My Brother Pretends to be Allergic to the Dog.

Though we grew up with dogs, my brother now claims he is highly allergic to them. In retrospect, he spent a large amount of time as an adolescent sneezing his head off and itching his blood shot eyes. But like the good, dog-loving family that we are, we pretended not to notice.

Since he moved out years ago (to attend various forms of higher education institutions...show off), everytime he comes home, he runs the risk of going into anaphylactic shock if he spends more than two hours with the furry animal. As you can imagine, this really puts me out.

I say, be a man and pump yourself full of steroids At least we'll all be together! Like I told him about his impending visit: stay at the house for the first night and then if you die, you won't have to stay the next night.

I don't know why we can't go on as we always have, ignoring his suffering and enjoying our time together. It's only because I love him so much that I want him to be so uncomfortable.