Her Husband Told Their Kids She Said No To Getting A Dog, And Now She Looks Like The Bad Guy
This 34-year-old woman has been in a wonderful marriage with her husband, Mike, 35, for the last 12 years.
They have a 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son together. Due to a traumatic event that happened when she was 19, she now despises dogs.
“When I was on my way home, an unleashed dog attacked me and bit down on my ankle. Unfortunately, it took a good amount of time for the owner to get the dog off me, which resulted in a pretty good-sized scar on my ankle,” she said.
After enduring this terrifying situation, she has since detested dogs. She clarified that she has nothing against dog owners, and she would never look down on anyone who owns dogs.
However, she doesn’t feel comfortable being close to dogs, and she does her best to stay as far away as she can if there’s a dog around.
When she and her husband first met and started getting to know each other, the topic of dogs came up. He discussed his love for dogs and his plans to own one someday.
She let him know that she couldn’t stand dogs, and she said that since their views and plans for the future were vastly different, they should stop talking to one another so that they could find partners they were both more compatible with.
“He insisted that he could live without dogs, and it was fine,” she explained.
A couple of weeks ago, her husband randomly asked her if she’d be comfortable with the idea of their family owning a dog.
Pixel-Shot – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual dog
Given their conversation in the past, she was shocked. She asked him if he was kidding, and he told her he wasn’t.
In response, she outright rejected the idea, explaining that they’d already had this discussion years ago, adding that her thoughts had not wavered.
Her husband informed her that he had let their children know that there was a possibility of them getting a dog but that he would have to check with their mother to make sure.
She suggested the idea of getting a cat or gerbil instead, but she would not be willing to get a dog. After that, she said that he needed to let their children know that they wouldn’t be getting a dog.
“Well, he ended up telling them that we couldn’t get a dog because I said no, so now I’m seen as the bad guy, and I’m just so fed up,” she shared.
Since the conversation with her husband, she’s been wondering whether or not she should cave and get a dog to make her children happy.
A few days later, she had another talk with her husband about the issue. She asked him why he gave their children the false impression that getting a dog was within the realm of possibility when she’d never said she would consider this.
He told her that he assumed that because so many years had passed since the dog attacked her, she had healed from her trauma, and he said that he and their children wanted a dog now.
She said that she still didn’t want a dog, and she was pretty sure that there was only a slim chance she would change her mind.
They continued talking and finally came to a compromise, deciding to get another pet instead. Also, she eventually had a talk with her kids to explain her past and why she wouldn’t feel safe owning a dog.
Luckily, her children were incredibly understanding and accepting, but she knew that they were a bit disappointed that they wouldn’t be getting a dog.
Their disappointment was quickly rectified when she gave them the good news that they would be getting a different pet.
Now, their family is trying to narrow down what kind of pet they should get.
What advice would you give her?
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