“She keeps bringing home animals. I try to tell her that our...

“She keeps bringing home animals. I try to tell her that our house is too small for more pets. She keeps saying, ‘Our house is small but our hearts are big.’ She brings them home while I’m working. Then by the time I get home, the kids have already given them names, and there’s nothing I can do. It started with one bird. But then the bird got ‘lonely.’ So now we have four birds. And eleven hamsters. And rabbits. And fish. Now she’s started texting me pictures of dogs that don’t have a home. It’s only a matter of time.”

(Montevideo, Uruguay)