I have always been sad each time I sold my Morgan cars but still manage to enjoy memories from their ownership.
Sewin - I picked up on your son’s ex girlfriend comment and your sadness at the loss of her dog ! I hope you missed the girlfriend to?!
We have had similar with our sons ‘long term’ girlfriends. My wife got really excited when he went out with a Spanish girl. Family came over to meet and she spent nights with Duolingo learning the language. They parted company, although we remain friends with her and her family . Spanish was replaced by Slovenian, not for a girlfriend but for our Slovenian friends ( who all speak English anyway but…. !)
Imagine her joy when a couple of years back, he brought home another Senoreta . My wife was hesitant and didn’t initially re start learning Spanish but as it’s been a few years now, Duolingo is back in bed with us…… a wedding is being planned and we hope to communicate with her parents but at least I know they have a dog. I hope the dog will understand our Spanglish
Best to all, MM