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Image 1 — I had to put my beautiful girl Coco down after nearly 16 years
Image 2 — I had to put my beautiful girl Coco down after nearly 16 years
Image 3 — I had to put my beautiful girl Coco down after nearly 16 years
Image 4 — I had to put my beautiful girl Coco down after nearly 16 years
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I had to put my beautiful girl Coco down after nearly 16 years

I’m absolutely crushed. I had this beautiful girl for over 15 years. The past three years have been incredibly difficult. My marriage of 20 years ended because my wife cheated on me several times, I lost loved ones and I put two cats down that I adored as well.

Regardless of how down I was, she was with me every step of the way and never left my side. She would follow me from room to room and if she couldn’t see me, she would bark.

I know she was struggling with her arthritis so I got her monthly shots, when she was making a mess in the house I would clean up after her, I was happily carrying her up and down the stairs, cooking different foods when she became fussy, or took her on a daily walk no matter how slow she was.

She got her a senior checkup two weeks ago, and the vet said everything came back perfect. The only thing I didn’t get done was an ultrasound.

Two weeks to the day after her checkup she was throwing up several times a day after she had water. I immediately made an appointment.

I took her yesterday figuring she has a stomach bug, she was drinking water too quickly ,she would get some medication and she would just come home with me. Well, I got an ultrasound this time around and she had two huge masses in her belly. I was beyond devastated, especially after the good news from two weeks ago.

I had to make the incredibly difficult decision to put her down. Putting cats down was tough but for me this is much more difficult.

The first photo was taken Tuesday, and unbeknownst to me that was our last walk together.

I miss you so much Coco and would do anything for one more walk with you , 15 years together was not nearly enough time.

u/Ok_Big_2823 — 3 days ago
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I had to put down my sweet girl of 16 years today and I’m not OK.

I know everybody goes through this, but I wanted the world to know Coco existed. My family adopted her in March 2011 and she was a great addition to the family .

The last five months have been tough. She was losing mobility but every month I would take care to get an arthritis injection to help her. I got her a senior check up two weeks ago and the bloodwork came back perfect I did everything but an ultrasound. I left the vet feeling so good.

She was definitely getting fussy about food so I literally cooked her three different things on Monday hoping she would eat and she eventually did.

Ever since Tuesday, she’s been throwing up a ton, so I took her to the vet this morning, hoping it was a virus. I ended up getting an ultrasound and she had two huge masses in her stomach.

I was completely crushed. I didn’t expect this at all. I’ve been through a lot over the past few years, the, getting cheated on after 20 years, losing loved ones and fighting an uphill battle every day and she was there for me.

I know this is a lot and I’m not sure what I’m looking for, but maybe positive thoughts would help me tremendously because I’m struggling right now.

Thank you for everybody that read this. I wish I could post a picture of Coco, but I don’t see where I can.

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u/Ok_Big_2823 — 4 days ago
▲ 13 r/datingoverfifty

How are people keeping their heads up and keeping a positive attitude with OLD?

52M. Average to below average looking. Was married for a 20+ years before my wife cheated on me. I’ve been on the dating app about 2 1/2 years. Had a couple of shortish relationships that lasted a couple months and one that lasted six months before ending.

Also keep in mind as a sidenote, I’m pretty active play basketball three days a week, go to the gym, hang out with friends, have a decent job a house etc, so I’m not a hermit or some degenerate.

Anyway probably had about 20 matches over the past six weeks and led to two dates. First woman seemed somewhat interested in going out again texted her a couple days later and I got ghosted. Second date there was just no mutual connection which happens.

The other 18 was a variant of: no responses, one response or several responses, then ultimately them unmatching, or just disappearing.

Literally getting to the point where it’s feeling hopeless, I feel like since I’m 52 I’m running out of time and whenever I get a match immediately say to myself “ why am I bothering because I’m just gonna get ghosted.”

How are people, especially males, keeping their chin up and having a positive attitude because after the last six weeks, it’s killing my self-esteem and I now 100% believe I’m the issue and I’m never going to be good enough for anybody.

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u/Ok_Big_2823 — 1 month ago