The Husband arrived in our relationship with a parrot named Lulu (who occasionally makes an appearance in the strip, see this primer on her) and, if you didn’t know, parrots bond with their owner and anyone else (in this case, me) is seen as an interloper. So Lulu and I had a bit of a rocky time in the beginning but I found that giving her a cheese curl gave us a little daily connection. :) And, after many years, it’s a ritual that I look forward to.
