Sharon got an email the other day, part of which was "Ideally we would like one kitten but if you feel that the kitten would suffer being alone some of the time we are willing to take two."
I went out in the pouring rain to do the homecheck. The house was fine and she started filling in the form and wrote "Kitten" - I said "You are taking 2 aren't you" - she said "No, I only want one" - I pointed out what she said in her email and she said "We have thought about it and only want one" I said kittens can't be left alone for long periods and they need company. I said that if she would consider a 6 month old that would be fine but she was adamant she wanted a kitten and a tabby one at that
I picked up the form and left.