He Wants a Dog, She Wants A Cat...

I will be flying to Paris in a few hours :)....Now am extremely tired, it's been a long day (Brandstorm feels like a long neverending journey sometimes:P), but I just want to blog out this little story....

I was on the phone with my boyfriend the other day, and we were just talking...when he suddenly said that he would like to have a dog. Supposedly he saw a TV show featuring one of those big, hairy sheep dogs that are quite obedient and tame which really took his fancy, so he was talking pretty excitedly about having a dog that's smart, loyal, affectionate,man's best friend etc etc...

Now I have nothing against dogs, in fact I quite love them especially puppies (So cute!:)), but I always felt that though the idea of having a dog is very appealing, in reality it would be too much of a hassle and, I don't know, I figured if you can't do justice to the dog by being a good owner, why bother? So I told him that I like having a cat better ( I have one at home). Cats are nice fluffy creatures that you can "manja" with sometimes but not all the time (i.e it doesnt need constant attention). Cats are wanderers, they are always going off alone on their own but then always find a way to go back to you. Cats don't bother you much, as long as you give it a proper meal and the occasional scrub on the neck now & then, they'll be willing to be your beloved pet albeit, one that doesnt trouble you so much etc etc...

So there we were, a guy & a girl debating the virtues of dog versus cat as heatedly as two peaceful-loving Librans can :P.

Seeing that the conversation was going nowhere, in the end I just told my boyfriend :" Haiya if you want to rear a dog up to you-lah, what has it got to do with me?"

To which he answered: "I want to rear the dog with you ma..."

....which left me practically speechless. But smiling :).

Sigh..my boyfriend has a way...of catching me off guard and surprising me with little things :P. Anyone who knows him will never call him a romantic or a sweet talker, but then sometimes, he just knows...what to say...:)

4 years of knowing him before falling for him, and I thought I knew everything there is to know about him. And yet, every time he gives more little reasons to see him in a new light and love him more :)...

Am i gushing? Maybe...but I don't do that a lot when it comes to him, so just let me be self-indulgent awhile...:)