I have had pets at my parent's home for the longest time I remember. The 1st one I remember was a pomeranian named 'Julie'( I was 5 then) and then 'Bunty', 'Bobby' and the ones when I got married 16 years ago were Lhasa Apsos 'Sunny' and 'Tuffy'. Now my mom has 'Choky' and 'Rocky'. Its a well known fact that I have never been found of pets . A few of the above tore my favorite stuff , one bit me badly and a couple of others just irritated me .
My happiness knew no bounds when my in-laws had no pets at home. My mom in law was not too fond of pets as well. We have lived for 15 years in a defence area where having pets was a common sight. My now 6 year old daughter would get excited every time she would see a pup or dog taking a walk on the street or waiting at the lift of the building .
We moved to Sydney last year and seeing pets all around was a daily activity. My daughter would start standing in the front yard facing the road to watch the pets taking a walk. She would actually start stopping the passing by strollers and start chatting up with the pups. Her sole objective of accompanying her older brother to the nearby park was to run behind the doggies there . She would in fact take her doll pup as well who could even bark.
When she returned to school after a couple of months of lockdown, she again started seeing pets around. And suddenly everything she spoke about was about how we could get a pup home. She spoke about how she could play with it when she is home from school , how the pup would keep her company when she is cleaning her room, how the pup can sit with her while she is eating and so on.
Next was the negotiation to get one home. She had answers for all of mommy's queries:
1.) Who will take care of the pup when we are away at school/work - papa seems to work from home, he should be able to take care. When my hubby told her that he is only home short term, she shifted her attention to me . She was convinced I could manage working from home . When I Said i would not be able to , she said I have about 3 years to work and save up.
2.) This is a rented place , pups are not allowed . To this she says that we could plan ahead to move to our own place . It is 3 years from now and hence can be planned :).
3.) What would we do when we need to travel or go on a holiday? The plane aunty is really sweet and would allow the pet on the plane if we request.
She now talks about the pet, the moment she wakes up to the last thing before she sleeps. She asks for it so adore ably that I feel like just giving her a surprise one fine day but yes we know its not an option which is gonna be feasible in the near future.
A small note made by Aisha about her and her "Pet". 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
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