a shelter who adopted her out so fast that a deceived Jim, bursting through the shelter doors at the last minute and gasping for dear Martha, only to be told he’s too late, and then carrying on with his ‘still BFFs tho’ charade with Tanya, is frankly bizarre. It’s again an inability to accept the more obvious and blatant reality of the situation— Tanya and Jim got the dog as a married couple and neither of them wanted her in the split.
Obviously whatever happened is fucked up, but YTers are very used to coating things in a poor-me and also everything’s fine topcoat. Like the usual ‘I couldn’t give her the attention she deserved and now she’s with a loving family’ spiel. Or if she died, it’s very easy to just say she passed away and get the sympathy comments and move on, no one is going to be demanding a government inquest into Martha’s death to uncover ‘real’ reasons lol. So I guess it’s an ego thing.
And Jim clearly didn’t want the dog either, idk why people can’t grasp that. The story people keep pitching of Tanya secretly and malevolently giving her to a shelter who adopted her out so fast that a deceived Jim, bursting through the shelter doors at the last minute and gasping for dear Martha, only to be told he’s too late, and then carrying on with his ‘still BFFs tho’ charade with Tanya, is frankly bizarre. It’s again an inability to accept the more obvious and blatant reality of the situation— Tanya and Jim got the dog as a married couple and neither of them wanted her in the split.