Dating Guys With Pets: The Big Pick Up
Henry Higgins | photo by Greg Mehlhaff
Gus, Principal & Pack Leader of Pet Peeps, was right of course. There was going to come a time when Peanut and all of her cute ephemeral ways would come crashing soundly to Earth; and it would be up to me with plastic baggie in hand to take care of it. Well, there was certainly one way to find out if I was up for the challenge: I needed to take Peanut for a walk.
I went over to Scotty’s place later that day. We were sitting on the couch watching Top Chef on the DVR and Peanut was curled up on the rug in front of the TV. At some point, Scotty got up to finish doing laundry, and as I sat on the couch watching the Quick Fire Challenge, Peanut made her way to the door of Scotty’s place.
“Now’s my chance!” I thought; to walk Peanut and see if I could really do it. “I’m going to take Peanut for a walk!” I yelled to Scotty, as I leaped up off the couch and out the door with Peanut and her leash before Scotty could even respond. Read more…
