When God Speaks

Daily writing prompt

What is the best excuse you have heard lately?

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I am posting this excuse because it is real and ridiculous at the same time. I should be ashamed and am except I refuse to admit I made it up. So, here goes and please don’t hate me…

Have you ever had a friend that you love, but hate some of her ways? Well, I have and do presently. I don’t want to hurt her feelings but I cannot deal with a few aspects of her life. So, I give excuses or bluntly, I lie.

I am a person with OCD tendencies. A ‘neat freak’ some classify me. I like a clean and organized place. I have found that if I put away things after using them or pick up after myself that my place stays neat and tidy. This takes much less time than having a day set aside to ‘clean up’ after myself and others. Getting on with the story instead of making excuses, lol.

So, I have this friend that has this dog that is not trained in any way. She got this dog while homeless and still is homeless. Paid a pretty penny for it but beside the point. Who gets a pet to take care of when they do not have a home themselves? She did. This dog wears wraps that get changed at best 2 times a day. A wrap is something you put on a pet kinda like a diaper. Looks ridiculous, like a hospital victim after surgery. No joke and smells when not changed as should be. Remember, keeps pee contained – not poop. Pure laziness in my opinion. She doesn’t want to take time to train this dog. Grooming for this dog never occurs so it’s nails are long and can destroy fabric and furniture much less the smell and hair (non allergenic, she claims) sheds. This dog is wild, does what it wants when it wants. Needless to say, I am not a fan.

My excuse for the dog not coming in my apartment? I have a no ‘pet apartment’ meaning no pet has ever lived there, been in there and cannot be there, even for a visit. I know, I know, I should just be honest. I mean it is my apartment and I can set rules, right? Well, I don’t want to hurt her feelings so I lie. Just the truth in a nutshell. Others tell me that she knows what she is doing and doesn’t want to change or be corrected. That she has no respect for others stuff and lives hoping people don’t put her on front street by pointing out her ways. This may be true and more likely it is, but I can’t find it in me to be the one to do this. So, for now….excuses it is.