ham: *lookin’ left* ham: *lookin right* [not shown]ham: *lookin’ disappointed*ham:

ham: *lookin’ left* 

ham: *lookin right* [not shown]

ham: *lookin’ disappointed*

ham: “Where are all the posts at? I came here to see new content and I can’t find it - what gives? This bums me out!”

me: “I am sorry dear hypothetical hammy, I have been kinda bummed out too, and that makes doing things hard. Like imagine if one day you woke up and you didn’t feel like running in your wheel.”

ham: “What? But I love running in my wheel. It is so much the funnest.”

me: “Yeah, but what if one day it wasn’t fun? What would you do?”

ham: “I don’t think that is possible, but probably I would eat some sunflower seeds.”

me: “Ok, now imagine that you had a special friend who really liked watching you run in your wheel. Don’t you think they’d be disappointed not to get to see you do it?”

ham: “Oh well of course!”

me: “So I am not running in my wheel very much right now, and I know you like watching me do it, but I get sad when I run instead of enjoying it like I used to, and that makes me more sad, and so I don’t run, and then you are disappointed and I am sorry but I will try harder for you, ok? I can’t promise how well I will do, but I will try to keep running.”

ham: “Okaaayyy. But what about the hamster pictures? Because I don’t really care that much about watching you running, I am more interested in cute pictures of hamsters.”

me: *sigh* “I guess metaphors are not your forte. But that is ok. I still love you. And I will try to post more cute pictures for you. Cuddles?”

ham: “Cuddles!”

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