Reply #201: Funny

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I remember many of my friends talking about how their pets actually chose the mates in their lives.

The sequence kind of went like this:

Meet person. Talk. Mention the pet, watch to see how person reacts. If he/she doesn't make a big case of it, fine. However they make a production of it, time to drop that person immediately.

On to step two: ask person if they want to come and have some coffee/tea/drink of the moment in your apartment/house/condo. If they come, have Fluffy or Rover in another room so they can't see them. Have person relax for a little while to see if they mention your pet in some context. Toward the 2/3 time mark, go and open the door where Fluffy or Rover is, and see what happens. You will either have the pet wanting to kill your date, or sucking up. Somewhere in the middle usually means that Fluffy or Rover hasn't made up their mind yet.

Step three: There will be a moment when pet or date will make it demonstratively easy to tell whether date will stay or leave and never come back. The pet's reaction to said date will be a growl or a hiss, and that's the end of your date. Your date's reaction will likely be he/she forgot they have to wash their hair--immediately.

If pet and date immediately connect, on the other hand, you can start reading wedding magazines, and count yourself lucky you found soulmates in both two legged and four legged versions. :)