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Susanne Helmert's avatar

I always wanted a dog when I was little. It took me almost forty years of my life before I got one and it is one of the best experience of my life. I hope, your wife will agree to a dog one day.

I really enjoyed that little story! Thank you for sharing.

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Thanks for your note, Susanne. Seeing photos of Ben looking so peaceful and happy on your nature walks made me want to get a dog even more.

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Thanks for the restack, Robert!

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Thanks for your comment, Timothy. I appreciate it. So…I’m willing to take you up on your offer to blame you when I get a dog. 🤓

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Timothy Case's avatar

Alex, another great story! We have three small dogs, which I half-heartedly describe to others as artifacts of our (adult) children. And while I typically classify dogs as 'tending towards' sentience, one of ours (Charlie, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) seems to possess ACTUAL sentience, and this causes me to agree with your wife! So intuitive and communicative is he with his wags, snorts, pleadings, and intimations of disapproval, that I'll find myself apologizing for using foul language around him, as a hedge to the nontrivial possibility that I'm somehow destined to switch places with him in a future reincarnation...Of course, your wife is also correct about the traveling point, however we've found some boarding facilities to be now (thankfully?!) equivalent in hospitality (and cost) to three star hotels. So, that's a half-point to you. Another thought: You could always get the dog and blame me.

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Mitch Levenberg's avatar

After signing in, I’m exhausted and forgot what I was going to say. Oh yeah, I just wanted to say I never know whether your serious or pulling, rather biting my leg.

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

I was dead serious this time. It’s all part of the Kustanovich family archive.

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Mark Foard's avatar

I really enjoyed this, Alex. We always had dogs when I was growing up and I’d love to have one now but run into the same arguments with my wife as you do with yours. Of course, I know she’s right……but 🤔.

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Framing-the-Story w/AK's avatar

Thank you, Mark. Wives... can't live with them, can't live without them :)

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Mark Foard's avatar

Haha! I’m sure they would say the same about us 😆

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