Dear (_____)

Dear pet owners,

It's okay to feel a little guilty when your cat or dog is literally pushing your limbs out of your desk chair and off your computer keyboard and twisting your monitor every which way when they want attention, but you're in the middle of browsing an Instagram feed of baby goats frolicking through meadows.  It's okay to feel a little bit like you're cheating on them.  Who wouldn't want to own a successful goat farm full of cuteness and handsome and darling older goats?  Just explain softly when you do close your laptop or your browser that what you want is not in spite of them, but including them.  Your cats would look out for the little baby goats and your dogs will keep the old fellas and ladies in line so they don't wander too far off.  It would be a family.  Even if you have one cat or just one dog or one turtle, it is not a marriage so it's really not cheating anyway.  It's okay to feel a little guilt, the other implication being they're not cute anymore and you are not allowed to say or think it, but the truth is they are.

I just wish I had a goat to raise too.

Sincerely,

an animal lover