I wish there were answers to that sort of thing. Given that I've had One Of Those Weeks[tm] too, I'd love to know the answer myself.

Hope things improve.

I looovveee yooouuu shauny don't despair - everyone feels like that sometimes - just remember you're not an afghani refugee (because if you were your name would be different) oh and also remember that i'm always ready to send you cyberhugs.

We are here for you. And we will ply you with alcohol if you so desire. Failing that, massive hugs.

i don't know, everyone has bad days right, I haven't come across a single person who doesn't feel a bit rough today... but there's always better days. enough, before i sound like some, i dunno, chat show agony aunt.

take it easy, and if its easy, take it again.

I wish you luck. I'm one of those visiting strangers, but I wish you luck. Poopy on the morons that told you you couldn't keep your puppy.

Become insular and cranky, withdrawn from society and wallowing in a shallow bath of bitterness and vitriol. Or defy the dept of fuckedness and do exactly the opposite.

Do it for Harry and if it doesn't happen, well, it doesn't happen. At worst Harry pup goes to live with Ms. Almost Adequate Replacement and you secure visiting rights.

If you don't, Harry goes to live with Ms. AAR *and* the leasing agent gets to feel like a smug bitch.

btw - we all think you're groovy no matter the concequences.

Oh Miss Shauny. You poor dear. Do what I do, try not to think about it until you absolutely have to. Alcohol, and lots of it, really helps.

Mercury will go retorgrade on Sat. (USA). All will start making sence afterwards.

People who sit on Residential Tenancy Tribunals are usually human. Even agents and landlords generally are if you dig deep enough. Have faith that humanity will win out. But just in case, get addresses in case you need to set fire to someone's hedge.

When the shit piles up on you, push it off, climb up on it and get out of that hole! I'm dealing with lawyers for the first time in my life and it sucks but definately let your friends give you some lovin'.

Hang in there,

I agree with Row and Monkey! We got alcohol, we go hugs, we even gor fire ifn you decide to go with Dan's idea...you name it we got it and it's all for you!

Try not to worry. Remember that 95 per cent of all that you worry about never actually comes true. Conserve your energy for things more worthy of it.

Okay, so at the *very* worst, HarryBeastie gets to go live with a new mummy and you get visitation rights.

Or you find a new place to live. Melbourne doesn't seem to have a problem with pets and rentals. Besides which, I always lie on my rental applications about LouieTheBeast, and haven't been busted yet.

Don't they lie on rental applications in Canberra?

Aww, Shauna, I love you so much. Everything is going to be alright, I promise.

There isn't any stop sign and you're not going to die.

in my experience, most landlords will do just about anything to avoid a case. in yours, it seems like they know they've done the wrong thing, but keep hoping that you'll back down. remember that they ARE human, they do make mistakes, and they will have to do something to rectify the situation. you and harry are not the ones in the wrong here, and i honestly can't think of anything the landlords could say that would make it seem like your fault. basically, they've screwed up.

i asked my landlord what she thought would happen, and she said it's actually a possibility that the estate agents will have to re-pay you the rent you've paid them and your bond, but you'd probably still have to move as they can't go against the owner's wishes. so i have my fingers crossed for you that things will work out as best they can. good luck shauny, and hey- my offer still stands :)

on a completely unrelated topic, those "i typed 'pussy' into yahoo and all i got was this lousy weblog' shirts are really funny. i'd buy one!

Just remember that the agent is a lying twat who conveniently forgot to mention that the owners didn't want pets when you moved in. And she made that inane comment about your hair when she told you about Harry. You are in the right Shauny - go for it.

#1 Your agent admitted to being 'creative with the lease.'
#2 She gave verbal approval (which was a lie) that the landlord had given permission for 'Hazza the destroyer' to live on the premises with you.
#3 You have a few hundered irate bloggers ready to stick up for you.
#4 Fight, fight, fight it until you win Shauny. Don't get shafted by a couple of globetrotting mofos who probably wan't you out because their daughter/son needs somewhere to live and they have no other reason to break the lease which you signed in confidence.

YOU WILL WIN!!!

AND

HAVE
A pARTY With Lots Of Free Beer!!!!!

Good luck!

Best of wishes and luck to you, Miss S.

RY: nah, I didn't think you overreacting. Just trying to come up with something positive to say.

We're behind you all the way, Shauna! Good luck!

To be accurate, Mercury will go out of retrograde on Friday. After that, you are free to make large purchases, and minor mishaps, mistakes and accidents will be less prone to happen than they were during retrograde.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

just trying to keep you and your sister amped up- you know you have a case, and everyone else knows it too. in the words of some infamous chatshow host-cum-therapist type person or another, "USE THAT ANGER!!"

go shauny! go shauny! go shauny! go ricki....uh, jerry?.... uh, go shauny!!! :)

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