Awe

Today I saw one of these absolutely beautiful dogs.

I stalked him down (as is my habit with awesome dogs) in a store hoping to "casually" bump into the owners so I could request to pet it.

I've done this many a-time. I've had outright rude refusals, threats of dog bites, and even some people ignoring me. Let me tell you, people with awesome dogs are usually NOT NICE AT ALL. It's very rare that someone lets me pet their dog. You may think I'm just a creeper and people sense this and rightfully refuse me but I insist that I am not. I am polite and completely innocent.

Either way, this absolutely beautiful and well dressed couple (I quite sincerely mean they were ridiculously pretty and so so so nicely dressed) were walking around a store in bustling union square, I stalked them down, finally and succesfully "casually" bumped into them and asked if I pet their dog. The dog was even on it's way out, it was bee-lining it SOMEWHERE. This couple, this beautiful couple, stopped their dog, said, "Of course." and pulled him to come say hello to me. It was so wonderful.

He snuffled and sniffed at my leg a couple of times (he could smell the Penelope on me). He licked and smelled my hand (My favorite thing for a dog to do is sniff me. There's just something so adorable about doggie noses and the feeling of their snout gently pushing me to snuffle me.).

They even made small talk with me about his breed, they asked about my own dog and her type. They were so wonderfully nice. They had british accents and spent a moment just being polite. And I got to pet their awesome dog.

It sounds so trivial and silly, but it totally made my night. It couldn't have only been the dog, it had to be partly having a totally human and sweet moment with strangers. It had to do with not being snubbed or ignored in a moment where I easily could have been. And I know it shouldn't matter but they were an interracial couple and it does make them much cooler in my book.

It made my night and made me just that much happier. So, English sounding white man who was rather tall and shorter Indian girl that has a really nice red coat that own a really cool giant schnauzer that was wandering around Union Square tonight: Thank  you.