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But only about important stuff.  Like the fact that I hate poodles and it can carry over to the owner of poodles.  It’s not so much the Purse-a-poos, rather the “Standard” Poodle.  I don’t like them.  I saw a lady with not one, but two of them this weekend.  I wondered what would possess a seemingly normal person to go out and buy barking sheep and then cut their hair and shave them and make them look the way that people make their poodles look.

I don’t think that makes me a bad person.  Except that judgement kills.

I need to remember that.

Don’t believe me?   Here’s a little experiment that will surely get friends (the undesirable people) who are in your life, out of your life.  Start judging their use of time or money and or social skills or weight or what dog they own. Or just make something up.   I bet so and so doesn’t use their time wisely, and they buy stupid stuff and not just the dog but the sweater the dog is wearing.  Who spends money on such crap?  Besides like a million people who like to dress their dogs, but I can’t believe she dresses up her dog.  Can you?

Soon you will spend less time with that person because their sweater wearing dog annoys you too much, you just can’t handle being around them to the point you avoid them until they are no longer in your life.

See how well that worked.  Completely killed a friendship.

This works well with potential friends.  Although it’s more about how they wear their hair, or what they drive,  or how they smell or that their wardrobe is circa 1973.

Yep, killed a potential friendship.

Now, let’s try this in your marriage.

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t have a say in how the money is spent and that the other party can go out and buy a cow because they all of a sudden think that growing your own food would be cool.  No, things like that need to be discussed.

Tech Support and I get an allowance, usually the same amount, sometimes not, but we agree on it ahead of time.  He can spend his money on anything he chooses as long as it not illegal or immoral.  I get to do the same.   While I don’t understand why a frisbee costs more than $2.00 and he cannot understand why I would pay somebody to paint my toes, neither of us has to justify it to the other.  But let’s say that I decided all of a sudden to question his Frisbee purchases.

“Why on earth do you need more than one Frisbee?”

“Do you know how much money you’ve spent on Frisbees?”

“You love your Frisbees more than me.”

Marriage killer.

so….

Dear Poodle Lady,

I apologize for thinking you were stupid because you owned not one but two poodles.  It is apparent that they are cherished members of your family and much better cared for than my own dog.  The kind of love and devotion you have for your dogs is foreign to me and I feel bad that I wish mine would hurry up and die.

Sincerely,

Annie
(The lady driving the Chevy Aveo and rolling her eyes)

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