Last Friday I ate dinner at friend's house. They have a dog and I stayed for over two hours. This is the third time in 12 months I have gone to houses where the owners have pets. They have locked them away for a few hours and I've been able to stay longer than 20 minutes before becoming a sneezy, wheezy, itchy mess.
This is major.
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