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**jakitula** · 10-16-2011, 08:43 PM

A piece of unsolicited relationship advice... The person you share your life with should be willing to compromise and to share your loves and interests. You should be willing to do the same for him. So, if you want your dogs in the house, you should be able to have them in the house. It's your house,too.

My husband was raised with no pets of any kind. His dad was an old farm boy and firmly believed animals in the home stank and that they were filthy creatures who belong outside. Hubby kinda had the same view. When we were dating I had an old Toy Poodle mix. He wanted me to get rid of my dog when we moved in together. I explained that my dog had been around longer than him, would stay with me for its entire life, there was no guarantee he would do that,and that I liked sharing my life with my dog, so if one of them had to go it would not be the dog.

It wasn't because my dog meant more than a human, it was more making a point. I didn't tell him to give up gaming. I even started to game with him. So, he could damn sure start caring for my dog.

Many years later, we have 4 dogs, a cat, a bird and a tortoise. The hubby gave in and not only started walking and spending time with my original dog (now deceased) but he understood my love for dogs in general, the happiness and comfort their presence gives me, and he has learned to love them, too. The newest family joke is that without the dogs he would have killed me by now.

"Damn, woman! You make me crazy!" *enter Rita and her loving licking*
"You, umm..." *lick lick lick wag*
"Never mind."

For my end, the dogs keep me from filing for divorce some days. We'd fight over who has to take the kids and who gets to keep the dogs, rofl.

10-16-2011, 08:43 PM	#27
jakitula Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	A piece of unsolicited relationship advice... The person you share your life with should be willing to compromise and to share your loves and interests. You should be willing to do the same for him. So, if you want your dogs in the house, you should be able to have them in the house. It's your house,too. My husband was raised with no pets of any kind. His dad was an old farm boy and firmly believed animals in the home stank and that they were filthy creatures who belong outside. Hubby kinda had the same view. When we were dating I had an old Toy Poodle mix. He wanted me to get rid of my dog when we moved in together. I explained that my dog had been around longer than him, would stay with me for its entire life, there was no guarantee he would do that,and that I liked sharing my life with my dog, so if one of them had to go it would not be the dog. It wasn't because my dog meant more than a human, it was more making a point. I didn't tell him to give up gaming. I even started to game with him. So, he could damn sure start caring for my dog. Many years later, we have 4 dogs, a cat, a bird and a tortoise. The hubby gave in and not only started walking and spending time with my original dog (now deceased) but he understood my love for dogs in general, the happiness and comfort their presence gives me, and he has learned to love them, too. The newest family joke is that without the dogs he would have killed me by now. "Damn, woman! You make me crazy!" enter Rita and her loving licking "You, umm..." lick lick lick wag "Never mind." For my end, the dogs keep me from filing for divorce some days. We'd fight over who has to take the kids and who gets to keep the dogs, rofl.
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