Apr
26
2008
7:02am
Adopting a new pet just after losing another
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It's probably better to wait. Kind of like remarrying soon after a spouse dies -- my brother did it, and his new wife confided to me that she's constantly trying to behave like Wife #1 so he'll be happy with her. She feels that he resents the ways she's different, so she tries to erase her own personality. That's sad! But I had the same feelings of resentment when we adopted Toby soon after Moby was run over in the street outside our house. The young woman at the animal shelter talked u… read more
