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I'm feeling a bit claimed.
As most of you know between April 1 and September 31 I look after my friends' dog almost every weekend. During the summer holiday (and often during Christmas) I stay at their place for a longer period of time when they go away away on holiday. I also regularly walk the dog when they are going away for a day on Saturday or Sunday.
Last year my uncle asked my if I could house/cat sit for them if they would go on holiday. I said yes because I've been looking after their cats when they go on holiday for over 15 years now. I told my friend this and got a very curt reply. In the end my aunt and uncle didn't go on holiday so it didn't matter.
A couple of months ago I told them that I was planning my own holiday for late August/early September and that I was going for a full week instead of from Monday to Friday. His reaction was to have fun her reaction was to be cranky. Yesterday I booked my trip and emailed them the I can't look after the dog the weekend of August 25. This morning I got a reply from her which was very short.
It really annoyed me. I think I'm very flexible, sometimes they won't let me know until Friday if they're going away for the weekend or not. To me it seems she expects me to keep my weekends free from for them April until the end of September. I want to go on holiday whenever I want to go, sure, I won't go during the weeks they are away in July and August but I want to be able to go when the chances of good weather are better than between October and late March! It isn't as if they haven't got any other friends or neighbours who would want to look after Luca for one weekend.
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