If you get a dog, take care of your dog! You can just not have a dog if you don't feel like taking care of one, it's very easy to not have a dog.
Mallory OrtbergMany fathers go their entire lives without announcing how sexy their son's old girlfriends are.
Mallory OrtbergWorrying seems like a fairly natural state of being for a parent, so feel free to worry as much as you want.
Mallory Ortberg