Hamster, Fish and Dog

We successfully avoided getting a dog. Priya has been insistent on getting a dog like crazy for months. We went to the pet story just to look at types of dogs and on the way to the dog area she saw a hamster and fell in love with it. So this was my chance to deal down, so to speak, because a hamster is way easier than a dog (cheaper too).

So I told the kids that if we get a hamster then we can't get a dog and we have to do something with this our goldfish. We have a one pet rule in the house.... I thought the goldfish could be a sensitive topic because they cried when the first one died. So I asked Priya, "what about Pineapple (or Treasure depending on the day). What are we going to do with him?"

Priya looked at me and said without a hint of hesitation.... "Just get rid of him... flush him down the toilet.... or feed him to the tarantulas..."

I wasn't expecting that!