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Originally posted by racksale
This is definitely not as minor an issue as you make it out to be. It looks like there's a bigger overall problem that's brewing that has not been discussed. Unfortunately, I think that your niece's habitual lying might be a direct influence of your sister's personality, which is why your sister will never fess up to herself or her daughter making a mistake. Situations like this call for 2 things, a confrontation where you ask your sister to tell you of any issues she or her daughter are having, and an ultimatum, if your dog is left out one more time... then (fill in the blanks)
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You've hit the nail on the head with my sister...my nieces are living with me for a reason...my sister's life was in such a mess she couldn't take care of them.
And as for the ultimatum I told them if my dog ever went missing that theirs would end up missing as well...LOL
It was in the heat of battle and I don't mean that...but I will allow myself to cool off and discuss it tomorrow when she returns home from school and come up with a realistic approach to the problem.