Play #20 - Man's Best Friend

Pets are tricky. Not because just because they relieve themselves inside and have a total disregard for your cleaning regime. Or destroy your backyard or require feeding every day. See, it’s tough to quantify the ROI of a dog. I can put $2k per year down in the cost column for my dog. Then, what do I put in the benefit column? His unconditional love? Shyte.

Doogs was run over this time 2 years ago. He was 12 at the time. I was a banging Christmas party, on a date with the Wife. My first thought was, this is a decent opportunity to exit the whole relationship with Doogs. He was old, and deaf. Wife was livid. Couldn’t even fathom why I’d consider it…standing there in a white fox coat. Woulda divorced me on the spot, especially since I made her pay the vet bill to fix ‘em up.

My position didn’t go over well that Christmas, especially with her family (they are copasetic paying $5k to fix a cat). I buried the f***er under a rock once he kicked it…they didn’t seem too pissed about the coin I saved them.

Key learning: You have a 50% chance that her outlook differs from yours on how to care for and raise the animal. Begin with then end in mind, or you might have a very uncomfortable conversation in the vet's office at 1am.