funny funny! Though I have to agree with the others, the soft paws isn't really an excuse.. You can always rotate colors.. the new addition could get like "blue, purple, blue, purple" etc... LOADS of possibilities there

The first 3 are purty good tho! Don't ya need one more:

6. Having to try and convince the significant other all over again!! (could also reword as: significant other won't allow it)

just trying to help for when you go back and see some adorable faces looking back at ya!