She Ended A Relationship Because The Guy Had A Dog He Didn’t Tell Her About, And Pets Are A Dealbreaker For Her
This 29-year-old woman doesn’t want kids or pets. While she adores both, she doesn’t want to take on the immense effort involved in raising children and taking care of pets.
She doesn’t mind babysitting or pet sitting for friends or family when needed, but she has never had the desire to have any children or pets of her own.
Because of this, she has struggled with dating. From her experience, the vast majority of people in the dating scene have kids or pets, or both. She tried online dating apps like Bumble but with no luck.
“I pretty much gave up on dating entirely and adopted this, ‘Whatever happens, happens’ mindset,” she said.
Then, one of her co-workers, whom she considers a close friend, told her that one of her husband’s single friends would be a great person for her to go on a date with.
Her friend thought she’d click with him, and her friend knew her feelings concerning children and pets. So, she said yes when her friend asked if she could plan a blind date for the two of them.
She had a fabulous time on the date, and the guy was really nice. They had similar passions and life aspirations in common, which was a big deal for her, and she had a lot of fun being around him.
After the first date, she went out with him a few more times, and their relationship felt it was naturally progressing and like they would eventually become an official couple.
From the beginning, he was aware that she didn’t want children or pets, and she’d made sure he knew this right away since they were dealbreakers for her. Coincidentally, he felt the same way she did.
Yana – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual dog
Over the last six months, they dated but kept things casual. However, last week, he said that three months ago, his mother had gotten incredibly sick.
So, he took his mother’s 3-year-old corgi-heeler mix to his house, and he is going to be keeping the dog permanently.
Due to his mother’s illness, they otherwise would have had to rehome the dog. His mother requested that he keep the dog instead so that she could still visit her when she felt up to it.
Even though this was obviously one of her dealbreakers, she attempted to see how she felt about it before ending the relationship because she had really strong feelings for him.
But when she went to see him, the dog was a complete nightmare.
“She was whining the whole time, has severe separation anxiety, goes to the bathroom in the house despite just being outside, and even, like, nipping your nose while licking your face? I couldn’t handle it, and I told him that within three hours of being around the dog,” she shared.
She knew that she wasn’t going to be able to enjoy dating him with the dog around, and she wanted to just escape.
When she told him that she didn’t want to see him anymore, he pleaded with her to try and give it some more time to get used to the dog.
He explained that he couldn’t rehome his mother’s dog, and she responded and said she was sorry but that she knew now that things weren’t going to work out between them.
She continued and told him that while she has strong feelings for him and would love to be able to keep dating him, she doesn’t want this dog to be in her life for the next decade when she didn’t ever want a pet in the first place.
Now, he feels hurt, and she can see his perspective, but this was one of her dealbreakers from the start.
Do you think she was wrong to end the relationship when she found out he took in his mother’s dog?
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