No Good Deed Goes Uncriticized

Consider these hypotheticals: Your brother buys a new car. Would you: a) Ask how much mileage it gets? b) Ask if he got a good deal on it? c) Ask why he didn’t give the money to charity instead? Your friend gets a face lift. Would you: a) Tell her how natural it looked and…

Pet peeve: Second-guessing dog gifts

According to an informal survey on About.com’s Veterinary Medicine blog — sorry if you didn’t vote yet and this is a spoiler — 62% of pet owners said “Of course” they bought their pets presents for the holidays. That doesn’t surprise me. I’ve found, however, that those who don’t share their lives with a pet…