A lot of my clients tell me that the wedding of their pets was one of the best days of their life. As a pet celebrant, that’s always wonderful to hear. It does make me wonder, though: what comes next? The answer, of course, is the journey of wedded life for the happy couple, which generally includes making a home together. It’s got me to thinking about a gap in
Car sickness is a common cause of marital strain, it’s true. I counsel many animals of all different varieties, and I’m starting to feel like animals were simply not meant to be in cars, along with some humans. I just finished a counselling session with Vern and Romulus, two cats who had a lovely marriage when the late spring warmth was still upon us, but have now fallen upon hard
I’m starting to wonder if I’m limiting myself by getting my own office. Like, an office that sits in one place and doesn’t move. Animals just aren’t like us, you know; they have a variety of needs, and I’d like to meet those needs where they feel comfortable. If I’m trying to match-make a group of fish, I shouldn’t demand they be brought to me in a tank! I need
People say it’s hard to get started in business, but I’ve never understood that. Why don’t people just use their family contacts, like I do? Daddy’s accountant has been indispensable to me; anyone having issues with tax should really take a leaf out of my book on this. There’s such a great sense of satisfaction that comes with the hard work of convincing your parents to include you in their
There’s nothing better than proving wrong the Doubting Thomases of the world. You know who you are, and I couldn’t be happier to show you just how wrong you were. It’s true that my business is of the niche persuasion, and perhaps even a little unorthodox, but no one ever achieved success by playing by the rules. Someone famous said that once, I’m sure. There is an untapped market for
Out of all of my services, Pet Matchmaking has to be the hardest. I’m quite skilled in the art of divining a pet’s inner troubles, which covers therapy and marriage counselling. Pet weddings? Well, one only needs empathy for the animals, and a desire to see them happy! Matchmaking is tricky, however, and requires a great deal of thought. Just yesterday I was asked to find the perfect match for
Now I’m getting requests to take my business out to sea. Oh dear. We used to go boating as a family, of course, but we only really know one sort of boating, and that’s the type where you’ve got an extremely large cruise ship with hundreds of people, and restaurants, and swimming pools, and special event nights. I suppose that’s not ‘boating’ specifically, as it is simply inhabiting a boat
Gosh, I’m learning so much! So electricity is NOT something that you mine out of the ground naturally, and it’s NOT something that’s free for everyone. Suppose I never really thought about it, because Daddy took care of all the bills, but now that I’m living all on my own and running a business, I need to know this stuff. I also need to know all about being green, because
I’ll admit it: the thing that worries me most at this, the very start of my career, is meeting clients. Not because my clients are scary, or anything! All the people I’ve met thus far who wanted their pets to be wed in holy matrimony have been the loveliest, most stable people you’ll ever meet. No, I just… I suppose I get a bit nervous that they won’t think I’ll
When you’re starting off a business, you want to be on your absolute best behaviour. Every single job needs to be utterly stellar, so you’ll get good word of mouth. I don’t really know if that’s true, but it does sound true. So when I get summoned to an appointment with a prospective client who wants their pets wed in holy matrimony, I’m not going to go ‘yeah, cool’ and