Oh man, this reminds me of my last dog. He had an absolute favorite toy that was lost in a move around 25 years ago. He was looking for that toy everywhere, I spent a bunch of time looking for it and we could never find it. He died about 2 years later. I still feel bad that I never found that missing toy for him.
We had a dog that had her favorite stuffed toy. She tore it up so many times it was beyond sewing back together. Eventually, my wife and I went to every pet shop within a 30-mile radius and bought up the entire supply of them. She still had three or four left when she passed. We kept one as a memento and donated the rest to a local shelter.
My little girl cat Teddy had a little duck she would play with for hours it seemed, she'd toss it into the air and have a grand time of it.
I lost my Teddy in a house fire but somehow still have that duck. It resides in a lock box with pieces of silver and other important things.
After reading your reply, I just realized why I always buy entire stock of things that my wife and kids like or love. It is not because I don't want to make more trips to buy kore things, it is so that they never have to run out of something or go without that thing because I don't want them to have to search for something that they want and not be able to find it. It is so that I never have to tell them "sorry I can't find it" and feel the same way I felt when I let down my dog.
After reading your reply, I just realized why I always buy entire stock of things that my wife and kids like or love. It is not because I don't want to make more trips to buy kore things, it is so that they never have to run out of something or go without that thing because I don't want them to have to search for something that they want and not be able to find it. It is so that I never have to tell them "sorry I can't find it" and feel the same way I felt when I let down my dog.
That's damned nice of you, and I'm not joking.
I buy things for the wife that I know she likes, but I don't stock up on them. She changes her preferences often enough that it would be silly to do.
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