Friend mad about pet sitting
A woman who lives in my building that I've been friendly with over the years but never gone out for dinner or anything like that although she recently invited me to kickboxing class... she's traveling another country and asked if I could watch her cat for 10 days because it's currently at her mother's house but her mother is traveling in a few months for 10 days.
Before she left on her trip I helped her find someone to rent her apartment while she was away. Maybe I did a really bad thing... She mentioned that if I couldn't take the cat her last resort would be giving it to a kennel which charges about $30 a day. Ive done pet sitting once in awhile and mentioned the situation to another friend who suggested I charged her. I couldn't charge $30 an hour given I know her... So I offered $10 a day.. that would be $100 vs $300. She took a Time answering and finally wrote back with that include litter and cat food. I said most of my pet sitting jobs those things have been included.
She has not responded for 2 days now so I'm guessing she's mad at me because she thought I would do this for free... which initially I thought I would do but sometimes I've questioned her integrity for lack of a better word when she asks things of me.
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I've read so many different things online about whether or not to charge friends to watch pets... I wouldn't have even thought to charge her except that the friend who mentioned that I should and that same friend always pays her friends to watch her animals. I'm feeling like maybe I really screwed up a friendship?