Anonymous wrote:In cases like this, where there are two parties seeking custody of a fish, I always recommend that the fish be cut in half.

Judge Solomon. And the party that yields the fish should be given the fish since he truly loves and thinks of the best interests of the fish.

Anonymous wrote:In cases like this, where there are two parties seeking custody of a fish, I always recommend that the fish be cut in half.

Judge -- ??

Anonymous wrote:And we will never know if the "neighbor" read this thread and remembered his fish.

I think the wife reads DCUM and made the guy go pick up the fish. Previously she was hoping the fish never returned, but when she saw the thread, she was embarrassed.

OP, you have an obligation to the universe to buy a duplicate Goldie and start a daily blog detailing its life experiences.

And we will never know if the "neighbor" read this thread and remembered his fish.

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Anonymous wrote:OP back with a final update. It is with mixed feelings that I report that said neighbor came by last night to pick up his fish. I was too surprised and quite frankly relieved to ask where the heck had he been. My 4 yo daughter cried, "I want to be with Goldie!!" But he didn't offer to let us keep it nor did I ask to keep it. I believe in family reunification and the fish did not seem upset about leaving.

We wish you well Goldie. This is very much a true story. And no, we will not be buying a replacement fish.

The fish did not seem upset.

Dying. Love this thread.

Plus a million.

In cases like this, where there are two parties seeking custody of a fish, I always recommend that the fish be cut in half.

I'm having trouble over here, accepting the end of this thread. Partly because, didn't anyone ask, what's in the best interests of the fish? That should be the guiding principle in these situations.

I don't suppose, OP, you could go over there under the notion that you want to know what kind of fish Goldie is. Strike up a conversation…say your kids got really attached to Goldie, and you want to buy one just like her for your kids for Valentine's Day. Maybe he'll just give you Goldie.

I know, I know, not that you want Goldie, but *we* want you to have Goldie...

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Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness it was just a fish. Can you imagine if this guy left you with a rabbit or guinea pig?

Or a child, just for a couple hours, to go to a wine tasting??

You joke, but friends of my in laws ended up with 2 new siblings this way. Their neighbor dropped them off and never came back. They eventually were able to adopt them, so they had 5 kids who were in in their 30s and adopted a 2 and 4 year old.

I'm glad the Goldie saga is resolved.

But really, I was babysitting for a family when I was 12. They were going to a wedding that was a 2ish hour drive away and left their infant with me. Baby was maybe 5ish months old. They were supposed to be back around 10pm. My mom was mildly uncomfortable with the whole thing, so asked if I could watch the baby at our house. They dropped it off around noon with almost nothing - 1 change of clothes, a couple diapers, some formula.

And did not come back until the next day. No phone call, nothing. We had to put the baby in an empty dresser drawer to sleep and my mom had to go to the only 24 hour gas station around to get more diapers and formula and pull out some of the few sentimental items she'd saved from when I was an infant to dress the kid in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness it was just a fish. Can you imagine if this guy left you with a rabbit or guinea pig?

Or a child, just for a couple hours, to go to a wine tasting??

You joke, but friends of my in laws ended up with 2 new siblings this way. Their neighbor dropped them off and never came back. They eventually were able to adopt them, so they had 5 kids who were in in their 30s and adopted a 2 and 4 year old.

Aww...poor babies. Thank goodness for the love and kindness of those people.

Anonymous wrote:OP back with a final update. It is with mixed feelings that I report that said neighbor came by last night to pick up his fish. I was too surprised and quite frankly relieved to ask where the heck had he been. My 4 yo daughter cried, "I want to be with Goldie!!" But he didn't offer to let us keep it nor did I ask to keep it. I believe in family reunification and the fish did not seem upset about leaving.

We wish you well Goldie. This is very much a true story. And no, we will not be buying a replacement fish.

so sad for the end of the saga! What will I amuse myself with now!
Glad to hear he was a responsible fish owner in the end. Bizarre that he did not explain his delay.