please mom, buy me a pig

While visiting Honolulu when I was 15 years old, I saw a sign that said "Pigs for sale $25." $25??? Are you kidding me? I'd always wanted a black pot belly pig as a pet and for $25, I HAD to have one.

me: "Mom, please, please can we get a pig?"

Absolute silence

me: "Mom...please, they're only $25?"

mom: "Jennifer, do you have $25 to buy a pig?"

me frantically looking for my wallet: "um, yes" With excitement, as if there was a real chance

mom: " Then why don't you save it until we get back to Las Vegas and by a package of bacon with it, cause that's exactly what your pig will be once it's living outside in the 120 degree summer heat.

Needless to say, I didn't have my black pot belly on the 4 hour plane ride home. But now, there is a way, tea cup pigs, how can you say no to that? He'll stay small forever and he can live in my purse. I HAVE to have a little black tea cup pig, h a v e t o. Whenever I tell someone I want a pet pig, I'm met with pessimism; my mom: "he'll turn to bacon", my sister: "they're so dirty", Aida "pigs are the animal of the devil." Come on people how can you say no to this? Please mom, please?