From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 00:51:44 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> Ralph Lewis wrote:
>
> >
> > This is not being off the wall but have you suggested starting slowly with a
> > dog to see if your wife wants the responsibility of taking care of another
> > sentient being for 12 to 18 years?
>
> I highly suggest this as well. A lifelong freind has kept his wife at bay in the
> baby department with this tactic for 7+ years now. They have two dogs, and
> whenever she slacks off in the dog care department, he's saying,"How do you expect
> to be responsible for kids if you don't want to take care of dogs?" This has had
> the added benefit of making her become very good with dogs. NOTE: Cats are not a
> suitable substitute.
This is so utterly out in left field. A dog is nothing like a
child. The bonding is not the same. The potential is not the
same. The amount of attention and energy and the type of
attention and energy is not the same. One has almost nothing to
do with the other.
And this guy you talk about above sounds like a manipulative
jerk. I would dump him in a heartbeat if he used tactics like
that on me.
- samantha
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