[1]On the plane ride home from D.C. last month, there was an attractive married couple in front of me with a 9-week-old puppy stowed underneath the seat. Mid flight, the woman took the puppy out of its crate (illegally), and cradled him in a blanket in her arms. It was an adorable scene. The wife told me that she hoped her young daughter wouldn’t get jealous of the dog, which she was bringing back to Malibu for the first time. These people were smitten with their new Saint Bernard puppy, who will be 130 pounds when fully grown. Sometimes I wonder if I’m so in love with my dog because I’m single. But here were wedded people with children, who had a serious canine crush of their own.
Illustration by Marc Johns [1]