MM, I received a betta fish on Mother's Day as a gift from my sister-in-law, who gave her the same gift to her own mom and all of her other sisters-in-law. There were six fish given out in all that day.
My fish lived until October; everyone else's died within weeks, so I think we took pretty good care of the fish. When it died, I posted about how broken up my son was. It was interpretted here that I must have neglected the fish because I wrote that I didn't find the body right away (and therefore, my son wasn't able to have a funeral for his fish). EDITTED TO ADD: In October, DS spent a long weekend with his grandparents; he said good-bye to the fish on Friday evening. When he got home on Tuesday evening, he reminded me to change its water, and that's when I found the fish's body, all black and decayed. It lived off the roots of a plant, so I didn't notice it floating any sooner. Sorry, I had more important things to do that weekend than look at a fish.
If you have been reading this board for the past several months, you will notice that Jules loves to respond to any post or thread I write here with snotty remarks. On occasion, she starts threads on her own based on something I've written to attack me from that angle.
What I ever did to her personally that causes her to behave this way towards me, I will never understand. I NEVER respond on any thread she starts because of the ill will she has shown me, yet her nastiness and outright hostility toward me continue.
So I suggest you do what I do--ignore her remarks toward me.
To everyone else who responded with nice comments and helpful suggestions, I thank you. I have no doubt we can provide a dog a good home; if I did, I wouldn't be getting one.
