Jennifer McKenzie
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Whiskey Wednesday--Puppies And Little Children
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There are some things in polite (and even not so polite) conversation that will get you lynched. Not liking puppies is one of them. Oh, admit it. If you heard someone say that they hated cute, little fur balls of love, you'd shake your head.
Well, I hate dogs. I do. Not that I'm mean to them or anything, but my life would be a little bit less chaotic if they weren't around. Of course, I don't have one dog. I have a kennel!
They are cute. It's the only reason they live when they wake me up at two-thirty in the morning. And four. And six. When they jump on my bed, jabbing a paw into my kidneys. When they frantically bark at total strangers walking across the street. Or at my six year old son. When I'm picking up bits and pieces of garbage that the dogs chewed from the bathroom wastebasket up off my living room floor. Ah, good times.
My biggest complaint is not that the dogs are....well....dogs. My biggest complaint is the reaction I get when I say "I don't like pets". Most look confused. A few even get offended. It's kind of like if you're unmarried and don't ever want to have children. "You'll change your mind." Or "When you meet the right person, you'll want to have kids." Um, maybe not.
These days I'm almost afraid to say I don't like dogs. It's like somehow that means you're not as warm or loving. I haven't seen too many benefits to dog ownership. I do pet the dogs (they live here. It's not their fault I'm not a dog lover) and one of them is my shadow. Yet, my blood pressure is higher now than a year ago. I am just NOT a pet person.
So I ask you, is there something weird that you hate that others give you that "look"? You know, the one you got when you said something like "I don't like The Beatles. I think they were over rated" to a Baby Boomer? Or "Titanic? Didn't like it." Did you ever go against the grain of the "norm" and wonder if maybe you ought to conform?
It's taken me YEARS to admit that I don't like having pets. Isn't that weird.
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