So, I went with my father-in-law's advice on how to break up with our gardener. He said to make it sound kind of ambiguous: tell him that we are going in another direction since we inherited most of the people who do work on the house from the previous owners. Brilliant. So, I left a voicemail asking my gardener to call back, he called back shortly and I did it. It was no big deal at all. I don't know why I was so uncomfortable with the whole thing. Silly really.
Some of my readers suggested I be truthful and say he was too pricey, but, honestly, I didn't want to give him the chance to lower his prices. I already found a new gardener whose work I like and I want to use him. I also didn't want to make it sound like I didn't like his work. So, saying we are going in another direction was perfect. I also knew it would be easier for Joe to do it, but I'm the one with the relationship. I think Joe has met our gardener once. And we'll see him each week since he still does my one of our neighbor's yards. Glad that's over with though!
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