Letters to the Editor
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Dog. Definitely.
First, it'll stand guard against the most desperate, base level of your loneliness. And pets are known to help ward off depression.
Recently I was in a subway car with a weird looking guy who had a weird looking dog. The guy wasn't unattractive, per se...cute but probably not anyone's first mental image of hunkiness or traditional masculine beauty. Smile too wide and thin for his face, eyes a little too close together, ineptly cut hair....And the dog just looked like an alien. If you can imagine the ears of a corgi on the body of a white bulldog, the jaw of something else entirely and big, bulging black eyes...alien mutt.
I swear I saw 3 women approach this guy with alien dog in the space of my 20 minute ride. If I had to take a guess why...guy and dog clearly enjoyed each other's company so much that they both had the biggest, most genuine, carefree smiles on their faces.