Problem: I was amused by his boldness and told him the truth : thanks to gas prices , and fibromyalgia , long gone are the days i 'll traipse halfway across the country for a man . ( he was probably 350 miles away ? )

What is the man likely to have said to provoke this response from the speaker ?

A: That he likes her a lot and that she should come visit him 350 miles away

Problem: He was a part of me in a way I would never know while living . And here , in the distorted heaven projected around me , I finally could . And damn if the words did n't make tears sting in my eyes . I would have been embarrassed , but I think I was past all that .

Why was I past all that ?

A: Crying in public is really nothing to be ashamed of .

Problem: The funny thing is , she will walk right under Lulu the shepherd mix without realizing that those four furry brown pillars she 's passing are supporting a dog . So long as she does n't look up and see that she is near a dog , she 's fine . I ' m pretty sure she achieved PSK mode about 800 times by noon today ; since then , she seems to have either worn herself out or begun to catch on to the fact that the dogs are just not worth getting your panties in a bunch about .

How might the cat discussed realzie they are near a dog

A:
By hearing the dog