Sooo Close!

[hyla]

Why oh why did I call my husband to ask if I could buy a fire belly toad today? There was one at the pet store today and it was in a five gallon tank with 3 gray tree frogs and about 5 green tree frogs. Arghh. Anyways, of course I was denied the purchase but all hope is not lost. If I were to buy this toad maybe ummm ...tomorrow, I am concerned about it being healthy since it was housed improperly with two other species of frogs. Would it be a bad idea?

[1beataway]

Pffft. Never -ask- a man for permission.

[bshmerlie]

Fire belly toads are pretty durable. I think it would be the other frogs that I would worry about being in with the Fire Belly. And remember, its always easier to ask for forgiveness instead of permission.

[hyla]

You both speak the truth! It was a brown one and they only wanted 9.99 for it.

[Paul Rust]

Pffft. Never -ask- a man for permission.

Very true.
We prefer when you bow down and beg.

[1beataway]

Very true.
We prefer when you bow down and beg.

Is that what your girlfriend of 5 years does? Sheesh, someone needs to teach her the act of doing what she wants, then holding out when her man gets mad so that he ends up apologizing.

[Jace]

So, Kristy, did you get it??

Paul-does your girlfriend read your posts??? You are a brave, brave man!!! Lol.

[Paul Rust]

Is that what your girlfriend of 5 years does? Sheesh, someone needs to teach her the act of doing what she wants, then holding out when her man gets mad so that he ends up apologizing.

She didn't always, it took 2 years to get her fully trained.
She can't hold out, are you kidding?
And no Jo-Anna she doesn't read my posts, thank goodness.

[Paul Rust]

Kristy, did your husband PERMIT you to get your frog?

[missclick]

Why oh why did I call my husband to ask if I could buy a fire belly toad today? There was one at the pet store today and it was in a five gallon tank with 3 gray tree frogs and about 5 green tree frogs. Arghh. Anyways, of course I was denied the purchase but all hope is not lost. If I were to buy this toad maybe ummm ...tomorrow, I am concerned about it being healthy since it was housed improperly with two other species of frogs. Would it be a bad idea?

you should have just bought it and when he came home you yell "SURPRISE"

[bshmerlie]

You could have told him you bought it for him as a present.

[Jace]

Nothing says "I love you honey" like a toad gift!! Best Valentine's Day present I ever got was my female African Giant Bullfrog.

[Skulldroog]

Nothing says "I love you honey" like a toad gift!! Best Valentine's Day present I ever got was my female African Giant Bullfrog.

Haha, that's a pretty good present. My girlfriend LOVES Guinea pigs, and wants one for her birthday at the end of July. Looks like I'll be housing a rodent soon. Lol.

[adawinters]

I hear you, Kristy. My husband and I have an unspoken arrangement between my animals, his musical gear, and the limited space of our two-bedroom apartment. We've both agreed to ask each other before taking up more space for our hobbies, to try to be patient with each others' hobbies, and to be respectful if the other's feeling a little "crunched" by the lack of space. Frankly, if we hadn't wound up with this arrangement, we'd have nothing but a pathway to navigate from room to room, with tanks on one side, and Moogs and guitars and drums on the other.

(The good news is that, with time, he grows to like my pets, so it's rarely a hard sell to talk him into "just one more." The bad news is that, love animals though I do, I just can't imagine having any less space than we do now, so no more tanks for me... after the 55G I just bought to house the 3 juvies I'm keeping from my axolotls' last clutch.)

[hyla]

Here I sit, with only one gray tree frog to my name. I left the matter alone last night and brought it up again today...did a little batting of the eyelashes and reminded my husband of his wonderful birthday weekend that I had just made possible for him and still I got a big fat "NO MORE ANIMALS!" Then later on when I showed him a pic online of a fire belly he grimaced and said "Eew, Kristy." So after a bit of back and forth he ended the convo with, "You're gonna just go do what you want anyways, so why are you even asking me?" HA! And now I am back to the original reason for posting..why did I bother to ask him in the first place? But he said that on purpose because now Ill be a selfish little brat if I go and buy it!

[bshmerlie]

Just wait until he wants to go buy a drum or something. Then "spring" out the frog.

[1beataway]

Kristy, Kristy, Kristy...don't you see? He just said he understood you'll do what you want anyways. Sounds like permanent permission for anything. Take advantage of it.

[nana]

Very true.
We prefer when you bow down and beg.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha that would never happen in my house

[Paul Rust]

I will say this, if Sherry (thats my love) wants animals I would never tell her no. That's because she lets me get more frogs when I beg her for them.

[nana]

I will say this, if Sherry (thats my love) wants animals I would never tell her no. That's because she lets me get more frogs when I beg her for them.

Aww your sooo sweet hunny even better to hear of a man begging lol