reason # 215

i don't know if i ever mentioned it, but i bought a couple of Betta fish a few weeks ago. a girl and a boy, lovingly dubbed Bonnie & Clyde. bonnie and clyde have had a great life.... i clean their bowls once a week and feed them regularly. there are even pretty rock beads that match their colors. i'm tellin ya -- it's been quite the life. this morning, i began what has now become routine, and started to clean the bowls. i'm aware that fish can go into shock just like everyone else, and i have taken extra caution when transferring them back and forth. this week, i bought bigger homes for them because i have started to kinda like them and didn't want them to be living in a trailer when i could just as easily upgrade them to a mansion. clyde didn't survive the transfer today. i put him in his new mansion and he didn't even as much move a fin to check it out. ungrateful, i say. i watched him for a few minutes, just to see if he was playin' oppossom..... but he was gone. i flushed him down the toilet and thought 2 things. 1.) aren't these fish supposed to live for like YEARS? and 2.) THIS is reason # 215 i shouldn't be allowed to have kids. i can't even keep a stupid fish alive.