Great back and forth conversation here. I'm 42 and seen a lot of this myself. There is a part of me that keeps screaming to get a dog. Man's best friend. Then there is the other part of me that cry like a little kid when the dog goes to doggie heaven in about 10 years. So either way I'm still forced to deal with loss. So then I thought to myself to get another puppy when the first dog turns 3 years old. But I still haven't taken my own advice yet. Thank god for weed man because weed will force you to be happy even when you're not.