The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good:
– Dogs: Just want to take a moment to appreciate my girl Tiger Lilly. She’s my second doggo. My first, Tinkerbelle, was truly a life saver. Before I got Tink I was wayward and depressed and stuck in my own shit; my job sucked, my self esteem was low, and my sense of purpose was wobbling like a fighter whose chin had been dinged. I had opted not to have children for a number of reasons (see my Aug 2024 newsletter for the full deets on that), but, in so doing, I missed out on one of the clear benefits of having offspring—being beholden to the care of others and thus being less of a self-obsessed child. Dogs, to be clear, are not the same level of responsibility as human children. But being the primary caregiver for another being is good for the soul. Dogs do have their benefits – they are cheaper than children, they don’t talk back, and they never grow up and abandon you. Instead they die on you—hahahaha—it’s brutal. What I had with Tinkerbelle wa…
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