love me, love my dogs raistlynne: If you guys were dating someone who did not love animals as much as you do, would you break it off with them? Not that the person is nasty to them or cruel, just picky about how much money you spend on them, time they take out of your schedule... It upsets me that he likes one dog but not the other, too. And he has made comments about letting them run loose or lay on the sofa. I'm not sure if this is, in the grand scheme of things, something that won't work itself out and a matter of compromise. I've changed alot of things with regards to what they can and can't do around the apartment, but still. I don't know if it upsets me more that he doesn't like one of my dogs and the whole rest of it is just me being nitpicky, OR if it's that he's just not as dog-friendly.
Re:love me, love my dogs jillieb44: Choose your dogs over the man. Seriously. If he's not that into your dogs, in YOUR place, then there are issues. What about if you move in together (or are you already??).
I love pets, love MY pets; I'm not always crazy about other people's pets; there are certain things I could NOT live with, and I'd not even think about making a new man give up his dog (or move his dog out to the yard, etc) if I didn't really like it; I'd just think he wasn't quite the man for me.
That said, I had 3 cats and 2 dogs when I met my stbx, and he was fine with that, loved pets, had pets as a kid, etc. UNTIL......(gotta love that until....clue #2, LOL) we bought a house together the month before we married. Suddenly the pets could NOT be in the house or sleep on the bed or all of the other things they used to do in MY house. He banished them all to the basement. :( Made one exception for my favorite cat. To this day he hates my pets; I think it's funny that when I moved out, I only took my dog; the kids new kittens (both just a year old) stayed behind, along with another cat we have thanks to his brother, and one of my original cats who is now 18 (and there was nowhere to move him to at my brother's place). So all the pet care fell into his lap, LOL.
Jillie
Re:love me, love my dogs whatnext: I'm not an animal lover, but I would never complain about the time or the money -- just as I would expect nobody to complain about the time or money I spend on my children or an important hobby.
The sofa thing would bother me, but maybe you could have ONE sofa which is dog-free (except of course, for your man). That would work for me.
Re:love me, love my dogs So_Lost: Dump the guy! No way would I ever date someone who complained about my dog. I am not saying that a dog is more important then a person, but they are your responsibility as much as a child is. They require your love, attention, time, and money.
Besides, whats better then sitting on the couch with a pooch curled up on you? (Ok besides that...you dirty minded pervs...)
Your dogs look really cute, and I would hate to think that this guy might force you to get rid of one. Which could happen if you married him.
Re:love me, love my dogs whatnext: So_Lost,
Um... should we send all dog-haters to an island somewhere?
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John
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