Dear Judy,
You’re going to think I’m nuts, but I’m not. My girlfriend is. We’ve been going together for a year now, almost living together (sometimes…). Her dog just died. I think it was part-Lab. But I don’t really care. It was old. It slobbered and I once got bitten by something I could swear was from its fur. Sometimes it slept at the foot of the bed.
Somtimes it was also incontinent. Imagine how I felt at her house.
My girlfriend wants to give it a funeral, a big one. With a casket and prayers and Eastern chants and all her weepy girlfriends around. She says I have to go and if I loved her I would go even without her asking.
Do I? The sex is great, and should be even better without the dog around. But if I do go to the funeral, won’t it just encourage to her to go out and get another slobbering dog? (As you can tell, I am not a PETA member)
Rick
Dear Rick,
This is just a guess of course. But from what you’ve written, I’m pretty sure your relationship with your girlfriend isn’t one of true enduring love.
So — go to the dog’s funeral, or don’t go, it doesn’t matter. The dog won’t hold it against you.
Thank you for writing
Judy
Excuse me — doesn’t Rick have a few quirks?? Does everyone think he’s perfect? I’d say if he has the smallest flaw then he should view his girlfriend’s attachment to the hound as just that, a harmless eccentricity, and humor her.