I used to beg my mother for a dog and she just would say, like, you had one when you were a baby and it died, it's fine.
Ήμουν 10 χρονόν και παρακαλούσα τη μαμά μου να πάρω σκύλο και μου έλεγε "είχες ένα όταν ήσουν μωρό και πέθανε"