A Happy Nine Lifetimes Together

(My boyfriend’s family recently had to put down both their cat and dog within a month of each other.)

Boyfriend: “Have you seen those “My girlfriend wanted a cat. I didn’t want a cat, so we compromised and got a cat” things?”

Me: “I want a cat!”

Boyfriend: “I want a cat, too, but everything I love dies.”

Me: “I’m not dead.”

Boyfriend: “Not yet…”