Forum Overview :: Nintendogs :: The perils of other dog owners

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]I take my dog to the dog park. A guy I've seen before but never spoken to asks about my dog and it turns out he had a dog with the same name who died recently. The guy starts choking up telling the story so I listen and nod to be sympathetic. Next thing I know, the guy's telling me his life's story and every single solitary detail about his feeding and training habits for his own pets, including his recipes for homemade dog food and booze popsicles. I'm just nodding and saying, "uh huh," because I'm stuck in a politeness trap and there's no clear escape hatch from this conversation. Finally a new person comes in with her dog, he's distracted by greeting her, and I make a hurried excuse about my dog's black fur in the heat to make my escape. As I'm leaving he says, "I hope you make one of my recipes for your dog!" I make a friendly but noncommittal answer and his face starts to drop. "You know I have clients who pay me for this food, but I gave you the recipe for free because I can see you love your dog." Again I'm polite but noncommittal. "Okay, well next time I see you I'm gonna ask if you made it!" <I>Oh great.</I> I give a sympathetic ear to a guy getting over the death of his dog, and now I'm stuck in a real-life Seinfeld scanario.[/quote]