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Dear Emily: My 75-year-old mother has a very old, and very sick, dog. I keep telling her it is cruel to keep him alive, but she just won’t take him to the vet and put him to sleep. I don’t want to force her to do something she isn’t ready to do, but my heart breaks for the dog, as his suffering only seems to get worse.
— Defending the Dog

Dear Emily: A group of my friends all bought tickets to see a baseball game together in May, and we’ve been planning this trip for a couple of months. One member of the group, “Justin,” just told us that he can’t make the game due to a wedding he has to attend. As a result, he said he would have to sell his ticket on eBay. Some of the guys are annoyed because the seats for the game are all together, and it would have been nice if he offered one of us the ticket first. This way we could have sold it to another friend. Is Justin obviously in the wrong here, or are the guys just overreacting?
— Troubled Over Ticket

Dear Emily: I lent my friend $8 a few days ago for lunch since the restaurant we went to didn’t take credit cards and she didn’t have cash. Well, we’ve been out with each other since that, and she still hasn’t paid me back. I don’t want to be petty over a small amount of money, but I still think it is only right she offers to pay me back! Should I say something?
— Minimal Amount of Money