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No related posts.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>I would never compare men to dogs. <em>Never.</em></strong></p><p>Nope.</p><p>It&#8217;s just not my style.</p><p>I love my men.</p><p>Before I found John Bear many of you called me a man-hater. But now I&#8217;m a walking talking dog and man loving machine. Yesterday, inspired by <a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/2009/09/07/hindsight/">your adventure stories</a>, we hopped in the car and went to the dog park. Being a dog virgin I had no idea what to expect.</p><p>There were a lot of dogs. <em>A lot</em> of dogs. Running and jumping and slobbering everywhere.</p><p><a
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class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4546" title="DogPark" src="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DogPark.jpg" alt="DogPark" width="518" height="345" /></a></p><p>But to my surprise there were also a lot of men.</p><p><a
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class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4547" title="IMG_0878" src="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0878.jpg" alt="IMG_0878" width="530" height="353" /></a></p><p>I couldn&#8217;t be sure about the dogs but the men, based on their ring fingers, all appeared to be single. And for the first time, in a really, really long time, I didn&#8217;t even think about dating a one of them. I&#8217;m so taken, it&#8217;s ridiculous. Instead I picked up the phone and called <a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/2008/12/23/a-letter-to-the-other-woman/">Mia</a>, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to get to the dog park &#8211; there are single men EVERY WHERE.&#8221; <span
id="more-4545"></span></p><p>&#8220;But they all have dogs,&#8221; she said.</p><p>&#8220;What? WHO CARES! I gotta go,&#8221; I had to hang up because Benjamin was about to be tackled by one of the said dogs. Don&#8217;t get your tails in a bunch about Mia being yucked out by dogs.</p><p>I was her 5 months ago. I hated dogs. <em>Hated them. </em>Couldn&#8217;t even stand the sight or smell of them. I wasn&#8217;t one of those bitchy people who cowers at dogs when someone walks by with one. I thought they were kind of cute &#8211; but only on special occasion. Mia will come around and soon I&#8217;m going to take her to the dog park.</p><p>As for Benjamin&#8230; well, if he&#8217;s ever on a battle line in a war zone I know what he&#8217;ll do. Stand on top of the nearest hill</p><p><a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0868.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4548" title="IMG_0868" src="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0868.jpg" alt="IMG_0868" width="547" height="364" /></a></p><p>and yell at the top of his lungs,&#8221;COME AND GET ME, HOT SHOTS!&#8221;</p><p><a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0867.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4549" title="IMG_0867" src="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0867.jpg" alt="IMG_0867" width="537" height="358" /></a></p><p>The enemy will come</p><p><a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0871.jpg"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4550" title="wheeler dog park columbus ohio" src="http://mssinglemama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0871.jpg" alt="wheeler dog park columbus ohio" width="542" height="361" /></a></p><p>and then he&#8217;ll start wrestling with them and rolling around in their poop without even flinching. If there ever is another World War, I&#8217;m sending my kid to Siberia.</p><p>And next time, we go to the dog park he&#8217;s staying behind and I&#8217;m bringing Mia.</p><p>Would you eliminate a guy just because he has a dog?<strong> Not into dogs? Check out my<a
href="http://mssinglemama.com/2008/01/08/top-spots-to-meet-men/"> Top Spots to Meet Men list.</a></strong></p><p>No related posts.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://mssinglemama.com/2009/09/10/on-men-dogs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
