She Wanted a Man with a Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals

Re:She Wanted a Man with a Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals by maximente on Sunday August 18, 2019 @11:23PM (#20734638)

nah, i'm not really into dogs but found the story fascinating:

- author's fear of being left without companionship overcoming his fear of commitment/failure (seemingly): ... I didn’t want to lose Ilse, especially knowing I was about to lose Dusty ...

- author's POV about living for more than himself: ... I thought none of this was worth anything unless I had something more to live for.

- how his "youth"/carefree phase sort of died with his dog - travels ending in his truck, etc. - and a new chapter begins with his spouse

- near death experience + how that (seemingly?) kicked off his choice to marry his spouse

lots of good stuff to reflect on here, especially for lone ranger/loss-averse/single people types

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Re:She Wanted a Man with a Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals by Noumenon72 on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:22AM (#20735636)

Thanks, that makes sense. I don't really recognize those kind of emotions as valid reasons to do anything, so I skimmed without identifying with him or understanding the kind of journey he was trying to tell. Maybe letting the emotions take charge is the only way people do break away from being a lone ranger/loss-averse/single people type. I always have trouble understanding why they do, even when they write a whole essay to explain it to me.

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