Years ago, I was a fan of Meerkat Manor. I was watching it one night about 3:00 a.m. and the matriarch (Flower) was killed by a snake. I was ugly crying, so hard I couldn't even speak if I tried. I loved that little critter.
My husband woke up and walked in the living room to find me crying my eyes out and thought a relative had died or something. He kept asking what was wrong and I finally choked out, ""Flower!"
He said, "Flower? FLOWER? That damn meerkat? You're this upset over a meerkat? You wouldn't be this upset if most people you know died."
True. But it was FLOWER.