For a while Alex has been campaigning for a cat. Unfortunately, there are several reasons why it's not a good idea for us to get a cat at the moment. Daddy is allergic, the kids are a bit young, we may move overseas within the cat's lifetime. None of these reasons deter Alex from his campaign.
His latest approach was as follows: "If you get me a cat, it can sleep at the end of my bed, and when I have a nightmare, it will scratch the monsters in my dreams, and I'll give it a pat, and go back to sleep. I'll never call out to you again in the night." Followed by a smile that said 'see? It's win-win.' If only the promise of more sleep weren't my achilles heel. Now what were those sound reasons for not getting a cat again?
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Oh that's GOLD! I can't believe a 3-year-old came out with that.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with it! Sounds like you need it.
Be strong. They'll just both end up in bed with you. Sad but true.
ReplyDeleteLOL I love him !
ReplyDeleteHe is so smart !
my teenager & his GF just bought home a tiny kitten and are right now negotiating with the MOTH (man of the house)...using his 3yr old brothers as bait too ...wonder who is going to win ?
Oh I'm sorry, but I am a total sucker for this. My entire family want a pet - except for my husband. So we work on him but to no avail. We did manage (on my b'day last year when I used my "do anything I want for my birthday" card to go to the pound and adopt an 8 year old cat and she was lovely but then she ran away.... Keep working on him or use a birthday :)
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