>because I need the money to buy me a go-cart because racing season is >started or is about to I really need to race again this year so what should >i do??? Dear Chris, Thanks for sharing your problem with us. Bringing your question here to fellow FML'ers suggests you are finding this decision a difficult one. However, what you are asking is impossible for anyone but yourself to answer. It seems as thought you are faced with two absolutes: keep my ferrets and don't get the go-cart, or get the go-cart and give up my ferrets. Are you sure these are the ONLY choices you have? Is there not some way of perhaps making a little extra money to afford the go-cart without giving up your ferrets? Have you searched all possible avenues and resources? If you really have been thorough in your search for a solution than whatever you choose in the end will be the right decision for you. Perhaps you may feel a tinge of guilt for thinking more about material things than your living companions. Maybe you might think it is irresponsible to give up your pets for any particular reason, even a go-cart that you really want. Could that, my ferreted friend, be the real issue? Are you perhaps looking to share the responsibility and therefore some of the guilt and second guessing that comes with any important choice? Or for someone to say "Chris, it's OK"? This decision is deeply personal for you and you need to face it on your own terms, and not worry what others may think or feel. If you have given this question deep and sincere consideration then I guess you have no reason to feel guilty or silly for whatever your final decision will be. I wish you the very best whether you remain "true" to your ferrets or move on to your desires for other things. The truth is, many of us change our obligations for various reasons when we feel a *need* to do so. Please remember whatever decision you make you will have to live with. Someone once said.... "it is better to make a decision right than to fear which is the right decision". Does that make any sense to you? Chris, growing up is hard to do, isn't it? No one ever gets it perfect. If someone tells you they have...they lie Chris, they lie. best wishes, until next time, alphachi [Posted in FML issue 1870]