As for the "question", my husband of almost 1 1/2 years knew that he found a woman who loved animals. At the time, I was fostering one dog, had 2 of my own, 2 cats and 2 birds. No way was anyone going anywhere! Of course, he added Murphy, the Lab, to the mix, and what a blessing! The cats have been the hardest for him to learn to love, but he does love them (even if he won't admit it). I dare not ask for another cat at this point in time as our nest is full. But I figure that since he let me keep Zipper last fall, when we fostered him (I agreed to it when hubby was out of town), then I'm doing pretty well!!!!