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Siwsan

(27,785 posts)
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 02:30 PM Yesterday

I just had a lovely experience. [View all]

I had to pick up a Rx so decided, since there's snow in the forecast, to also stock up on cat food. There was a young family in the pet department, and the dad had a tiny puppy snuggled in his coat. Of course, I asked to see it. He showed me but when I said something more, he said, with a thick accent, that he didn't speak English. So, I asked 'Espanol?' and he nodded his head. I drew back on my college Spanish and said that it's such a tiny dog. He got the biggest smile on his face.

I think that's far better than calling ICE, don't you?

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Yes definitely 💙💙 TommieMommy Yesterday #1
That is lovely KT2000 Yesterday #2
I'm taking Duolingo lessons Skittles Yesterday #7
Great idea!! KT2000 Yesterday #17
Beauty! H2O Man Yesterday #3
Thank you. That was beautiful on your part. LoisB Yesterday #4
All of these 'patriots', who like to imagine that their immigrant ancestors..... 70sEraVet Yesterday #5
Treating them like people? Yeah, that's always better. Iggo Yesterday #6
MAGAs azureblue Yesterday #8
God bless you, Siwsan. MIButterfly Yesterday #9
That little baby is going to have so much love. Tikki Yesterday #10
I'll give it a shot Skittles Yesterday #11
One tiny error ... FakeNoose Yesterday #12
Using my iPad keyboard, it lets you hover MagickMuffin Yesterday #14
corrected! Skittles Yesterday #16
Honestly, in my opinion JoseBalow Yesterday #13
Another way to communicate is using translator on your phone MagickMuffin Yesterday #15
How heartwarming. 3catwoman3 23 hrs ago #18
🫶🏽 blm 22 hrs ago #19
When I'm talking to Spanish speakers... ECL213 17 hrs ago #20
When I'm with Spanish speakers..... DFW 17 hrs ago #21
Es un perro tan pequeo (courtesy of DeepL) jfz9580m 15 hrs ago #22
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